Power at the Roots: Community Gardens, Gentrification, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side

Janes Walk

Led By Village Preservation

Through direct engagement with gardeners, activists, and residents, Dr. Miranda Martinez’s book “Power at the Roots” delves into the community gardening movement and how these groups inserted themselves into local politics and development to create change. Delve deep with her into how the Puerto Ricans of the LES have sustained their movements and gardens. Dr. Martinez took us to the grassroots in this special book talk from December 10, 2020.

Accessibility

This on-demand program is housed on YouTube, which provides automatic closed captioning.

Location Information

RSVP is required and capacity is limited. Meeting location, ending location, and directions will be provided via email before walk date.

virtual

On Demand
1-2 hours

Borough: Manhattan
Theme: Advocacy, Environment, History & Culture
Platform: On Your Browser
Language: English