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FRESH New London: Empowering Youth, Growing Food and Building Stronger Communities
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YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT |
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As we enter the new year, it’s becoming clear to all that building community power is more important than ever—we’ve BEEN on this type of time & we’re excited to continue exploring how we can use growing food as a tool for liberation.
Join us this winter for any or all of these open workshop sessions. Each one will have hot dinner, a juicy workshop topic, and will be open to youth aged 13-25. Complete 3 out of the 5 sessions and get a visa gift card. Your participation in any of these gets you an automatic referral to our paid summer youth program. |
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A Farewell Message from Jenn Fiestas
After growing up with FRESH quite literally I’ve learned some, well, a lot of things. Of course how to nurture a seed, into a plant, into a fruit, but also how to nurture my community and myself. I want to thank those who have been a part of my journey and all the great friends I made along the way. I am happy to say I will continue to grow food as I continue on farming out on the West Coast. To all the badass peeps in NL and beyond LETS GROW FOOD! And to FRESH, it's see you later, not goodbye. |
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Lead, Race, and Redlining In Hartford
The relationship between Environmental racism and lead poisoning is important to remember because issues like childhood lead poisoning are preventable and results of historic housing policies. Scholars argue that in fact, “poverty, discrimination, and environmental racism are among the social determinants of health that significantly influence individual health outcomes and increase a child's likelihood of being lead poisoned.”
Children who live in communities where a high percentage of the population is below the poverty level have nine times the lead level in their blood when compared to other communities. In addition, lesser-valued homes are associated with older years of construction and higher blood lead levels which means that lesser valued homes have a higher likelihood of deteriorating paint.
Redlining can be defined as the “practice of denying or restricting financial services to certain neighborhoods based on the racial makeup of that neighborhood.” It has had multiple negative effects on non-white populations, but the most important factor that redlining has an impact on this study is increased rates in poverty. Previous studies have correlated redlining with continued racial segregation and increased poverty levels among Black and Hispanic populations. Hartford is no exception to these nationwide trends and neighborhoods which had received hazardous and declining grades have seen the same negative effects.
4 out of Hartford’s 40 census tracts received a hazardous grade and 17 census tracts received a declining grade. These census tracts have an average 30.65% of the population under the federal poverty line and are predominantly resided in by people of color. There is a relationship between redlining and higher rates of lead poisoning within minority populations in Hartford, and is a clear link between higher rates of poverty within Black and Hispanic populations because of redlining. |
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| Congratulations to Chloë Nuñez on her promotion to Senior Program Manager! Her dedication to food and social justice is inspiring a new generation of young leaders to step up and make their voices heard. She will continue to run our Youth Leadership Development Program while also taking on her new responsibilities, helping to shepherd FRESH New London into its next 20 years of dismantling systemic oppression and ensuring everyone has access to food with dignity. |
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Open to youth ages 14-21!
- Jan 8 - Farming IS Political workshop - 26 Broad St, 3:30-6:30
- Jan 15 - Pancakes & War Weapons? workshop - 26 Broad St, 3:30-6:30
Around Town Events! |
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| FRESH is fiscally sponsored by Third Sector New England, Inc (TSNE).
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Phone: 860-574-9006
P.O. Box 285 New London, CT 06320 |
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