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2025-08-03: 
Community Collaboration Kickoff — August 3, 2025
Hosted at St. Mark’s AME Church, Kingston, NY
We invite you to join us this Sunday for a community-centered conversation about building resilience, creating local jobs, improving food security, and restoring a historic neighborhood church into a hub for impact.
This gathering is an early step in forming trusted partnerships across Kingston. We’ll explore how to meet urgent local needs while laying the foundation for long-term community ownership and self-sufficiency.

Event Details:
📍 St. Mark’s AME Church
72 Wurts Street, Kingston, NY
🗓 Sunday, August 3, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM (Join for service or arrive by the end for the discussion)

What We’ll Discuss:

• Restoring the historic St. Mark’s church building
  
• Expanding food access through waste diversion and urban farming
  
• Creating jobs and building trades pathways
  
• Advancing community-owned solutions beyond government dependency
  
• Early technology tools we’re developing to help
  

This is a relationship-building event—informal but important. We especially welcome participation from local organizations like People’s Place and others working in food, housing, youth development, or sustainability. Even sending one representative makes a difference.
We believe this is how meaningful change begins: people coming together with a shared purpose, ready to work.
​Brought to you by:
Voices for Progress – Advancing community-led initiatives that strengthen local economies and restore public benefit.

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Future Events

2025-09-16: Speaking at Cornell (Sept. 16)