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'Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere' Dinner & Fair!
Date/Time
June 29 (Sunday),
fair:3-6pm dinner:6-9pm
Location
Garfield Community Center: 2323 East Cherry Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Sponsored by
CAGJ (Community Alliance for Global Justice)
Want to learn more about supporting local and global alternatives to
corporate-led globalization? Meet local organizations, small businesses,
and food producers dedicated to food justice, fairer trade and farm
policies, urban gardening, and immigrants' rights. Also enjoy Live
music, Local Farmer Meet & Greet, Community art project, and food and
beverages from local wineries and breweries!
full description & details:
Join us for a delicious dinner prepared by local chefs and restaurants,
including La Medusa, Portage Bay Café and Stumbling Goat Bistro, using
Fair Trade products and ingredients produced sustainably by small growers
in the Pacific Northwest. Local wineries and breweries also
represented.
Dinner program features keynote by Carlos Marentes, who works with Via
Campesina and Committee for Immigration Reform and Social Justice, and
discussions at each table with local food producers and farmworkers.
Music with Sin Fronteras.
Individual tickets on sale now at brownpapertickets.com: $10 Low-income,
$30 Regular Admission, $50 Support a Farmer/Farmworker: Buy a ticket for
yourself and ensure that a local farmer or farmworker can be one of our
honored guests!
This dinner is a fundraiser for CAGJ's organizing: please bring cash and
checks to participate in the silent auction and dessert auction! The
event is wheelchair accessible and child-friendly. Childcare and fun
activities provided.
Website for more info:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/34497
Contact Person:
Heather Day
Contact Email:
hrd99@igc.org
Contact Ph. Number:
206-405-4600
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