Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will feature food justice advocate Karen Washington and sustainability expert Jabari S. Walker on Friday, May 19, as a part of the “Contemporary Conversations” series. The topic is “Urban Farming, Sustainability and the Environment.”
Karen Washington is a long-time community gardener and food justice advocate who has spent decades promoting urban farming as a way for all New Yorkers to access fresh, locally grown food. As a board member of the New York Botanical Gardens, she works with neighborhoods to turn empty lots into community gardens. As co-founder of the La Familia Verde Garden Coalition, she helped launch a City Farms Market, bringing fresh vegetables to the Bronx community.
Jabari S. Walker currently serves as Bowie State University’s first-ever Sustainability & Energy Coordinator and leads the Office of Sustainability for the 6,300+ student campus. Walker is credited with creating the Student Green Ambassadors organization, drafting the BSU Climate Action Plan 2020, coordinating the world’s first known solar powered bus station that charges mobile devices (on the BSU campus), creating the school’s annual Climate Career Fair, and coordinating the planting of the first campus orchard.
The event takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 19 at Connie Morella Library located at 7400 Arlington Road in Bethesda. The program will also be streamed live.
The MCPL program is free but registration is required. Residents can register to attend in-person on the MCPL website at this link OR to watch via live-streaming.
Join us Friday, May 19 at 5:30 PM as we welcome Karen Washington and Jabari S. Walker, who will discuss urban farming, sustainability, and the environment. The program takes place at Connie Morella Library and via Zoom: https://t.co/mLJcfKw9Kb pic.twitter.com/huHQ3TErnC
— FriendsoftheLibrary (@FOLMC) May 11, 2023
The “Contemporary Conversations” series is cosponsored by MCPL and the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County.
