The Sixth Street Community Center is dedicated to empowering the Loisaida community by organizing neighborhood residents around issues concerning food, health and the environment. Programs include the Seeds to Supper Program, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), SOS Food, Organic Soul Cafe, and Finding Sukha Yoga School.
The document outlines an intern project proposal to introduce and promote community gardens to clients of the Food Access and Sustainability Department (FASD) in order to increase access to nutritious foods and education. The proposal discusses three strategies: 1) Nutrition intern outreach at school pantries to provide information about nearby community gardens, 2) Adding a community gardens section to FASD's website, and 3) Helping to create and support better community gardens through workshops, curriculum development, and speakers. The effectiveness of these strategies would be measured by decreases in clients purchasing unhealthy food and increases in clients growing their own food, according to FASD's hunger study results. The proposal aligns with FASD's vision
The M'Finda Kalunga community garden was started in the 1980s in Manhattan's Lower East Side to address drug problems and lack of community in the neighborhood. It provides individual garden plots, classes, events, and other activities. The garden is run by its members and volunteers and aims to be an integral part of the community by offering educational and cultural activities. It has continued successfully through support from grants and donations.
The community kitchen began in the late 2000s with the aims of addressing food poverty, fuel poverty, social isolation, and food waste. Volunteers cook a free community meal once a week using surplus food donations. The meal fosters interconnection among a diverse group of attendees, including those experiencing vulnerabilities. An ecofeminist ethic of care informs the kitchen's practices of embodied caring through food and relationship-building. The kitchen also connects volunteers to bigger issues around the unsustainable and unjust food system through educational activities and experiences with food waste collections. While small-scale, the kitchen provides care and resistance to social problems through community-building and raising awareness.
After the closure of the Long Island Bridge forced the evacuation of a large women's recovery home, Victory Programs worked to restore lost recovery bed capacity. One year later, they have made progress but still need to raise funds to rehabilitate two properties into new women's recovery homes. The document discusses Victory Programs' history of serving vulnerable populations and their current efforts to rebuild after the disruption caused by the bridge closure.
Sarah Holden and Steve Gowland - Health, wellbeing and the environmentInnovation Agency
Presentation by Sarah Holden, Head of Public Health Services, St Helens Council and Steve Gowland, Public Health Lead, Sefton Council: Enhancing environments, enabling communities at the Health, wellbeing and the environment event on Monday 28 January 2019 at The Isla Gladstone Conservatory, Liverpool
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The NOISE Spring Learning Festival featured various student pods presenting their social action projects from the past year. The projects addressed issues from the Toronto Vital Signs report such as health & wellness, poverty, civic engagement, and stigma. The pods accomplished goals like providing care packages, raising food and funds, promoting healthy eating, and challenging labels in their communities. Through this work, the students learned about enacting social justice and creating change at both the individual and community levels.
The document outlines a cross-promotion campaign between Fruit2O and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) wherein Fruit2O will donate $1 (up to $5,000) for each "healthy pledge" obtained by the ADA to support its mission, and the ADA region with the most pledges will receive an additional $15,000. The campaign will utilize social media and a promotional event to promote pledging and the ADA's Step Out: Walk for Diabetes event. The goal is to help the ADA "Cincinnati/Louisville" region win the Fruit2O Challenge and raise funds and awareness for diabetes prevention and
The document outlines an intern project proposal to introduce and promote community gardens to clients of the Food Access and Sustainability Department (FASD) in order to increase access to nutritious foods and education. The proposal discusses three strategies: 1) Nutrition intern outreach at school pantries to provide information about nearby community gardens, 2) Adding a community gardens section to FASD's website, and 3) Helping to create and support better community gardens through workshops, curriculum development, and speakers. The effectiveness of these strategies would be measured by decreases in clients purchasing unhealthy food and increases in clients growing their own food, according to FASD's hunger study results. The proposal aligns with FASD's vision
The M'Finda Kalunga community garden was started in the 1980s in Manhattan's Lower East Side to address drug problems and lack of community in the neighborhood. It provides individual garden plots, classes, events, and other activities. The garden is run by its members and volunteers and aims to be an integral part of the community by offering educational and cultural activities. It has continued successfully through support from grants and donations.
The community kitchen began in the late 2000s with the aims of addressing food poverty, fuel poverty, social isolation, and food waste. Volunteers cook a free community meal once a week using surplus food donations. The meal fosters interconnection among a diverse group of attendees, including those experiencing vulnerabilities. An ecofeminist ethic of care informs the kitchen's practices of embodied caring through food and relationship-building. The kitchen also connects volunteers to bigger issues around the unsustainable and unjust food system through educational activities and experiences with food waste collections. While small-scale, the kitchen provides care and resistance to social problems through community-building and raising awareness.
After the closure of the Long Island Bridge forced the evacuation of a large women's recovery home, Victory Programs worked to restore lost recovery bed capacity. One year later, they have made progress but still need to raise funds to rehabilitate two properties into new women's recovery homes. The document discusses Victory Programs' history of serving vulnerable populations and their current efforts to rebuild after the disruption caused by the bridge closure.
Sarah Holden and Steve Gowland - Health, wellbeing and the environmentInnovation Agency
Presentation by Sarah Holden, Head of Public Health Services, St Helens Council and Steve Gowland, Public Health Lead, Sefton Council: Enhancing environments, enabling communities at the Health, wellbeing and the environment event on Monday 28 January 2019 at The Isla Gladstone Conservatory, Liverpool
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The NOISE Spring Learning Festival featured various student pods presenting their social action projects from the past year. The projects addressed issues from the Toronto Vital Signs report such as health & wellness, poverty, civic engagement, and stigma. The pods accomplished goals like providing care packages, raising food and funds, promoting healthy eating, and challenging labels in their communities. Through this work, the students learned about enacting social justice and creating change at both the individual and community levels.
The document outlines a cross-promotion campaign between Fruit2O and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) wherein Fruit2O will donate $1 (up to $5,000) for each "healthy pledge" obtained by the ADA to support its mission, and the ADA region with the most pledges will receive an additional $15,000. The campaign will utilize social media and a promotional event to promote pledging and the ADA's Step Out: Walk for Diabetes event. The goal is to help the ADA "Cincinnati/Louisville" region win the Fruit2O Challenge and raise funds and awareness for diabetes prevention and
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Este documento describe varios tipos de danzas folclóricas peruanas, incluyendo danzas criollas como el vals peruano, la marinera y el tondero; danzas religiosas como la Danza de Negritos y el pacasito; y danzas rituales como la Huaconada de Mito y la danza de las tijeras. Las danzas criollas son expresiones musicales populares, mientras que las danzas religiosas se ejecutan durante fiestas patronales y católicas. Finalmente, las danzas rituales
Conceptos Bâsicos para que un empresario latino comience a entender los puntos de negocios en un contrato para establecer una corporación en Estados Unidos (USA). Una serie de 4 presentaciones, la primera se refiere al cuerpo de todos los documentos envueltos en una corporación.
El documento describe la fauna, flora, costumbres, platos típicos y trajes típicos de la sierra peruana. Entre la fauna se encuentran el venado, zorro, puma, vicuña, alpaca, llama, oveja y cóndor. La flora incluye arbustos como la tola, pastos como el chilihuial y plantas como la puya de Raymondi y la bromelia. Algunas costumbres son la danza de las tijeras, el Inti Raymi y festividades religiosas. Los platos t
The Miracle Garden is a community garden in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. It was established in 2006 with a $25,000 grant from Whole Foods to transform a former "drug yard" into a garden. The garden is maintained by a group of 12 volunteers led by Suzy Kutz. It provides a quiet space for neighborhood residents. However, limited funding and membership pose challenges to further developing the garden. The group hopes to fundraise more and recruit additional volunteers to keep the garden open more frequently.
The 9th Street community garden in New York City's lower east side neighborhood provides space for community members to grow crops and gather. Started in 1979 on a vacant lot by resident Augustine Garcia, the garden has grown to one acre and offers amenities like a stage, children's play area, and beehive. The garden's users are mostly local seniors and immigrants who work individually and collectively to maintain the space. It aims to promote environmental awareness, civic responsibility, and a healthier community through gardening and social activities.
The 9th Street community garden in New York City's lower east side neighborhood was started in 1979 by a local resident. It has since grown to one acre in size and provides individual garden plots for its 25 members to plant vegetables, flowers, and trees. The garden aims to revitalize the neighborhood through community involvement in gardening and hosting events. It uses technologies like composting and rainwater harvesting to be environmentally friendly.
The document describes La Plaza Cultural, a non-profit community garden and event space in New York City. It provides details about the history and formation of La Plaza Cultural in 1976 by local residents and activists looking to clean up an empty lot. It is now a successful space that hosts events, has various volunteer committees, and provides a green space for the neighborhood. The garden faces some challenges around maintaining volunteer support and dealing with issues like noise pollution from events.
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Este documento describe varios tipos de danzas folclóricas peruanas, incluyendo danzas criollas como el vals peruano, la marinera y el tondero; danzas religiosas como la Danza de Negritos y el pacasito; y danzas rituales como la Huaconada de Mito y la danza de las tijeras. Las danzas criollas son expresiones musicales populares, mientras que las danzas religiosas se ejecutan durante fiestas patronales y católicas. Finalmente, las danzas rituales
Conceptos Bâsicos para que un empresario latino comience a entender los puntos de negocios en un contrato para establecer una corporación en Estados Unidos (USA). Una serie de 4 presentaciones, la primera se refiere al cuerpo de todos los documentos envueltos en una corporación.
El documento describe la fauna, flora, costumbres, platos típicos y trajes típicos de la sierra peruana. Entre la fauna se encuentran el venado, zorro, puma, vicuña, alpaca, llama, oveja y cóndor. La flora incluye arbustos como la tola, pastos como el chilihuial y plantas como la puya de Raymondi y la bromelia. Algunas costumbres son la danza de las tijeras, el Inti Raymi y festividades religiosas. Los platos t
The Miracle Garden is a community garden in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. It was established in 2006 with a $25,000 grant from Whole Foods to transform a former "drug yard" into a garden. The garden is maintained by a group of 12 volunteers led by Suzy Kutz. It provides a quiet space for neighborhood residents. However, limited funding and membership pose challenges to further developing the garden. The group hopes to fundraise more and recruit additional volunteers to keep the garden open more frequently.
The 9th Street community garden in New York City's lower east side neighborhood provides space for community members to grow crops and gather. Started in 1979 on a vacant lot by resident Augustine Garcia, the garden has grown to one acre and offers amenities like a stage, children's play area, and beehive. The garden's users are mostly local seniors and immigrants who work individually and collectively to maintain the space. It aims to promote environmental awareness, civic responsibility, and a healthier community through gardening and social activities.
The 9th Street community garden in New York City's lower east side neighborhood was started in 1979 by a local resident. It has since grown to one acre in size and provides individual garden plots for its 25 members to plant vegetables, flowers, and trees. The garden aims to revitalize the neighborhood through community involvement in gardening and hosting events. It uses technologies like composting and rainwater harvesting to be environmentally friendly.
The document describes La Plaza Cultural, a non-profit community garden and event space in New York City. It provides details about the history and formation of La Plaza Cultural in 1976 by local residents and activists looking to clean up an empty lot. It is now a successful space that hosts events, has various volunteer committees, and provides a green space for the neighborhood. The garden faces some challenges around maintaining volunteer support and dealing with issues like noise pollution from events.
The La Plaza Cultural community garden in New York City was founded in 1976 through efforts of local residents and activists to transform vacant, trash-filled land into an open green space. It has since grown to include event spaces, private gardening plots, and committees focused on activities like composting and children's programs. The garden aims to further develop the surrounding neighborhood by improving its facilities and making itself less dependent on volunteer labor. Maintaining community participation and addressing issues like noise pollution pose ongoing challenges to the initiative.
Sowing Opportunity, Harvesting Change: Community Food Projects in ActionJohn Smith
This slideshow provides a brief introduction to community food projects supported by the USDA's Community Food Projects grant program. It highlights several example projects, including a youth-run juice bar program in New York City that promotes nutrition and job skills, and a shared community kitchen in Appalachia that allows small farmers to process foods. The overall goals of the grant program are to address food insecurity, increase community self-reliance around food issues, and take a comprehensive approach. The slideshow is intended to inspire action around local food systems work.
The document describes a community garden called El Sol Brillante located in a residential neighborhood in New York City. The garden was established in the 1970s on a formerly vacant lot that had been used for drug use. Currently, garden members focus on growing plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables. They also do composting using an effective micro-organism technique to create fertile soil. The garden hosts biweekly composting workshops and aims to beautify the community while using sustainable practices. There are approximately 40 garden members who vary in occupation but live nearby and use the garden as a hobby and part-time job.
Organic America "The Fresh Guide to Sustainable Living"Katie Thomas
Organic America is a new publication that aims to serve as a resource for sustainable living through urban homesteading and agriculture. It began as an idea sparked by the founder's volunteer work in community gardens and time spent with local organic farmers. The founder has assembled a team and begun outreach to local stakeholders like Emmanuel Roux, who runs a community garden and is developing one of the nation's first "food parks," to provide funding, advertising, and expertise. The team plans to launch a blog/website to share articles and advertise locally for free at first. Their goal is to prove the publication's value through growing readership and advertiser success before expanding the operation nationally and instituting fees to fund further sustainable initiatives.
Organic America is a new publication aimed at providing information and resources for sustainable living. It began as an idea after the author volunteered at a community garden and saw the need for a guide on urban agriculture. The publication will focus on topics like gardening, raising livestock, and tiny home design. To fund and promote the magazine, the author is working with local stakeholders involved in food policy and sustainable projects. This includes the owner of a community garden who plans to open a "food park" and a university research group studying urban food policies. The author has assembled a team and plans to launch a blog/website and distribute the publication for free locally at first, gaining advertisers to eventually expand nationally. Profits will support organizations working
This assignment was a part of the Social Justice Internship Program at Loyola University Chicago. This was an asset map of the Ohio City Neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
This presentation is about the Healthy Choices program and the Grocery Store initiative
in South Milwaukee. Community and advocacy groups worked together in creating programs to improve the health of the community.
The document is a letter from students Caela Pereiro, Tierney Wittmann, and Mai Mao Yang thanking the HillView Urban Agriculture Center for the opportunity to work on their grant application. It includes the final grant proposal to the People's Co-op Community Fund, which is due on April 15, 2016. The letter provides contact information for the grant committee and instructions for follow up reporting if awarded. It also shares the students' email contacts and expresses their pleasure in working with the organization. An attached table of contents lists the proposal, funding sources research, and literature review included in the grant application materials.
The document provides confidential instructions for four stakeholders involved in addressing homelessness in Niceville:
1. The Ledbetter Foundation representative is instructed to prepare a $500,000 grant proposal to improve conditions for the homeless that builds cooperation between groups.
2. The Community Service League chair wants to convert a building into a homeless shelter but needs $300,000 for renovations and $200,000 annually for operations.
3. The governor's task force director believes funding should prioritize outreach/support programs over shelters and wants to appease politicians and businesses.
4. The homeless union representative proposes a shelter run by the homeless as existing options are too bureaucratic and removed from their needs.
DUE 11AM ON SUNDAYClinical Assignment #2 EnvironmentalAlyciaGold776
DUE 11AM ON SUNDAY
Clinical Assignment #2: Environmental Health
This assignment will develop a beginning understanding of environmental health concepts in the community setting. Students will consider how HealthyPeople 2020 environmental health themes impact their community, and apply concepts such as “social justice” and “the greater good” in evaluating public health initiatives.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the impact of various environmental public health hazards.
2. Investigate strategies that address solutions to environmental public health hazards.
3. Explore policy and legislation related to environmental health issues in the community.
Background
Students should familiarize themselves with HealthyPeople 2020’s Environmental Health objectives, which focus on 6 themes: 1) outdoor air quality; 2) surface and ground water quality; 3) toxic substances and hazardous wastes; 4) homes and communities; 5) infrastructure and surveillance; and 6) global environmental health.
Students can access https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health for more information.
Instructions for Individual Activity
Each student will choose one of the HealthyPeople 2020’s Environmental Health themes to investigate and explore how their community (chosen with Clinical Assignment #1: Community Assessment/Windshield Survey) is affected and impacted by this theme, as well as what is being done to address this environmental health theme to safeguard or improve societal and environmental health. Students should search relevant public/governmental agency websites and media/newspaper publications to help understand the situation from historical, present, and future oriented perspectives. The EPA’s My Environment website may also be helpful (https://www3.epa.gov/enviro/myenviro/). Students will then create a 2-page paper (approximately 500 words) that addresses the following:
· Briefly describe the selected environmental health theme.
· Discuss how the community is affected/impacted by this environmental health theme.
· Explore the selected environmental health situation from historical, present, and future-oriented perspectives.
· Discuss any strategies that are planned or have been implemented to address this environmental health theme to safeguard or improve societal and environmental health. Consider the barriers and facilitators for success of these strategies. Propose strategies if none are found.
· Within the paper, students should consider and address population health concepts such as “social justice” and “the greater good.”
· Student should utilize and appropriately cite relevant public/governmental agency websites and media/newspaper publications to substantiate their writing.
· Students will submit their APA formatted paper to Brightspace by the assigned due date.
Group activity
At the clinical site (or as directed by your clinical instructor), students will present and discuss their findings of the HealthyPeople 2020: ...
This document discusses community food assessment and economic development approaches to improving community food security. It outlines three major streams that provide food to communities: the mainstream agrifood system, charitable food assistance, and nutrition safety net programs. Community food programs and community economic development are identified as important interventions. Steps for conducting a community food assessment are outlined, including organizing stakeholders, research, and developing recommendations. Several examples of community food programs from Manitoba and Saskatchewan are summarized.
The Positive Impacts Of Community Development In South AfricaChristina Valadez
Community development in South Africa can have positive impacts in fields like public health, economic development, and reducing violence. It aims to improve solidarity and empower communities through principles like self-help, participation, and addressing felt needs. However, locality alone does not define a community - development must pursue the goals of agency and solidarity. Previous research found community development and gardening programs can revitalize neighborhoods by reclaiming urban areas, fostering social ties, and increasing civic engagement.
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The document summarizes a discussion between participants of the Built Environment Cohort Call #2 on June 28. Key topics discussed include:
- The Food Trust's work in Philadelphia to increase access to healthy foods through programs like their healthy corner store initiative and farmers markets.
- Challenges securing long-term funding and approaches taken like partnering with hospitals to use community benefit dollars.
- Strategies used by The Food Trust to encourage corner store owners and children to choose healthy options.
- Open discussion of Albuquerque's mobile market program and challenges with data collection and privacy concerns.
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3. 1.1 Description
What do they do? (Description of service idea, e.g. a community garden,
a food coop, etc). What are the demands/problems this initiative responds
to? What is the aim of the initiative? What happens and how does it
happens? What benefits does it bring to the neighborhood?
The Sixth Street Community Center empowers the surrounding
community by “organizing neighborhood residents around issues
concerning food, health, and the environment”. Some of the current
programs at the center include community-supported agriculture (CSA),
SOS food, Seeds to Support Program, New York State Against Genetic
Engineering, Finding Sukha Yoga Studio, and the Organic Soul Café.
In our research, CSA came up as a prominent program at the
community center. The main goal of the program is to bring together the
community and local farmers. The community members have the chance
to receive fresh, organic produce by purchasing shares in the farmer’s
harvests. This partnership benefits both the members of the community
and the local farmers because the farmers can better focus on growing
and harvesting quality crops without having to worry about marketing
because the community members enjoy their harvests.
The agricultural programs at the community center also educate
the community about the food they are consuming and where it comes
from. The members of the community center are mainly concerned about
spreading awareness of the negatives of genetically engineered food.
They are strong advocates and participants in initiatives taken for
legislation to try to get genetically engineered food out of our markets.
Finding Sukha Yoga School is the Center’s newest program. It is a
yoga center that provides a way for community members and yoga lovers
around the city to come together, relax, and escape the stress of the city.
1.2 Context
What is this neighborhood like? How was it before this new solution took
place?
The surrounding neighborhood is the Lower East Side/ Alphabet
City. The neighborhood today is a very nice, clean, and quiet
neighborhood. There are many surrounding community gardens which
provide a serene green space for community members to enjoy amongst
all of the chaos of the city. There are also many small businesses such as
restaurants, markets, convenience and corner stores, and tattoo shops.
There are also many schools, but the area seems to be more residential.
During our interview with Annette she mentioned that the school
system in New York City was getting increasingly worse around the same
time the center was developed. She also noted that many of the kids who
volunteered and took part in various events at the Center went on to be
extremely successful academically, some even earning PhD’s.
Also, before the 6th street community center came to be it was in
the 1980’s, which was a hard time for the Lower East Side. The area was
run down with much crime and abandoned buildings. Annette said that a
big problem was the food because old or left over food from the city
would be shipped to LES and be the only supply of food for the area. She
4. mentioned how the food was undistinguishable and unhealthy. Now
LES gets its own supply of food and the community center is
striving to make this supply even better for the neighborhood.
1.3 History of the initiative
How did the project/initiative start? Who took the initiative? Why?
Can you describe a timeline of events, highlighting success and failure aspects, major
milestones? How far can you go back? How did this initiative mature? How did it turn to
be a real enterprise? (registered, formalized etc.) Did it receive public or private support
of any kind? Did it help change the public or policy structure?
The original building of the 6th Street Community Center was a former
synagogue. It began in 1978 as a block association organized by single mothers
living in the area found the vacant building. Two women who squatted to acquire
the building. Annette Averette being in Legal Aid, helped the women get rights to
the building.
The founders of the 6th Street Community Center are Howard Brandstein and
Annette Averette. Annette originally worked for Legal Aid, but the program she
was concentrating on was de-funded, so she went to the center because “they
owed he a favor.” There she started a shelter for battered women. She also
brought a financial displacement project to the center. Howard was working with
Save the Children at the time, and the foundation gave them some money to buy
the building for around $15000.
After the acquisition of the building, they started CSA, which was one of
the city’s first Community Supported Agriculture programs. They started CSA in
response to the USDA’s approval of chemically enhanced food. Annette wanted
to start CSA because she is a cancer survivor and therefore is very conscious
about what goes into the food she in eating. Annette also started the Organic
Soul Café at the center and believes that everyone has the right to know what
they are eating. In addition, the center also participated in lobbying to pass bills
against genetic engineering in the food industry.
The sixth street community center has gone through many changes in
programs over the years, some including summer camps for children, a design
studio and music classes. They also started the 6 B/C community garden next
door. They do not receive any government funding, so the 6th Street Community
Center relies on funding from private companies such as Whole Foods, Donations
and quick grants.
1.4 Main actors
Who are the users of this initiative? Who are the promoters of this initiative? Is there a
difference between users and promoters or are they basically the same? Describe users
and promoters lifestyles?
Do the users work as a group or groups? Is there a network of related organizations and/
or individuals? Do they have any form of connection or exchange with other similar
initiatives? Was the group inspired by other examples? Do you know counter examples,
(of service ideas that did not take-off), cases that went wrong?
The main actors of the Sixth Street Community Center are is the
community of the neighborhood itself. Howard Brandstein and Annette Averette
are the two primary movers and shakers at the community center. A volunteer
named Beverly Spencer contributes a lot of her time to the café as well as the
community center itself. There are also a series of volunteers that support the
community center as different events occur. The neighborhood as a whole is a
main part of the center and it is not required to apply for membership to the
community center itself.
5. 1.5. Technologies
What are the technologies that the group uses? How are they used in
system?
One thing that makes the Sixth Street Community Center unique is
the Organic Soul Café. Our group was fortunate enough to experience an
excellent meal from the Cafe prepared by head chef Beverly and other
OSC volunteers. The delicious vegan meal costs $11 per person and $15
with salmon included. Farmers from the CSA program give extra produce
to the Organic Soul Café kitchen, and the remainder of the food comes
from Whole Foods.
A different menu is available every serving night, which is two
nights per week.
1.6. Communication
What communication materials do the group have? (e.g. website,
brochures, postcards, etc). What is the main purpose of these materials?
e.g. to keep participants updated about activities (internal communication)
or to get more participants (external communication)? Does the group
want to have more participants?
A volunteer set up and runs the Sixth Street Community Center website.
(www.sixthstreetcommunitycenter.org) The main purpose of the site is to
promote the Community Center and generate more community
involvement and awareness. They also have excellent pamphlets and
hand-outs available outside the doors of the facility. One main form of
communication is the Sixth Street Weekly Newsletter that includes
everything from an event calendar to an organic food recipe.
The group would love to have more participants. They are really
interested in bringing lots of people together to spread awareness and
achieve goals for the greater good. They hope to eventually find a
volunteer to come an set up a weekly e-mail and use social networking
website such as Facebook or Twitter so that more awareness of
upcoming events is made.
6. 1.7. Perspective for the future
What are the perspective/objectives of the group for the next
3-5 years? What are some of the success factors and possible
risks in the short medium and long term?
The Community Center wants to encourage more sustainable
and organic means of agriculture throughout the surrounding
community and NYC as a whole. Over time they also would like to
see that means of genetically modified food is stopped and that we
return to organic farming processes and support the struggling
farmers.
In the mean time they would like to see more active
community members so that their center and initiative can grow to
achieve their long term goals.
1.8. Problems and opportunities
Are there any specific issues/problems/barriers that pose threats to the
initiative? Are there any main areas of concern among the participants
(leaders and users alike)? Are there any opportunities that could be
explored (that are currently not explored)?
Because they own the building, the Sixth Street Community
Center has had many opportunities to support many different types
of initiatives. They are constantly re-inventing themselves to fit the
needs of an ever-changing society.
7. 1.9. Indications of other social innovation
Do the users participate in other entrepreneurial endeavors? Do they form
small initiatives on their own? Are members involved in other
“sustainable” services within the community? (Ex. Food Co-op,
carpooling, community gardens, etc)? Do you see evidence of wider
networks that these users contribute to?
Most of the participants at the community center do
participate in other philanthropic endeavors.
(See above)
1.10. References
Howard Brandstein
Annette Averette
Web: www.sixthstreetcommunitycenter.org
www.sosfood.org
E-mail: csa@sixthstreetcenter.org
info@sixthstreetcenter.org
sosfood@sixthstreetcenter.org
Address: Sixth Street Community Center
638 E. 6th Street
New York, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 677-1863
Fax: (212) 677-7166