"Blacks Living Green"

Who said blacks aren’t interested in “green”? Michelle Obama is planting a vegetable garden at the White House, and Sharon T. Freeman, author of the myth-bursting book, “Blacks Living Green” will be in Memphis Apr. 9th to recognize 10 local “green” role models. You’re invited. Click “read more” to get the details.
Location: Caritas Village at 2509 Harvard (corner of Merton)
Date & Time: Apr. 9 at 7 pm

Award recipients:
Sandra Upchurch, High School Teacher Extraordinaire & Industrial Chemist
Frank D. Robinson, Reclaimed Materials Artist
Hazel Burks, Health & Wellness Expert
Rev. Ralph White, Environmental Justice Activist & Pastor of Bloomfield Baptist Church
Andree Glenn, Co-Founder of Neighbors for Trees
Dr. Stanley Abell, LeMoyne - Owen College Professor & Ecological Society of America Member
Pearlie Estes Master Gardener & Owner of Day Lilies Plus Nursery
Shawn Posey Urban Forester, Department of Agriculture
Calvin Robinson, Fuller State Park Manager
Plus a surprise recipient
Sponsors: Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program, Chickasaw Group and Caritas Village
And on the national scene: Michelle Obama has dug up a patch of the South Lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets — the president does not like them — but arugula will make the cut.
Click here to see which other presidents have had vegetable gardens at the White House.
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