PEOPLE FIRST is a Mid-South Peace and Justice Center supported partnership with residents and activists working in the Binghampton community to raise voter turn out during elections and assist in long term resident-driven grassroots community organizing after the elections end.
For the past three months our team of activists and Binghampton residents have been canvassing door to door, talking with residents and neighbors about the issues that they care about. Moving forward People First seeks to engage and organize residents from all races and religions across the Binghampton community to collectively address the needs of the neighborhood as well as
ensure all redevelopment efforts in the area have real front end resident and community input. We have already hosted a candidate forum and have just finished our second monthly meeting with area residents, talking about issues of the community and planning long term organizing for positive action….but..it’s not all about meetings…it’s about building community.
People First – Binghampton Neighborhood BBQ and cookout. Is our fourth community event in the neighborhood. We hope that this event can be an ongoing fun and family friendly way to do some mass outreach in the community and network the efforts of various neighborhood and community groups in the area. The award winning BBQ team {TOO SAUCED TO PORK} will be cooking and serving pork shoulder sandwiches while supplies last. We are also asking folks in the neighborhood to perhaps bring a side dish or a dessert to share..or better yet, bring their own grills and join us in cooking out. We are also reaching out to the community inviting Binghampton musicians and performers to come out to this event as well.
We think this would be a great chance for folks all across the very diverse area to begin networking and talking about joint community based action that puts PEOPLE FIRST.
People First – Binghampton Neighborhood BBQ and cookout is next Saturday, November 5th from 12 noon until 4pm at Caritas Village, 2509 Harvard. (map)
If interested in volunteering, tabling for your organization and/or in becoming a sponsor, please contact MSPJC organizing director Brad Watkins at brad@midsouthpeace.org or call him at anytime at his office number 901-725-4990 or his cell at 901-495-0818.
We hope you will join us there.