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Written by Shannon Ayala.
A bunch of CCNY students and I went to NYU Food and Climate Justice Summit 09 today.
Our borough president Scott Stringer was there because he’s cool. Anna Lappe basically hosted it. Karen Washington, (Bronx Garden of Happiness & Gardening is My Blank ads) was terrifically vocal as usual.
I attended: Mobilizing on Food and Climate Issues. Brooklyn Food Coalition was on that panel as well as Kristina Gsell who works on Columbia U’s student garden. That was cool. The best was when let’s say-frustrated organizers that were audience expressed opinions, that regular organizing isn’t enough all the time. One guy talked about direct action and the methods of the Labor Movement and Civil Rights movement, sit ins, front of the bus, etc. To me that’s not the militancy he first addressed, but is indeed something a small amount of folks can do to play hard, make history.
Short day- outside NYU at the end was Santa Con, hundreds of partying Santas.
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