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RESTORATION WORKS™ Are you interested in social justice and environmental stewardship? Use the arts to become a community/cultural activist through on-going projects as part of a classroom elective, and after-school program or a weekend work project in your community. Earn-service learning hours as you discover how global and local issues impact your life in our R U An Endangered Species?™ workshops and then plan your Arts Actions to empower yourself and others. Create healthy urban forests in your community by removing invasive plants and planting native species during hands-on work parties once a month at Genesee Park and in the East Duwamish Greenbelt. Restoration Works is sponsored by:  R U An Endangered Species?™ A 4-part Workshop Series at the intersection of race, environment and social justice Restoration Workshops are held the second Thursday of every month from January to April, 2009 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm, at Pritchard Beach, 8400 55th Ave., Seattle, WA. Workshop #2 Strange Fruit: Race, Violence and Environment Workshop When: Thursday, February 12, 2009,5:00 pm to 8 pm Where: Pritchard Beach Bathhouse, 8400 55th Avenue S., Seattle, WA For many communities the violence of racial hatred committed in the woods still echoes through our collective memories. This post traumatic stress negatively impacts our relationships to the earth and to one another. Collectively we remain disconnected from the benefits of the outdoors which results in multiple threats to our physical and mental health, including obesity, diabetes, stress, and no relief from ADD and ADHD. The health of our communities and our youth depends on creating safe experiences for them to thrive, including the woods. Through truth, reconciliation and empowerment we can find solutions for healing our attitudes towards to the woods. Join us for this community conversation with Theryn B. Kigvamasud'Vashti of CARA, Delbert Richardson, collector of the American History Exhibit: The Unspoken Truth, performances by Griot Works™ Youth Troupe, a. k. Allin, and host Jourdan I Keith. Learn what you can do to protect our social and natural Eco-systems. Be a part of the solution - join the R U An Endangered Species?™ campaign to save human lives. www.urbanwildernessproject.org 206-464-8364 Workshop #3 Saving Limbs: Green Spaces and Women's Lives Workshop When: Thursday, March 12, 2009,5:00 pm to 8 pm Where: Pritchard Beach Bathhouse, 8400 55th Avenue S., Seattle, WA Dr. Williams and Dr. Kuo's groundbreaking research in Illinois proved that urban green spaces increase self-esteem and decision making for girls and reduced domestic violence which tears apart families. As Seattle's population sky rockets, we defoliate our neighborhood spaces in favor of urban density. The absence of green space may put women's lives at a greater risk. Learn what you can do to protect our social and natural Eco-systems. Be a part of the solution - join the R U An Endangered Species?™ campaign to save human lives. www.urbanwildernessproject.org 206-464-8364 Workshop #4 Does Homophobia Have a Carbon Count?: Perception and Safety When: Thursday, April 9, 2009,5:00 pm to 8 pm Where: Pritchard Beach Bathhouse, 8400 55th Avenue S., Seattle, WA Workshop Fee: Free Have you ever avoided public transportation, especially at night for fear of harassment? Have you learned to guard yourself against unwanted comments from other commuters by changing your behavior? In a heterosexist paradigm does same-sex affection redefine us as female or male and increase our safety concerns? Could public education make your bus ride safer and allow you to leave the car behind? Learn what you can do to protect our social and natural Eco-systems. Be a part of the solution - join the R U An Endangered Species?™ campaign to save human lives. www.urbanwildernessproject.org 206-464-8364 Restoration Work Projects Restoration Work Projects are held the second Saturday of every month at Genessee Park. NOTE: From 4316 South Genesee St., WALK the Path in the park to Lake Washington Blvd side of the park.
Contact Us Jourdan I. Keith, Founder & Director 206-464-8364 Office 206-579-5848 Cell urbanwildernessproject@yahoo.com P.O. Box 18874 Seattle, WA 98118 © 2004, Jourdan I. Keith site design by Kind Of 7.com |
