TODAY Saturday May 22nd It’s My Park Day – M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden
M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden:
This Saturday (5/22) from noon to 4pm with the help of Partnership for Parks, we will be hosting It’s My Park Day!
On this day, we come together to celebrate our park and work together. Partnership for parks is donating mulch, plants, and bench paint. Now, we need your help!
Come by anytime to help with:
- Weeding the paths between plots
- Spreading mulch on the paths between plots
- Trash pick-up
- Bench painting
- Composting
Bob, Nora, and Jasmine will be around to supervise and assist volunteers. If you don’t know what to do – look for one of them.
In addition, Penny will be giving a compost demonstration.
I would also love it if you could send me photos to post on our social media and/or to send to Partnership to thank them for their donations.
Thanks in advance!
Jen
MK Garden Co-Chair
Candidate Forum for City Council District 1 – on June 3, 2021
University Settlement, Henry Street, Hamilton Madison, Manny Cantor,
Chinese American Planning Council, Grand Street Settlement:
LES Settlement Houses Community Education Events on Voting
and
Candidate Forum
Thursday, June 3 from 6:15-8 – City Council District 1 candidate forum (virtual on Zoom; free)
- Come meet candidates for the City Council 1st District seat and hear about their vision for the LES.
- Join us at 6:15 for a Ranked Choice Voting demonstration. The Forum starts at 6:30.
- There will be simultaneous translation in Mandarin, Cantonese, & Spanish.
- Register & suggest questions here: https://tinyurl.com/D1Forum
From LUNGS
June 12: The Tenement Museum’s Grand Reopening Block Party!
When: Saturday, June 12, 2021, 12:00 – 4:00pm ET
Event Location: Orchard Street
Cost: Free
Minnesota Bird Songs [interactive]
From Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
Go to their Website here. (it won’t work here but it’s a nice picture).
Then click on a bird to hear its unique tune.
He Wasn’t a Bird Person. Then a Hawk Built a Nest on His Fire Escape.
Great read.
NYTimes “Life, death, renewal and social media ensued.”
“The saga of Billy and Lilly, two red-tailed hawks that Mr. Palma Mir named after his parents, is one of regeneration and joy, with a tinge of sadness and some dead rat carcasses.”
SDR Park’s own Red Tailed Hawk
What You May Not Know About Poison Ivy
“Prevention and Remedies”
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“Some gardeners use lotion containing Bentoquatam (sold as products like Ivy Block), which creates a barrier on the skin and affords some protection, although not 100 percent. It must be applied 15 minutes before contact and allowed to dry fully, then reapplied every four hours or any time its dried film is no longer visible.
Limiting your contact is still best, with lotion or without, as is following up with fastidious aftercare — neutralizing that oily sap. A 2000 study compared the effectiveness of surfactants (specifically Dial soap), the grease-removing hand cleanser Goop and Tecnu, a skin cleanser marketed specifically for use with poison ivy.
“All are way better than doing nothing,” Ms. Pell said, although none was a runaway winner.
Another study she cited compared the traditional remedy of mashed-up jewelweed (native Impatiens capensis) with products containing its extracts, and with Dawn dish soap. The extract products performed worse than the mash or the soap.
Ms. Pell is in the soap-and-water camp — cold water, specifically. “I lather up with cold water at first, so I don’t melt and thin the oils, and spread them over my skin further,” she said.”
Read the entire article here.
Play Fair for Parks: actions next week: rally and social media!
From Play Fair for Parks Play Fair was Co-founded by New Yorkers for Parks, the New York City Council, the New York League of Conservation Voters, and DC 37, the NYC Parks workers’ union
In 2021, we are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council to restore essential funds to the NYC Parks department. NYC Parks received the 2nd largest cut of any agency following COVID-19 austerity measures. That reduction of $84 million caused parks to be in the worst conditions on record while demand for them was at an all-time high.
Sign the Play Fair Now petition!
FY22 Budget Platform: $79.8M to Renew and Restore the Expense Budget for NYC Parks
$58M to reinvest in critical Maintenance and Operations
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$10M to baseline the FY21 one-shot 100 City Park Worker and 50 Gardener staff lines
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$30M to restore the seasonal staff budget for maintenance and operations workers citywide
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$3M to restore the Parks Opportunity Program and provide a pathway to full-time employment
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$15M to restore critical parks forestry contracts for tree pruning, stump removal, sidewalk repair, and invasive species control
$4M to reinvest in Recreation and Programming – to restore the Parks Equity Initiative and support park stewardship organizations citywide
$9M to reinvest in Parks Safety
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$3M to restore the 50 Urban Park Ranger positions created in the FY20 budget
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$6M to restore the 80 Parks Enforcement Patrol positions created in the FY20 budget
$7.9M to reinvest in Nature and Resiliency
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$3.4M to restore 15 GreenThumb staff and expand access to plant materials, resources, and tools for community gardeners citywide
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$4.5M to continue conserving and caring for our natural forests and begin critical improvements for our City’s wetlands and trails network
Volunteer Tomorrow (Monday May 10, 2021) with The Hort and NYC Parks!
The Horticultural Society of New York will be planting perennials in SDR Park tomorrow on Forsyth between Hester and Grand.
Volunteers cleaned and mulched the planting beds last month and plan to green them tomorrow.
Details:
DATE: Monday May 10
TIME: 10am and stay as long as you are able.
WHERE: corner of Hester and Forsyth
CONTACT: Pamela Ito 917-886-1707
Our plant list is primarily for dry shade and includes:
Hostas, hellebores, astilbe, red heuchera, forget me nots, echinacea, and other tuffys.
We will be four Hort staff and a couple park volunteers. Will be there rain or shine. If you cant make it (understandably), please visit the plants and let me know how they are doing. 
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