We arrived fairly late, about 40 minutes late, to the community meeting. Tom and Saul came earlier. Hana and I were stuck at home putting on some finishing touches and printing the siteplan.

 

When we arrived at the community meeting, the meeting hadn’t yet started so thankfully we had time to present our drawing. We were thanked for our efforts and the meeting continued as usual, outlining events in the area that are of interest to the community in order to build a stronger connection across social movements. Several of these events were presented, all of which required the attendance of members of the community.

 

 

One of the agenda items was to address the compost. The community garden gets donations from a produce company of rotten vegetables, these are funneled into the compost, a truckload a week from what we’ve seen so far. Today’s load was 12 pallets, approximately. These were mangos, squash, cucumbers, melons. Everything had been rotting in the truck for several days, and the load was half liquid. The truck itself was covered in mold and flies. A group of around 25 people tackled around 6 or 7 pallets, and the work for us personally was exhausting.

 

 

Before we left, we consulted Arturo and Maria and the community about the changes we were to make. Several small things were mentioned and the date was set for Wednesday to submit the drawings to the city for review.

Our favorite — Tortas Sinaloa after a long day.