ccc workshop - part 5: community engagement & building community power via community composting
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Community Engagement & Building Community Power via Community Composting
Panel Discussion2017 Cultivating Community Composting Workshop
Moderated by: Linda Bilsens of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Community Power & Social Justice• Whereas we can accomplish the most good with the greatest impact when we engage
all members of our communities. • Whereas true community power cannot be cultivated without the full and equal
participation of each member of that community.• Whereas equal participation requires that the distribution of resources is equitable
and all members are physically and psychologically safe and secure (aka social justice). • As such, social justice is one of our main tools for building community power through
our composting projects.
Community Engagement + Social Justices = Community Power
This session will:• Explore how community composting can be used as a tool for social justice work,
and therefore, building community power. • Provide examples of how composting projects can help to address inequities in
our current system, while building community inclusion, resiliency and power.
Community Power & Community CompostingCommunity power is a project or approach in which:• Local stakeholders own a majority share of the
project or organization, such as a cooperative, or• Community members or a locally based organization
control decisions related to the projects, or• The majority of the project or organization’s social
and economic benefits are distributed locally.
Community Composting involves a relatively small-scale system in which material is converted into compost within a local community. Community composting keeps the process and product as local as possible while engaging the community through participation and education.
Amy Freeman of edible flint (Flint, MI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4j48vyWcrs
Renee Wallace of Food Plus Detroit (Detroit)
Pictures from Amy Freeman of edible flint and Women in Agriculture Development Center in Flint, MI