We are dreaming big here in New Orleans! We imagine leveraging support from other grants with support from the Imagination Fund to create a series of meaningful events and projects at our community garden, the Galvez Garden. With your support we will be able to create gig work for local culture bearers and musicians; pay local green business owners and youth apprentices stipends for their work; offer weekly community building art activities and talking sessions; build a fence and lay a foundation; and, share our plans and receive feedback on new infrastructure at the garden with neighbors. Best of all, we will be documenting everything as we go and collecting different perspectives through a digital storytelling station on site! Completing in person activities, we will also be sharing our stories online through the Playbook platform, on our website, and through social media to reach a larger audience.
The thirty day challenge will be an opportunity to complete all the work associated with preparing to install our new greenhouse and shipping container multipurpose space. By partnering with local green builders and UnCommon Construction we are ensuring that the project can be completed while creating jobs for local businesses and youth. We are inspired by sustainable building and we feel our approach to building the greenhouse with consideration to stormwater management will inspire others. I’m particularly excited about incorporating recycled glass sand in the build as a way to educate others on the great work Glass Half Full does to recycle and use glass sand in coastal restoration efforts.
Hosting open garden days with the digital storytelling station and hands on creative activities will give us the platform to have meaningful conversations with our community and receive genuine feedback on our building projects. This will have a huge impact on the community, inviting participants to participate in weekly events and empowering their voices through sharing stories.
On a personal note, this is part of a larger social practice project. I have spent years creating a safe space in our community and I am excited for the opportunity to take it to another level. By offering these community engagement activities at this particular juncture of our garden’s development, we are being welcoming and inclusive to our community. We won’t be working in a vacuum. I look forward to being challenged with a deadline to meet, as much of the work I have done to date has been on my own time. Having a collection of stories further validates the social practice element at the garden. Through the digital storytelling station and participating in this challenge, will have the start of something that we can build off of for years to come. And, we will literally lay the foundation for a dream come true for our garden over the course of the 30 days.
To celebrate all work we achieve we will host a culminating celebration, creating gig work for musicians and local culture bearers. We’ll bring the Magical Mobile Art Cart, and -in true New Orleans fashion- we’ll have an epic second line parade through the neighborhood and live stream the whole event online. We’ll keep the storytelling station going to document the day and let our imaginations fly!
We should note, we think our project is truly special and pretty unique. I believe it could be a great way to showcase your platform. Just going through this process has taught me so much about what an amazing resource Playbook is to creatives and nonprofit organizations. If selected we will happily endorse Playbook and of course acknowledge your company’s support in our efforts to create a network of makers for a more equitable and sustainable New Orleans.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity and we hope you seriously consider our project for this competition.
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🎉 Congratulations on making it to Round 2 of the Imagination Fund! You’ve already impressed us and the #PlaybookCommunity -- now's your chance to dive into the nitty gritty of your idea before our judges make a final decision. Round 2 Applications are DUE OCTOBER 18th via Shared Link in the Dropzone. Dropzone will be open on October 14th for Round 2 submission. Before submitting, make sure to check off the Round 2 Application Checklist!
WE THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING US INTO ROUND TWO!!!
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Try Playbook for freeWe are dreaming big here in New Orleans! We imagine leveraging support from other grants with support from the Imagination Fund to create a series of meaningful events and projects at our community garden, the Galvez Garden. With your support we will be able to create gig work for local culture bearers and musicians; pay local green business owners and youth apprentices stipends for their work; offer weekly community building art activities and talking sessions; build a fence and lay a foundation; and, share our plans and receive feedback on new infrastructure at the garden with neighbors. Best of all, we will be documenting everything as we go and collecting different perspectives through a digital storytelling station on site! Completing in person activities, we will also be sharing our stories online through the Playbook platform, on our website, and through social media to reach a larger audience.
The thirty day challenge will be an opportunity to complete all the work associated with preparing to install our new greenhouse and shipping container multipurpose space. By partnering with local green builders and UnCommon Construction we are ensuring that the project can be completed while creating jobs for local businesses and youth. We are inspired by sustainable building and we feel our approach to building the greenhouse with consideration to stormwater management will inspire others. I’m particularly excited about incorporating recycled glass sand in the build as a way to educate others on the great work Glass Half Full does to recycle and use glass sand in coastal restoration efforts.
Hosting open garden days with the digital storytelling station and hands on creative activities will give us the platform to have meaningful conversations with our community and receive genuine feedback on our building projects. This will have a huge impact on the community, inviting participants to participate in weekly events and empowering their voices through sharing stories.
On a personal note, this is part of a larger social practice project. I have spent years creating a safe space in our community and I am excited for the opportunity to take it to another level. By offering these community engagement activities at this particular juncture of our garden’s development, we are being welcoming and inclusive to our community. We won’t be working in a vacuum. I look forward to being challenged with a deadline to meet, as much of the work I have done to date has been on my own time. Having a collection of stories further validates the social practice element at the garden. Through the digital storytelling station and participating in this challenge, will have the start of something that we can build off of for years to come. And, we will literally lay the foundation for a dream come true for our garden over the course of the 30 days.
To celebrate all work we achieve we will host a culminating celebration, creating gig work for musicians and local culture bearers. We’ll bring the Magical Mobile Art Cart, and -in true New Orleans fashion- we’ll have an epic second line parade through the neighborhood and live stream the whole event online. We’ll keep the storytelling station going to document the day and let our imaginations fly!
We should note, we think our project is truly special and pretty unique. I believe it could be a great way to showcase your platform. Just going through this process has taught me so much about what an amazing resource Playbook is to creatives and nonprofit organizations. If selected we will happily endorse Playbook and of course acknowledge your company’s support in our efforts to create a network of makers for a more equitable and sustainable New Orleans.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity and we hope you seriously consider our project for this competition.
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🎉 Congratulations on making it to Round 2 of the Imagination Fund! You’ve already impressed us and the #PlaybookCommunity -- now's your chance to dive into the nitty gritty of your idea before our judges make a final decision. Round 2 Applications are DUE OCTOBER 18th via Shared Link in the Dropzone. Dropzone will be open on October 14th for Round 2 submission. Before submitting, make sure to check off the Round 2 Application Checklist!
WE THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING US INTO ROUND TWO!!!