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Our Food Justice Soirée Recap

October 28, 2024

Truly A Night To Remember!

On Thursday Oct.24th 2024 we held our annual Food Justice Soirée at the Mt. Hope Community Garden, a friend-raiser event that commemorates National Food Day and celebrates all those who support urban agriculture and food justice. To say the night exceeded our expectations is an understatement – it was truly magical!

With over 100 attendees, the garden space was just about filled to capacity and guests experienced the beauty and good vibrations of the garden at night. With live music, drinks flowing, delicious food, and of course an art exhibition curated by our own resident artist and storyteller Ami Young, it was a festive fall occasion to remember!

Thanks to Love, Tito’s and Pure Project for providing the drinks, Sabor Piri Piri for the food, Les Afriks for the music, and thank you to Ami Young, Ashley, and Vee Brooks for the amazing art expo in the garden. Also thanks to our volunteers and team for working hard to put this night together.

And of course, a HUGE thank you to our community for showing up and supporting our cause! We feel very fortunate to have your support, and hope we can keep this momentum going as we continue to build and grow!

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Food Justice Soirée Oct. 24th

October 14, 2024

Our Food Justice Soirée is Back!

Join us on Thursday, Oct.24th from 6-8pm as we celebrate National Food Day with a fall friend-raiser event at the Mt. Hope Community Garden. This community favorite celebrates all who support food justice and good food access, and serves as a great reason to connect with neighbors in a beautiful nighttime garden setting.

This event will feature live music, East African cuisine courtesy of Sabor Piri Piri, drinks courtesy of Pure Brewing and Love, Tito’s (non-alcoholic beverages served as well), and a garden art showing featuring talented local artists.

Tickets are $25, include all food and beverages, and support a great cause! Please join us at this fantastic fall event!

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Celebrating Our Season of Recognition

October 6, 2024

Kicking Off Our Season of Recognition

On  October 6th, 2024 Project New Village held a gathering at the Mt. Hope Community Garden to commemorate the 107th birthday of Fannie Lou Hamer – a civil rights icon; a forerunner in the food sovereignty movement; and a role model for transformative leadership. 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.

From now through the end of this year we will be hosting events and gatherings in recognition of those inspired by Mrs. Hamer’s legacy, all 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 community members whose actions exemplify her spirit of activism. This is a special celebration year for us as not only is it our 30th anniversary as a food justice organization, but all proceeds for this event will go toward building costs for The Village, a multi-story mixed use community food hub in Mt. Hope. Predevelopment has already begun with construction slated for 2025, so our goal is to raise $50,000 by the end of this year towards this cause. Please join us in celebration and recognition – visit the link below for more information!

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