Youth in Action
Music as a tool for raising awareness of local and global issues
Daytona Beach, FL February 20th, 2010 — Turning Point Youth Collective is hosting a benefit concert for the Fair Share Gardens. The event will take place on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 from 4pm-11pm, featuring Meantime, Foundation, Years From Now, One to Blame, Losing Vision, Axis, and Thin Line. The location is the site of Fair Share’s demonstration garden at the Lion’s Club 345 White Street.
Turning Point Youth Collective, was founded in 2006 as an “all-ages” focused community group. They sought to legitimize the role of youth culture in our community and promote it as a rich source of youth-empowerment and civic engagement. Currently, they provide the area with resources and space forproducing all ages music, art, and culturally related products and events.
“Fair Share” is an Urban Garden Project of Salt of the Earth, Inc. a 501(c)-3 nonprofit organization. Volunteers can raise food for low-income households in need and help install vegetable gardens in backyards, schools, churches, and other community groups. They also provide people with the opportunity to participate in a community garden if they would like their own space for growing fresh food for themselves! Additionally, since the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, Fair Share has committed to investing 20% of all funds raised this year toward initiatives in Haiti. Their 20% contribution will be directed through the Haiti Response Coalition with a focus on supporting sustainable agriculture projects on the ground.
The punk ethic of DIY (do-it-yourself) was an influential idea in the development of Turning Point Youth Collective. The organization is youth-run, with leadership and projects directed by the youth volunteers themselves. It is this idea of DIY empowerment that connects Turning Point to the Fair Share Gardens. Growing food, sustainably, in an an urban, low-income community, is an empowering tool to fight poverty. Both groups strive to put the power in the hands of the people while engendering positive change in the community.
-Kristina Muvceski
Learn more about the news in this release at the following websites:
Turning Point Youth Collective, Inc. www.tpyc.org
Fair Share www.wedigfairshare.org
Haiti Response Coalition www.haitiresponsecoalition.org