WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

LIVING CLASSROOM

LANDSCAPE DESIGN REVIEW

LEJ Office, 800 Innes Ave. #11 

 

Come see our preliminary landscape plans for the Living Classroom, our off-grid environmental education center slated for construction this year at the entrance to Heron's Head Park.  The landscape designs were created collaboratively by LEJ youth and Urban Ecology, and this is an opportunity for the community to weigh in.  Light refreshments served. 

RSVP Rachel Pomerantz, 415 282 6840; livingclassroom@lejyouth.org .

 

SUNDAY, MAY 27

2 PM - 4 PM

BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT TOXIC TOUR

Starting Point:  BVHP Boys and Girls Club, 195 Kiska Rd.

 

Come and take a walking tour of our neighborhood, led by the LEJ youth.  We'll stop by some of the toxic sites in Bayview Hunters Point like the Hunter's Point Shipyard and the former PG&E power plant, and talk about the relationship to our community's health.  We'll also have a chance to see the ways LEJ youth are making things better, with a visit to Good Neighbor merchant Surfside Grocery, and a tour of the Living Classroom site at Heron's Head Park.  Along the way, we'll talk about environmental justice, development and gentrification, food security, and grassroots environmental health activism.  Free pizza party following the tour!

All are welcome, and there is no charge.  RSVP to Rachel Pomerantz (see above). 

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 16

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

HEALTHY COMMUNITY COOKBOOK LAUNCH

SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market 

 

Come celebrate the launch of our Healthy Community Cookbook and sample some of the recipes!  Compiled and edited by LEJ youth, the cookbook is geared to bringing increased awareness of healthy foods in Bayview Hunters Point, and to improve our ability to fight diabetes, heart disease, obesity and cancer.

For more information about LEJ's food security programs and the cookbook, contact Gwendolyn Smith, 415 282 6840; goodneighbor@lejyouth.org. 

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

FARM BILL TEACH-IN

Alemany Farm, Alemany Blvd. and Ellsworth St.

 

Why is it that one in three children will develop diabetes in their lifetime? Why is it cheaper to feed our children fat and sugar than fruits and vegetables? What does the 2007 Farm Bill have to do with food justice? Come learn about the federal legislation that has the greatest impact on your food, your family and your health. 

LEJ is a co-sponsor of this event.  For more information contact Jessie Woletz, 415 626 2976; jessyjeanine@gmail.com.  

 

LEJ WISH LIST

 

» Frequent flyer miles/tickets to send LEJ

   Youth to the US Social Forum

» Server - Apple G4 or G5 XServe

» eMac desktop computers

» 15 passenger van

» Sweatshirt or tshirt blanks for us

   to silkscreen

If you can help, please contact Al Collins, 415 282 6840; info@lejyouth.org

 

Literacy for Environmental Justice is an environmental education and youth empowerment organization created specifically to address the ecological and health concerns of Bayview Hunters Point and the surrounding communities of southeast San Francisco.  Please make a contribution to LEJ today; click here to donate.