Community Garden Initiative to Provide Legal Aid to Philly’s Urban Growers

Posted by on November 07, 2011

Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Announces: Community Garden Initiative to  Provide Legal Aid to Philly’s Urban Growers

This fall, attorney and long-time community organizer Amy Laura Cahn is joining the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia to launch the Garden Justice Legal Initiative, an effort to provide pro bono legal support, advocacy, and policy research to community gardens and urban farmers in Philadelphia’s communities of color, immigrant and refugee communities, and historically dis-invested neighborhoods. The initiative is supported by a Skadden Fellowship.

Philadelphia’s Director of Sustainability Katherine Gajewski and City Parks and Recreations Commissioner Mike DeBerardinis both endorsed Ms. Cahn’s project in its planning stages, offering the support and cooperation of their offices. In addition to partnering with other community groups, Ms. Cahn plans to work closely with Philadelphia’sFood Organizing Collaborative (FORC) and is currently working with FORC to organize a series of citywide community meetings for gardeners.

Please contact Ms. Cahn for more information about the project, to find out how you can get involved in Philadelphia’s food justice movement, or if you are a community gardener in need of assistance.

Contact
Amy Laura Cahn
(215) 627-7100, ext. 251
acahn@pilcop.org