Memphis Ubuntu Collective Green Cultivation Weekend

Young, Gifted & Green (formerly Black Millennials 4 Flint)  is a national grassroots, environmental justice and civil rights organization with the purpose of bringing like-minded organizations together to collectively take action and advocate against the crisis of lead exposure and environmental injustice in disadvantaged communities. Young, Gifted & Green  is the first African American and Latinx founded environmental justice and civil rights organization in US history founded by HBCU graduates. Their roots began as a programming initiative within Thursday Network—Greater Washington Urban League with their first project supporting Flint, Michigan during the Flint Water Crisis.  As a collective group of Black millennials from across the country, they grew into an official movement on February 10, 2016 and realized quickly that the Flint Water Crisis was a wake up call for every single city in the U.S. regarding lead exposure not just in water, but soil, air, and consumer products.  We are moved by Dr. Martin Luther King's sentiment that "a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Young, Gifted & Green

Join Young, Gifted &amp; Green + Black Seeds Urban Farms for a day of GREEN CULTIVATION in Memphis!

Black Seeds Urban Farms

Join Young, Gifted &amp; Green + Black Seeds Urban Farms for a day of GREEN CULTIVATION! There will be fun and interactive mini-sessions on: Soil Health, Tree + Land Cultivation, FREE FOOD, &amp; MORE!This event was made possible by Carbon180.

Agenda

Welcome

Soil Health 101

Attendees can visit 1 of the 3 breakout sessions:  Raised Bed Benefits (Discuss soil and how it becomes contaminated + conduct a soil testing demonstration), Tree Cultivating and Tree planting (Discussion on importance of trees for carbon dioxide removal), Land Cultivating and Seed Planting (Discuss types of fruits and vegetables that remove toxins from the body such as heavy metals like lead)


Breakout Sessions

Community Debrief 

Closing

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