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2024 FLH CELEBRATION
On October 6th, 2024 We Launched Our ‘Season of Recognition’
From October 6th, 2024 through the end of this year we will be hosting events and gatherings in recognition of those inspired by legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights icon; a forerunner in the food sovereignty movement; and a role model for transformative leadership. In honor of Mrs. Hamer’s birthday (Oct. 6, 1917) our Season of Recognition will uplift community members who contribute to our mission, building up to our 13th annual Fannie Lou Hamer Legacy Celebration on December 5th, 2024 where we will be awarding our Food Justice Awards to those members whose actions exemplify her spirit of activism.
To learn more about Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and her tremendous impact on voting rights, civil rights, and food justice click here.
30 YEARS!
A Very Special Celebration Year
Not only is this an important fundraising year for us, but 2024 signifies a very special milestone in our history – the 30th anniversary of our organization! This year represents big changes happening within our organization – we’re acquiring more growing spaces in SESD as part of our Rooted Resources, our People’s Produce Mobile Farmers Market truck is now regularly serving twice as many sites as last year with even more on the horizon, and most notably we began predevelopment on building The Village, which will transform our Mt. Hope Community Garden property into a multi story mixed-use community food hub, the first of it’s kind in Southeastern San Diego!
Join us in raising $50,000 towards building The Village in 2024!
Our Build The Village capital campaign has begun, and we intend to raise $50,000 by the end of this year. To take part in this momentous transformation that will forever change the food system landscape in SESD, go to our Build The Village campaign page and give now!
2024 FLH CELEBRATION
Join Us At Our Fannie Lou Hamer Legacy Celebration Dec.5th, 2024!
The 13th annual Fannie Lou Hamer Legacy Celebration is the primary fundraising event for Project New Village, and 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of our organization! We’re pulling out all the stops this year, including hosting the event at a new venue – Park & Market downtown. This brand new, modern space is the perfect backdrop for an evening filled with recognition and celebration!
This ticketed event will feature delicious food, drinks, our Food Equity Awards presentation, music, dancing and much more… with 100% of the proceeds going towards our Build The Village campaign!
Buy your tickets now, and reserve your spot at this momentous year-end celebration!
30 YEARS!
Help Us Reach Our Goal as an Event Sponsor
Become a sponsor, and help us build equity and create good food access to the neighborhoods of Southeastern San Diego.
100% of the proceeds from this event will go towards the building of The Village, a community good food hub located in Mt. Hope. By sponsoring this event, you are bringing us one step closer to completing this project that will forever improve the food system landscape in Southeastern San Diego.
Click here to join our current sponsors in supporting our mission:
Our North Star
Fannie Lou Hamer was born on October 6, 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi, the 20th and last child of sharecroppers Lou Ella and James Townsend. She grew up in poverty, but rose from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices in the fight for human rights.
Mrs. Hamer succumbed to breast cancer in 1977, but not before leaving behind a legacy of activism that continues to resonate today. It is her legacy that has inspired and informed Project New Village’s current efforts to create an Equitable Food-Oriented Development project in Southeastern San Diego. Modeled after Mrs. Hamer’s Freedom Farm project, The Good Food District is a place-making effort centered on urban agriculture and creating access to healthy locally-sourced good food throughout our neighborhoods.
The following videos give great insight into how significant her contributions were to the civil rights movement, and her continued inspiration and presence in the work we do today.
