A Third Place Community is Planting Trees in Turley (Far North Tulsa), 26th June, 2011

[Tony Nuspl]

A Third Place shares many of the goals of TPF, including sustainability and justice, and is implementing a tactic of mutual aid for North Tulsans. Over the past few years, A Third Place has established a firm foundation and accomplished a great deal in the North Tulsa / Turley community - from community gardens to food banks, nutrition classes to health clinics, arts and crafts to holiday celebrations. It’s a place for people to come together to solve shared challenges at the grassroots level. Their message is that power lies with the people.

The "TulsaNorth/Turley" neighborhoods will receive a free fruit tree orchard after A Third Place won in a online voting competition / contest for similarly deserving projects across the nation.

The planting of the orchard in Turley takes place next weekend. This is an all-day event, Sunday, June 26, 2011 · 8:00am - 6:00pm

See the facebook event to let them know you can help:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215118135188573

Further details available here, on their blog:
http://turleyok.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%...

More information on the orchard competition, held each year, can be seen at www.communitiestakeroot.com

 

Also recommended, this blog essay by  Rev. Ron Robinson:

"The Pragmatics of Collaboration and Hope: The Example and Story of the Turley/Far North Tulsa Area"
http://turleyok.blogspot.com/2010/10/ou-lecture-pragmatics-of-colla...