<div dir="auto">Bring a friend! $15 at the door. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:georgia,serif;word-spacing:1px"><a href="http://bit.ly/DesertsAndSwamps" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:0.8125rem">http://bit.ly/DesertsAndSwamps</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><br></div><div class="m_-8659832158313642721gmail-m_6846716935841347058gmail_signature" dir="auto" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:georgia,serif;word-spacing:1px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">What - Food Deserts and Swamps: How Racism Makes it Hard for Some</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Communities to Get Groceries</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">When - </span><span class="m_-8659832158313642721gmail-m_6846716935841347058gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span class="m_-8659832158313642721gmail-m_6846716935841347058gmail-aQJ" style="font-size:0.8125rem">May 20, 2:30 -4pm</span></span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Where - PGAAMCC </span><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=4519+Rhode+Island+Avenue,+Brentwood,+MD+20722&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">4519 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Tickets: </span><font color="#333333"><a href="http://bit.ly/DesertsAndSwamps" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem">http://bit.ly/DesertsAndSwamps</a></font><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">This event will be a panel discussion with Chloe Marshall of the Food</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Justice Coalition 20743 and Margaret Morgan-Hubbard of ECO City Farms. Both</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">will provide context for understanding the way that systemic racism has led</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">to food inequities in Prince George's County and the DMV area. Why do some</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">communities lack access to fresh food while others have four or five</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">groceries stores? What does it mean to live in a food desert or a food</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">swamp? Come learn about the current situation in local communities and the</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">hard work of activists who are bringing fresh food into their neighborhoods</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">and returning ownership of food systems to communities of color.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">About the Panelists:</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Chloe Marshall is a food justice advocate, and one of the co-founders of</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">the Food Justice Coalition 20743. FJC 20743's mission is to bring fresh</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">food into the 20743 zipcode area, and restore ownership of the food systems</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">to marginalized communities. This summer Chloe and the other members are</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">opening the Oakcrest Farmer's Market, and their long-term goals are to</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">create a food co-op in Capital Heights. Find out more here:https://</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><a href="http://www.foodjusticecoalition.com/who-we-are" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">www.foodjusticecoalition.com/who-we-are</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Margaret Morgan-Hubbard is founder and CEO of ECO City Farms, which has</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">locations in Edmonston and Bladensburg. An environmentalist and educator,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">she has a long history in social justice, and is invested in mentoring</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">young people and creating opportunities for collaboration between diverse</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">groups of people. ECO City Farms seeks to increase food security in the</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Chesapeake Bay region, and improve nutrition and health outcomes, while</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">preserving cultural and ecological diversity. Learn more here: http://</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><a href="http://www.ecoffshoots.org/about-us/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">www.ecoffshoots.org/about-us/</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Early Bird Tickets are $10 ($15 after 5/13), but no one will be turned away</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">for lack of funds. Childcare, transportation assistance, and other</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">accommodations are available upon request. Please contact</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><a href="mailto:greenlinesurj@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">greenlinesurj@gmail.com</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline"> at least 48 hours in advance of the event if you</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">need payment assistance or require any accommodations including childcare.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">All proceeds benefit the speakers and PGAAMCC.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/food-deserts-and-s" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/food-deserts-and-s</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">wamps-how-racism-makes-it-</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">hard-for-some-communities-to-</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">get-groceries</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">About the Host:</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">The mission of PGAAMCC is to celebrate and inspire the Community through</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">the cultivation, preservation, and presentation of the cultural and</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">artistic contributions of African Americans in Prince George’s County,</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Maryland. We pride ourselves on being a learning organization for our</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">visitors and our staff and volunteers alike. We recognize that learning</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">occurs in unexpected ways all around us, and that we have the potential to</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">arouse curiosity and encourage discovery. We value our role as a center for</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">life-long learning in our community. </span><a href="http://www.pgaamcc.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">http://www.pgaamcc.org</a><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">About the Organizer:</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">SURJ GL is a Prince George's County Maryland Chapter of Showing Up for</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">Racial Justice (SURJ). SURJ believes in collective liberation -- and that</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">none of us can be free until we end white supremacy. SURJ’s role as part of</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">a multi-racial movement is to undermine white support for white supremacy</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">and to help build a racially just society. </span><a href="https://www.facebook/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal">https://www.facebook</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:0.8125rem;font-variant-ligatures:normal;float:none;display:inline">com/SURJGreenLine/</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Jessica Ann Vooris, PhD </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">LGBTQ Youth Advocate, Researcher and Writer </font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Co-founder and member of SURJ: Greenline Chapter </span><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Website: <a href="http://jvoor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">jvoor.wordpress.com</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Pronouns: she/her/hers</span><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>