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Published Friday, November 25, 2011 By . Under Education    

Green The Block at the Colorado Black Arts Festival

It was a beautiful rising sun, Saturday July 16th, 2011.  The Going Green Living Bling brothas and sistas decided to join the national call to action of Green For All to mobilize on issues focused on Water Security and Food Justice in the hood with Green The Block.

 

“Calling all B-Boys, Emcees, Grafitti Artists, Tree Huggas and Deejays to head in mass on their low-rider bikes to City Park for the 25th Annual Colorado Black Arts Festival…

Que Viva El Agua

Que Viva El AguaOn July 16th 2011 The South West Organizing Project and Project Feed the Hood hosted a Community Voice Discussion/Green the Block event at The Source Wellness Center in Albuquerque New Mexico.  The first event was to gather as a community and discuss issues in our communities and how we can collectively create positive solutions to address these issues.  The second event was to celebrate Green the Block’s National Day of Action.

Que Viva El AguaQue Viva El Agua was all to support…

A Great Water Action Day Update

GTB reps at Long Beach Art Walk

We’re still buzzing from a great day of action and we have so much more to report!  We’ve spent the beginning of this week catching up with our event organizers and learning more about the creative events that were hosted.

Laura Martin held a meeting about water conservation at an HIV community center in Las Vegas.  She had a speaker from the Sierra Club speak about water pipelines and the government’s role in water issues and then showed the animated film Rango.  She also invited members of the…

Water Action Day 2011… A Success

Green The Block Organizer Anna Rondon speaks to her tribe.We did it! This past weekend, the Green The Block community stepped up in a big way and held an incredible Day of Action across the country. With close to 60 events in 23 states, we connected with thousands of people and raised the profile of the critical issue of water! Let’s be clear: the Green The Block movement is only as strong as the leaders that make it up. Last weekend you showed your passion, energy and power in a big way! Thank you.

Stay tuned this week as we share stories, pictures, and videos of these events, and more importantly, work with you to determine whats next!  Oh… and…

 

Green the Block is a campaign led by the Green For All andHip Hop Caucus, and a coalition of over seventy organizations. On August 4th, 2009 we publically announced Green the Block at a press conference at the White House. Green The Block will engages communities throughout the country in quarterly action events focusing on education, awareness and service, modeled after our very successful National Service and Remembrance Day which featured more than 100 service events on September 11, 2009. These action days are designed to engage communities and spread awareness of environmental issues nationwide.  In 2010 Green The Block partnered with R & B star Drake on a very successful Campus Consciousness Tour.

Check out the quarterly action themes, get involved and take action in your community today.

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