On Belonging Speaker Series: Erika Rumbley
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Dates: | Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - Wednesday, March 13, 2024 |
Hours: | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Ages: | Teens, Adults |
In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
Cost: | see below |
Category: | Virtual Activities |
Erika's talk, 'A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards,' is virtual and begins at 7pm EST.
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A Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards
Gardens return immense gifts to us as gardeners- from skill building and nourishment to cultural connection and stress relief.
And yet due to logistical constraints, gardens are a uniquely difficult intervention in prisons, our most opaque, harmful public institutions.
Since 2013, The New Garden Society has gardened alongside nearly 1000 incarcerated and detained students in Greater-Boston.
In prisons, prison hospitals and youth facilities, our students are 13- 80 years old.
Every week in prison classrooms, we teach core horticulture concepts.
In prison gardens and greenhouses, students apply these concepts, find healing and build job skills.
In this talk, Co-Founder Erika Rumbley will share stories and insights from a decade growing shoulder to shoulder with incarcerated growers.
How can gardens behind prison walls transform landscapes, institutional cultures and vocational possibilities for our incarcerated neighbors?
How can we continue to build a more inclusive local green industry for our neighbors returning home from prison or jail?
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Free
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