Topic 2
Daisy Alcaraz
January 19, 2019
P. Andrews
State & Local Government
Community Partner w/ effects on the community
The community Partner that I wanted to partner up with is Potrero Nuevo Farm. This Non Profit is not just a farm but it also partners with other groups and organizations to help and better the community. They partner with a group called, Abundant Grace Coastside Worker. This other nonprofit then works to help the justice of food go in full circle. This program allows the people that are suffered greatly from homelessness and people that are a part of the low income get jobs. They do not only get a job there but they also get taught about healthy food and how to properly grow your own food. Not only did they give them jobs in farming but also with street clean up, paying them and also beautifying the community and helping the environment. But they do not stop there. This program also then donates the food that they farm to the same workers but also to local food banks and food pantries. They help the people who come in get a job, and also help the other non profits live out their dream of finding a way to combat food scarcity. This program not only combats food scarcity, unemployment, and even helps the environment. This is why this food bank is so important, because it is helping the community in so many different ways. They do not just help their community but also help the community’s that surround them. It is because of that reason that I am looking forward to hopefully working with them. I look forward to being the active voice and to be the action that makes a different for my community.
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