Event Schedule

The Space - 700 West Buffalo Street, at the corner of Court Street and Rt 13

• 9am - Walk-a-Thon registration opens. If you have not yet registered for the Walk-a-Thon, please come between 9 and 10am. Those that have already registered may show up closer to 10 for check-in.
• 10am - Walk begins! Walkers, please arrive 15 minutes early to check-in, get a t-shirt and a route map. Early registration and check-in's available starting at 9am for walkers who plan to walk at a leisurely pace and want to start early.

Neighborhood Pride - Hancock and First Street, downtown Ithaca (former location of the Northside P&C)

• 12pm - Block Party begins! Streets are closed in the Northside neighborhood for live music, local organic BBQ, speakers, workshops, vendors, youth activities and more!
• 12pm - DJ Split Image
• 1pm - Performance by the talented youth of the Community Unity Music Education Program (CUMEP). Enjoy ABC Groove, Beautiful Colors, All of Us and more! Come celebrate our emerging community leaders and enjoy singing and dancing that will warm your heart!
• 1:45 - Asya
• 2pm - Keynote speaker: Malik Yakini
• 2:45 - Iron Chef Junior Competition
• 3pm - Under Construction, a musical performance in tribute to the Bernie Milton Band
• 4pm - Trece and Earnest Verb
• 5pm - Thousands of One
• 6pm - Finale

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Other opportunities in Ithaca around the Summit to learn from the strong Food Sovereignty movement in Detroit.

• Thursday, Oct 20, 6:30-8pm at Mann Library Room 160 on the Cornell Campus - a free screening of the documentary Urban Roots, a film that follows the work of Malik Yakini and the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit and is a timely, moving and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sustainable and prosperous future. The screening is co-sponsored by New World Agriculture Group at Cornell and the Albert R. Mann Library. For more information visit: www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html.
• Monday, Oct. 24th, 6-7:30pm at Anabel Taylor Hall Cafe on the Cornell Campus - the public is invited to participate in “Undoing Racism in the Food System: A Conversation with Malik Yakini.” Light refreshments will be served. The gathering is cosponsored by the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming, New World Agriculture and Ecology Group at Cornell, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell Department of Development Sociology, Dorothy Cotton Institute, Gardens 4 Humanity, Whole Community Project, Cornell Garden-Based Learning Program, and Moosewood Restaurant. More information is available at www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg/events.html.

Check out some of the other exciting opportunities to learn about and get involved with food justice work locally and abroad during the month of October.

• Thursday, October 20th, 6:30pm at Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W. Court Street - A Conversation and dinner with Anuradha Mittal. Learn about Oakland's Institute's groundbreaking work on land grabs focus in Africa from Anuradha Mittal, named 2008 Most Valuable Progressive Thinker by the Nation magazine, an internationally renowned expert on trade and development, human rights and agriculture issues. For more info call 607-254-8072.
• Sunday, October 23rd, 1-4pm at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W. Court Street - A community celebration to showcase Center for Transformative Action's current projects, along with guest speaker Dorothy Cotton and keynote speaker Lily Yeh, an artist from Philadelphia whose work has helped transform lives in places from Northern Philadelphia to Rwanda to rural China.
• Monday, October 24th - Food Day. Please visit foodday.org to learn more about Food Day and to find list of events happening all over (searchable by zip).

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