A community tribute to Terri Fleming

Prison farms in a time of global crisis: Thinking big, starting small

September 8, 2020September 9, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments 10-year Municipal Housing and Homelessness Plan, addictions, Alice Gazeley, Barb Butler, Community Housing Action Group, homeless shelters, housing and homelessness, Housing and Homelessness Committee, Irene Watt, Kay Langmuir, Kingston, Kingston Interval House, Marijana Matovic, Marilyn Birmingham, Matthew Birmingham, obituary, Pam Harvey, Patricia Streich, poverty, Ryandale House, Ryandale Housing, Ryandale Shelter, Ryandale Transition Home, social housing, social justice, Social Planning Council of Kingston, Tara Kainer, Terri Fleming, Town Homes Kingston

On August 31, 2020, Kingston lost a long-time, tireless worker for people who struggle with homelessness and all life’s challenges. Terri Fleming left a challenge to all of us – to ‘do an act for social change’ – and the community who knew her well will strive to meet that

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May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 Jeannie Prinsen 0 Comments animal justice, baby formula, Calvin Neufeld, China, Chinese factory, Collins Bay Institution, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), COVID-19, dairy goats, Evolve Our Prison Farms, food security, goat dairy farm, goat milk farm, Kingston, plant-based farming, prison farms, prisoner labour, prisoners, rehabilitation, Save Our Prison Farms, social justice, sustainable farming

Justice. Sanctuary. Empathy. Rehabilitation. Sustainability. Community. After just a few minutes of conversation with Calvin Neufeld, you can tell he thinks big. He wants to see all these values being lived out in our world. But he also thinks small. That’s why, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, he’s