Our Workplace Justice Series: the Abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex

by | Dec 7, 2015 | #NoNewJails, Anti-Oppression + Racism + Food Justice, PJ Education, Politics, prison, Slide Show

“I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons” – Angela Davis  Four times a year, the Planting Justice Education team facilitates Workplace Justice trainings, and this time our staff voted to focus on the Abolition of the Prison Industrial...

We Don’t Need Another Jail – Part I

by | Nov 18, 2015 | #NoNewJails, Field Trips, organizing, pathways2resilience, Politics, prison, Slide Show, social permaculture

By Nicole Deane “The prison industrial complex (PIC) is a term we use to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems.Through its reach and...

For Sunny Days at Spring Valley High: When Schools Have Gardens & Mentors Instead of Cops

by | Nov 3, 2015 | Anti-Oppression + Racism + Food Justice, education, PJ Education, Politics, Slide Show

We were living in Chicago. I was eight years old and it was summer time. My mother called us in from the street…Kenmore…where we’d been outside playing and running around. “I have something to tell you,” she said. Mom sat us down at the dining room table. It felt...

with Grace: in Honor of Grace Lee Boggs

by | Oct 8, 2015 | Anti-Oppression + Racism + Food Justice, direct action, Inspiring Teachers/Leaders!, Politics, Slide Show

with Grace (for Grace Lee Boggs, en su viaje a Mictlán, in her journey to the ancestors) montamos una ofrenda,prendiendo las velas,pidiendo del fuegitonuestro querido abuelitopor un poquitode su calorproteccióny luzwe flower,we cry,we sing,we give thanks,we reflect,we...

Oglala Sioux – Pine Ridge, South Dakota (Cross-Post from the Indigenous Farming Project)

by | Jun 20, 2014 | Anti-Oppression + Racism + Food Justice, Community Posts, Indigenous Rights/People/Place, Inspiring Teachers/Leaders!, land access, Politics, social permaculture

“I WANT TO SATURATE PINE RIDGE WITH HEALTHY VEGETABLES,” says Steve Hernandez, Oglala Sioux Tribe gardening instructor. “The interest in gardening here is huge, and education is key. Through classes in everything from soil preparation to preserving the harvest,...

Bounty Behind Bars

by | Jun 17, 2014 | Anti-Oppression + Racism + Food Justice, Field Trips, Health and Nutrition, Inspiring Teachers/Leaders!, Planting Justice, Politics, prison, Satisfied Clients, social permaculture, sustainable

Building the Juvenile Redemption Garden at the Stanislaus Juvenile Commitment Facility was something that I have been talking about for a couple of months now. I would call donors every day to tell them about this new project saying, “Yeah, I mean, these kids will...