News @ Nuestras Raíces

Clean Energy Connections

dross — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:56:02 -0500

Start: 11/22/2008 - 9:00am

End: 11/22/2008 - 5:00pm

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Clean Energy Connections is a career and business development information and networking event.

Festival de la Cosecha 2008

dross — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:44:39 -0500

paso finoDespite grey skies, the 15th annual Festival de la Cosecha/Harvest Festival was a beautiful event with a surprisingly large turnout! Over 1000 people enjoyed traditional roast pork, the music of Esencia Tropical, and the many other heritage activities that the Festival has become famous for!

Glynwood Award

dross — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:24:56 -0500

Nuestras Raices has been selected for a Harvest Award from the Glynwood Center, recognizing farmers, businesses and organizations from across the United States for innovation and leadership in support of regional agriculture and sustainable food systems - www.glynwood.org/programs/harvest.htm

Festival de la Cosecha 2008

dross — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:23:03 -0500

Join us for the 15th annual Festival de la Cosecha/Harvest Festival!

Celebrate another year of growth and community building!

Festival de la Cosecha

September 27th, 2008, 12pm-6pm

en la Finca/Nuestras Raices Farm, 24 Jones Ferry Rd., Holyoke, MA

Traditional lechon asado/Puerto Rican-style pig roast, demonstration of paso fino horses,live musica tipica de Esencia Tropical, and much more!

Contact Jim Santiago, (413) 535-1789, jsantiago@nuestras-raices.org, for more information.

Nuestras Raices Wins Lewis Mumford Award for the Environment

dross — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:22:09 -0500

Architects/Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility Announce 2008 Lewis Mumford Award

Architects/Designers and PLanners for Social Responsibility, a non-profit organization of design professionals committed to peace, environmental protection, ecological buildin, social justice and community development announced Nuestras Raices as its winner of the prize for the Environment. The award was accepted by Nuestras Raices leaders Milagros Guzman, Nalany Garcia, Ada Pino, Alex Nieves and Daniel Ross in the award ceremony in Boston, MA on Saturday, May 17th.

4th Annual NE Permaculture Gathering

hcolon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:20:32 -0500

Start: 07/04/2008 - 8:00am

End: 07/06/2008 - 5:00pm

July 4th-6th, Presentations, workshops, skillshares

Camping, organic food, permaculture olympics!

For more information:

www.northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com

Williamstown School Workday at La Finca

dross — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:17:17 -0500

Start: 05/31/2008 - 12:00am

Williamstown School is coming to help on the Farm!

For more information contact:
Catherine Sands
Fertile Ground
P.O. Box 61
Williamsburg, MA 01096

Telephone: (413) 268-7334
chsands@mindspring.com

Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation

hannah — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:36:11 -0500

Nuestras Raíces has been selected as a finalist in the Ashoka's Changemakers Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation competition!

Please vote for us at changemakers.net

We are one of 14 finalists out of 360 entries from 39 countries. Ashoka's Changemakers in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched the competition with the aim of finding "the most innovative approaches for supporting a generation of young men in realizing their highest potential." A panel of judges from prestigious organizations around the country reviewed and selected the finalists and now it is up you who believe in our work, to visit the competition website and vote for us! Three winners will receive $5,000 from the initial competition and winners located within the US are invited to apply for funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Vulnerable Populations Portfolio which has up to $1,000,000 available for organizations with innovative methods.

Please visit the competition website and vote for us! Votes must be cast by Monday, March 10, 2008.

Nuestras Raíces Institute

hannah — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:38:25 -0600

NR now conducts on-site and national training on our model. Stay tuned for a calendar of upcoming trainings or email hcolon@nuestras-raices.org for more info.

20 New Graduates

hannah — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600

20 new community leaders graduated from Leadership Development Training Course, led by Hilda Colon and sponsored by the Holyoke Food & Fitness Policy Council and the EPA. The participants also studied policy change with the Massachusetts Public Health Association.