August Events at the Hattie Carthan Community Garden

The Hattie Carthan Community Garden is planning a lot of fun events for the month of August. The events are listed below. All events will be held in the garden (located on the corner of Lafayette and Marcy Avenues). You can reach the garden by taking the G to Bedford-Nostrand (use the Nostrand Ave. exit and walk one block east along Lafayette to Marcy) or take the B38 bus to Marcy & Lafayette or the B43 to Tompkins and Lafayette.

The Hattie Carthan Community garden invites you to attend a “State of Our Health” community council facilitated by plant and sound medicine practitioner, community food educator, and author of “A Time for Healing” Yonnette Fleming.

Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008
Time: 2:00 – 5:00 pm

Many in our community recognize that improving our health involves more than the diagnosis and treatment of disease, having insurance or the cost of healthcare. In fact, there are lots of statistics which indicate that racial and socioeconomic inequalities often lead to poor health and health disparities. Join in this community council as we examine the state of health in our community and make a commitment to creating a new view of health in our local community. Come prepared to share your own story about how racism, exclusion, chronic stress, unhealthy soil, contaminated food or environmental pollution is negatively affecting your individual or community health.

We will shift our conversation from health care providers to the community for visionary direction;
We will shift our focus from third party intervention to local control;
We will define health as our physical, spiritual, social and economic well-being.

Part 2 & 3 of this learning series will be dedicated to learning about Central Brooklyn disparities, identifying their root causes and exploring strategies which can produce change.

Questions? Contact Yonnette@ 718-638-3566 or email hattiecarthangarden@yahoo.com

Herbal beverages and healthy foods will be available.

This council is sponsored by the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation & Green Guerrillas as part of a 3 part “Growing Our Health Series” which addresses health disparities in the community.

The Hattie Carthan Community Garden cordially invites you to attend our 4th annual International Food and Film Festival.

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008
Time: 2 pm – 10 pm

Come groove to international music, share international food recipes, meet local gardeners & community cooks, learn about healthy fast foods for kids at a cooking demo, meet food justice activists, learn about home made beverages as an alternative to carbonated beverages, learn about preserving foods from the harvest, join in the rhythm circle, and find out about food issues which affect our community. All foods are prepared by our garden members and some foods have been harvested from our garden. Remember to bring your blanket for the movie!

Our theme:Many cultures working as one community.
Questions? Please call Yonnette 718-638-3566 or email hattiecarthangarden@yahoo.com

EXPERIENCE THE FRESH TASTES AND CULTURE OF BROOKLYN!
Vegetarian plate: $6
Meat plate $7
Roast Corn $1
Home made Cake $1
Home made Beverages $1
Home made pies $1.50

Donations are welcome to help continue food education and cultural programs in the garden.

The Hattie Carthan Community garden invites you to commune and connect at our monthly Drum and Movement Circle
facilitated by plant and sound medicine practitioner/meditational drum recording artist Yonnette Fleming and African drum/dance teacher Michael Sampson.

Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008
Time: 4:00 – 8:00 pm

All organic instruments are welcome. We will rhythmically entrain with each other, find our connection through the heartbeat and learn rhythms associated with the cycles of nature. Rhythmic entrainment balances the right and left brain functions and teaches us ways of working harmoniously with each other.

Find your dance and dance as if nobody is watching you!!!!!!
Align yourself with your inner rhythms!!!!!
Dance with your creativity!!!!
Drum til the cows come home!

What to bring: Your dancing feet, instruments, journals, sketch pads, scarves, dancing belts, yoga mats, or a pillow in case you simply want to lay on the grass and have the rhythm and sounds dance through your body.

Donations of money, water or food are appreciated to make this a sustainable venture that feeds our connections with each other and the Earth!

Questions? Call Yonnette @ 718-638-3566 or email hattiecarthangarden@yahoo.com