YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 3. Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/5th-annual-slee-dinner Community Alliance for Global Justice's 5th Annual SLEE Dinner Join Community Alliance for Global Justice and over 400 local advocates, farmers, food workers, and allied organizations at the 5th annual Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Dinner on June 11, 2011.

The Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Dinner plays a pivotal role in CAGJ's organizing and fundraising efforts.

Schedule of Events:
Happy Hour 5:00-6:30: Enjoy libations, live music, complimentary hors d'oeuvres, a Silent Auction, and the opportunity to acquaint yourself with featured food justice organizations and groups promoting urban agriculture, food sovereignty and Fair Trade.

Dinner 6:30-9:30: Enjoy a scrumptious locally sourced and Fair Trade meal featuring dishes from Café Flora in addition to plates prepared from scratch by the kitchen leaders of Community Kitchens Northwest.  The Dessert Auction featuring 40 different desserts will make your mouth water!

This year's keynote: Aba Ifeoma, Organizer with Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, winner of the 2010 Food Sovereignty Honorable Mention Prize.

For more information, visit: www.seattleglobaljustice.org

]]> No publisher Taylor Cremo Dinner 2011-06-03T20:10:00Z Event Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere (SLEE) Dinner http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/strengthening-local-economies-everywhere-dinner Community Alliance for Global Justice's 6th Annual food justice dinner with live music, silent auction, and great conversation! YES! Magazine is proud to be a community co-sponsor again for the the Community Alliance for Global Justice’s (CAGJ) annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere dinner, with over 400 local advocates, farmers, food workers, and allied organizations. 

The dinner serves as a key networking opportunity for those working to promote food justice here in Seattle and around the world — a unique event because CAGJ sponsors farmers, workers and organizers from across the food system to be honored guests at the dinner.  

This year, CAGJ is  highlighting the publication of the second edition of their book, Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice. 

Valerie Segrest and Elise Krohn from the Northwest Indian College Traditional Plants and Foods Program will serve as keynote speakers.  Through their work on health and social justice, Valerie and Elise aim to reintroduce traditional foods into the diets of native people in the Pacific Northwest.

Drop by the YES! table and say 'hi'!


LOCATION: 

St. Demetrios Church 

2100 Boyer Ave E, 

Montlake Neighborhood, Seattle

 

Tickets are on a sliding scale. For more information and a schedule:

www.seattleglobaljustice.org/

]]> No publisher Sachie Hopkins-Hayakawa Dinner 2012-07-11T00:04:25Z Event 8th Day's Annual Event http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/8th-days-annual-event Justice is what Love looks like in Public Impelled by the belief that all creation is sacred and inter-related;

Imbued with the principles of nonviolence, mutuality and cooperation,

8th Day Center for Justice commits to act as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and to work actively to change those systems.

Father Roy Bourgeois will be speaking about the Center’s vital work and the continued struggle for social justice that 8th Day is working toward. The event will also include food by FIG Catering, silent auction, raffle, music, and presentation of the 1st annual Mary Elsbernd, OSF Award.

For more information, visit: www.8thdaycenter.org

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