Eco-Fest Welles Park
June 18 from 10 AM to 2 PM
The Green Council, Riverbank Neighbors, Waters Garden, and many other local environmental groups will be at the eco-fest. Please mark your calendars and come on by and say hello.
Gratitude to the 47th Ward’s youth and green councils, Alderman Matt Martin, Andi Aguila, the 47th Ward’s director of Small Business Affairs, the Welles Park Advisory Council and all those who’ve organized the fest. (and apologies for any I’ve missed, please let me know and I’ll amend this) Check out the website to see all the interesting things going on. We’d love to see you there! Here’s the link
Any of you who are part of Riverbank Neighbors or Waters Garden, we would love if you’d join us at our table. Hang out, make it easier and more fun! Email us to rsvp if you can join. At 10:40 we’ll be singing in the Gazebo, so arrive early for that if you’d like to join and know the songs or have a Waters student who wants to sing the songs they know well from field trips.
This is also an event where anyone wanting to do something to channel their anger and grief over the loss of three beloved precious humans from our families and communities. Two little children and one longtime neighbor, all killed by crashes on roads designed to prioritize fast cars, not human safety. We can do better. Learn more here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aNtsWvNYKE This 8 min video is the best we could find to very very quickly open people’s mind to a whole new kind of street design, one that studies show, saves many many lives and would have saved the lives of Lily, Raffi, and Peter.
Riverbank Neighbors aims to be better advocates for safety to work for safer streets.
Please email us if you watch this video, tell us your thoughts and if you’d like to organize some bike and pedestrian and safety advocacy/education in the name of Lily, Raffi, Peter, and others taken from us too soon.
Hope to See you Saturday, June 18, Welles Park, EcoFest