This is the second in a short series of profiles of candidates nominated for positions in D.C. Urban Gardeners. There are a total of six positions open: president, treasurer, secretary and three vice-presidents. Members may cast one vote each for president, treasurer and secretary, and three votes for different vice-president nominees. Once elected, these officers will serve one-year terms and constitute the Executive Committee, which establishes policy and sets the agenda for the organization. Please feel free to leave any thoughts you might have in the comments section.
To cast your votes, send an e-mail to our secretary, Susan Harris, at harristakoma@erols.com. Voting will remain open for the month of October.
Nominee for vice-president (vote for three): Liz Falk
Liz may be known to some of you already as a co-founder and garden director at the 7th Street Garden, an ambitious project in the Shaw neighborhood of Northwest Washington addressing inner-city food insecurity. Liz completed her D.C. Master Gardener training in the Spring, but already holds a certificate in permaculture design as well as a master's degree in natural resources and sustainable development. She has spent time on farms in Australia and Costa Rica and is thoroughly engaged in integrating social justice and environmentalism.
Nominee for vice-president (vote for three): Mandie Yanasak
Mandie is a Class of 2007 D.C. Master Gardener trainee. She is an active community gardener and organizer in the Rosedale/Kingman Park neighborhood in Northeast Washington, where she lives. Mandie has been an activist since her college days in Boston, and brings that same energy and determination to efforts to make our city greener. She has been a founding member of a number of social justice organizations, and believes her experience establishing sustainable community groups will benefit the young DC Urban Gardeners. When she is not tending her very urban tomato plants, she is the Young Workers Coordinator for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
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