SEQ Clean Up, Operation Clean Up & Grassroots Organization & Entrepreneurs Come Together For Resilience

0
1601

On Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 10-2PM The Garden Of Resilience will hold a Volunteer Day. The event is being co-lead by SEQ Clean Up & Operation Clean Up  with the following wonderful partners supporting the continued build out of the garden:SEQ Project 2020, The Net-Work, Black Forest, The Nourish Spot, Bash Eats.

The Volunteer Day will take place at:

179-18 145th Drive

Springfield Gardens, NY 11434

Community residents are encouraged to participate. 25 volunteers can work in the garden space with social distancing . In addition the initiative will support the surrounding area with cleaning as well.

The Volunteer Day with The Garden Of Resilience will also support a special  art project of creating a  sustainable gallery wall at the new community garden space which will launch the Operation Clean Up Exhibit. The sustainable gallery wall will be created through a donation from the UPS Store . The Operation Clean Up Exhibit will feature four years of photography of the grassroots community led initiative highlighting the camaraderie amongst Laurelton neighbors and the importance of highlighting communities of color highlighting environmental justice initiatives.

Operation Clean Up Will be the 1st Exhibit highlighted at The Garden Of Resilience
Previous articleGarden Of Resilience Hosts Volunteer Day
Next articleLawn & Garden Tool Drive For Southeast Queens
Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.