8. * Summer camp?
* Over 500 kids
FROM SUMMER CAMP TO VISION
9. * Summer camp?
* Over 500 kids
* 29 teens hired
FROM SUMMER CAMP TO VISION
10. * Summer camp?
* Over 500 kids
* 29 teens hired
* 59 total employees
FROM SUMMER CAMP TO VISION
11. * Summer camp?
* Over 500 kids
* 29 teens hired
* 59 total employees
FROM SUMMER CAMP TO VISION
12. * Summer camp?
* Over 500 kids
* 29 teens hired
* 59 total employees
“Deep connections
to yourself, others, and
nature.”
FROM SUMMER CAMP TO VISION
16. * Crack pipes & knives
* Kingston Citizens
FROM KNIFE PROTEST TO VISION
17. * Crack pipes & knives
* Kingston Citizens
* Kingston Land Trust
- “a nationwide model for Urban Land Trusts”
FROM KNIFE PROTEST TO VISION
18. * Crack pipes & knives
* Kingston Citizens
* Kingston Land Trust
- “a nationwide model for Urban Land Trusts”
* Over 40 programs
FROM KNIFE PROTEST TO VISION
19. * Crack pipes & knives
* Kingston Citizens
* Kingston Land Trust
- “a nationwide model for Urban Land Trusts”
* Over 40 programs
* Victory Gardens
FROM KNIFE PROTEST TO VISION
20. * Crack pipes & knives
* Kingston Citizens
* Kingston Land Trust
- “a nationwide model for Urban Land Trusts”
* Over 40 programs
* Victory Gardens
“Give people a forum for a voice
and do democracy right.”
FROM KNIFE PROTEST TO VISION
23. * 40-50 seed varieties
a year
FROM SEED LIBRARY TO VISION
24. * 40-50 seed varieties
a year
* Workshops, classes, talks,
auctions, art shows
FROM SEED LIBRARY TO VISION
25. * 40-50 seed varieties
a year
* Workshops, classes, talks,
auctions, art shows
* Over 23,373,000
seeds sold & contributed in
2011
FROM SEED LIBRARY TO VISION
26. * 40-50 seed varieties
a year
* Workshops, classes, talks,
auctions, art shows
* Over 23,373,000
seeds sold & contributed in
2011
“Keep seeds in the
dirty hands of
gardeners who care.”
FROM SEED LIBRARY TO VISION
30. “Constant novelty, not sustainable.”
“I was out of my league.”
“Apparently, public art is political.”
“People are afraid to speak up.”
“We alienated instead of built
community.”
“Even gardens can be political.”
“Not everyone ‘gets’ it.”
“The bills keep getting higher.”
INEVITABLE BRICK WALLS
40. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
41. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
42. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
43. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
44. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
What if “the people” took charge of their food
source and seed source?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
45. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
What if “the people” took charge of their food
source and seed source?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
46. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
What if “the people” took charge of their food
source and seed source?
What would our future feel like if we deepened our
connections to this Wild Earth?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
47. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
What if “the people” took charge of their food
source and seed source?
What would our future feel like if we deepened our
connections to this Wild Earth?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
48. What if we changed how artists receive health care
while regenerating community?
What would our city look, feel, and sound like
if we did democracy right?
What if “the people” took charge of their food
source and seed source?
What would our future feel like if we deepened our
connections to this Wild Earth?
GET CRACKED OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
51. “There is great joy
in bringing
people together
for a cause that
means
something.”
FORM PACKS TO RUN WITH VISION
52. “There is great joy
in bringing
people together
for a cause that
means
something.”
- Rebecca Martin
FORM PACKS TO RUN WITH VISION
53. “We all had to experience
humility.” - David Brownstein
“It’s not about one person
leaving behind a legacy.
It’s about each of us making
whatever contributions we can,
however big or small.”
- Rebecca Martin
PUT “I” IN ITS PLACE
54. “She was all smiles.”
- Joe Concra
“He had a voice.”
- Rebecca Martin
“A teen knows she can do
what she loves and belong.”
- David Brownstein
“‘You mean peas are
seeds?’”
-Ken Greene
LEAD WITH YOUR HEART