Global Community Engagement & Service- a Service Project with Global Growers and trip to DeKalb Farmer’s Market!

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  • Date/Time:
    • Saturday November 12, 2016 - Sunday November 13, 2016
      8:00 am - 2:59 pm
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
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Summary Sentence: Join OIE staff for a day-trip on Saturday, November 12th to learn about the global communities in Atlanta the area and engage in a service project!

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Global Community Engagement & Service- a Service Project with Global Growers and trip to DeKalb Farmer’s Market!  When: Saturday, November 12th 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Join OIE staff for a day-trip on Saturday, November 12th to learn about the global communities in Atlanta the area and engage in a service project! The trip includes:  (1)   Visit the DeKalb Famer’s Market, a market with products from around the world and a rich cultural representation of people from more than 40 countries, speaking in 50 different languages and dialects. (2)   Engage in a service project at Global Growers, a non-profit that creates opportunities in sustainable agriculture, by growing good food, training farmers, and providing economic opportunity for international farmers.  Global Growers supports a global community of farmers, many of who came to Atlanta as refugees of war and are working to reconnect to their agricultural heritage in their new home in Georgia. 

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  • Created By: Katie Sclafani
  • Workflow Status: Draft
  • Created On: Sep 7, 2016 - 6:49am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:14pm