Connecting the dots between people, food and the economy in support of strong communities, health and justice. Views are my own.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined February 2011
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Aley Kent retweeted
Thank you for visiting our program, @PRMAsstSec!
It was a great day at Camelback yard with the @RESCUEorg New Routes project. I loved visiting the community food hub where refugee farmers grow produce, increase their self-sufficiency, and provide fresh fruits and vegetables for their community. Grow local, think global!
Aley Kent retweeted
.@PhaebaT of @HealthBridgeCan & @aleykent of @RESCUEorg gave talks on Markets as Places.
#PlacemakingWeekIndia2022 #MarketCities #PublicMarkets #StreetVendors #PlacemakingIndia – at Udupi, India
Aley Kent retweeted
Immigrants are critical to feeding our communities.
In 2022, IRC supported 600 New American producers to improve healthy food access for 26K people through the New Roots Program in the U.S. On #WorldFoodDay learn about IRC's agricultural work: rescue.org/article/how-refug…
Aley Kent retweeted
“If you don’t know the community you can’t serve the community” - @chefsamkass chatting w Darren Thompson /@BoweryFarming & @AdriannaHopkins about improving food access in urban settings at the @foodtank & @udc_edu #NourishingAmerica
#UrbanAgroecology
#Agroecology
#FoodSystems
Aley Kent retweeted
We're proud to partner today with @RESCUEorg and @welcomeus to donate 25,000 grocery meals to Afghan refugees resettling in communities across the U.S., helping address food insecurity challenges as these families begin their new lives in America.
bit.ly/3EhY0M4
Aley Kent retweeted
Undocumented workers in NY have been on a hunger strike for 17 days. And they’ve been largely ignored by most media.
They’ve been left out of all COVID relief because of their immigration status.
They’re demanding aid for excluded workers be included in @NYGovCuomo’s budget.
Aley Kent retweeted
Chica shared this video with is where she is laboring in the radishes in CA's Ventura County. She works from 6am to 4pm, Monday thru Saturday. Chica's been doing the hard work of harvesting vegetables for 5 years. Thank you for your essential work Chica. #WeFeedYou
Aley Kent retweeted
And if anyone who sees the post from @helen_dombalis and @lizziestelk wants the inside scoop on what this position is like, and what the host organization (my old program) is like, feel free to reach out to me. Never held this position, but worked closely with those who did.
Big job opening! Local Food Systems Leader at USDA - a critically important job leading the USDA local and regional food systems efforts. It's a career position rated GS13-14.
h/t @helen_dombalis
usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetai…
Aley Kent retweeted
It is NOT more humane to destroy soil and eliminate natural biodiversity by growing mono-crop soy for fake burgers, which require chemical agriculture.
Aley Kent retweeted
Projection.
Oldest trick in the propaganda book.
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.@LindseyGrahamSC on Fox just now to Hannity: "Republicans win because of our ideas and we lose elections because [Democrats] cheat."
This is not something that is said by a person who actually wants to represent people in a democracy.
Aley Kent retweeted
Repeating myself and others here, but the reason Lindsey Graham won't get tested despite having been exposed to many COVID+ people is because if he reveals a positive test and has to quarantine the Amy Coney Barrett nomination could get scuttled. There is no other logical reason.
Aley Kent retweeted
Billionaire wealth gains during pandemic:
Jeff Bezos +$81,000,000,000
Elon Musk +$60,000,000,000
Mark Zuckerberg +$41,000,000,000
Daniel Gilbert +$38,000,000,000
Bill Gates +$15,000,000,000
Charles Koch +$6,000,000,000
Meanwhile, 40M Americans face eviction.
Tax the rich.
Aley Kent retweeted
—40M Americans face eviction
—29M don't have enough food
—25M are unemployed
—20M have had their wages cut
—12M have lost health care
But, sure, tweet from your golf course about how great the economy is doing.
Aley Kent retweeted
The post office is secure enough for millions of Americans to send taxes to the IRS every year, secure enough for the government to mail out $1,200 stimulus checks, secure enough to send credit cards and passports and drivers licenses... but not secure enough for ballots. Got it.
Aley Kent retweeted
Our civil liberties are on brink.
This is not a drill. There is no excuse for snatching women off the street and throwing them into unmarked vans.
To not protect our rights is to give them away. It is our responsibility to resist authoritarianism.
Aley Kent retweeted
"When Bill Gates pours money into Africa for 'feeding the poor' ... and preventing famine, what's he doing? He's pushing the failed green revolution, he's pushing chemicals, pushing GMOs, pushing patents ..." —@drvandanashiva
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Aley Kent retweeted
Georgia closed 214 polling places after Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act
There were 80 fewer polling places for June primary in metro Atlanta, where majority of black voters live
Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation passed by House Dems to restore the VRA
Aley Kent retweeted
Immig. Parents are paid $1 dollar per day to clean the Berks family detention center. They voluntarily agree b/c (1) they need the $1 to feed their kids & buy hygiene products; (2) are terrified their kids will contract COVID if they do not. There is no other paid cleaning staff.
EXCLUSIVE: Detained migrants say they were forced to clean COVID-infected ICE facility.
"This is a life or death situation," a letter from the migrants obtained by @NBCNews reads.
I'll have more, with @JuliaEAinsley, today on @MSNBC. nbcnews.com/politics/immigra…
Aley Kent retweeted
WEBINAR: Highlighting Actions to Promote Healthier Informal Communities Through Placemaking
WIEGO's @SkinnerCaroline will join @ebkent @gsebag @kuyokuyo1 @samermsaliba, @D_E_Resnick & more!
REGISTER: ow.ly/Djj550zPwEP
May 28 | 10am EST | hosted by @PlacemakingX
