The 2024 CMGA Annual Meeting and Speaker Event will be held virtually on Saturday, November 16, 2024. A business meeting to approve officers, directors, the 2025 budget and meeting minutes will begin at 9:00 AM. All current 2024 CMGA Members are eligible to vote at the meeting.

The meeting will be followed at 10:00 AM by a presentation by Sheryll Durant who will give a one-hour lecture entitled the Kelly Street Garden, followed by a 10-15 minute Q & A period.

Sheryll Durrant is an urban farmer, educator, and food justice advocate. She has been the Resident Garden Manager at Kelly Street Garden since 2016, and is the Food and Nutrition Coordinator for New Roots Community Farm, managed by International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Located in the South Bronx, New York, Kelly Street Garden’s focus is to use food as the entry point to healing a community. The garden functions as a vehicle for addressing generational trauma which has caused many health disparities resulting from systemic racism.

The meeting is free to all 2024 CMGA members. Guests and the public are welcome to join us for the meeting and presentation for a fee of $10 and must register separately.

The presentation will be recorded and available for a limited time to all those who have registered.