He has met with some Weed And Seed folks who tentatively approved $3,500 to finance the program next year.
presumably this project will be part of the "seeding" side of things.
one thing i would look into is what is done on the "weeding" side. it
often criminalizes poor communities of colour, homeless people, sex
trade workers, drug users, etc., further marginalizing the most
marginalized people in our cities, often with the excuse of fighting
"gangs". the end goal is usually to have more affluent people move in
to the neighbourhood, without having the burden of having to observe
poverty.
our shop would avoid entering into a weed and seed program if we felt it was legitimizing this kind of police action, given that the people it hurts are exactly the kind of people who are using our shop, and who we want to continue using our shop.
macho