Make Your Own Seltzer! by Ed Levy Eltzer
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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP
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Volume EE, Number 5 March 11, 2010 GENERAL MEETING REPORT Make Your Own Seltzer! By Ed Levy eltzer. The word is heavy with nostalgia. The February GM Approves Offering heavy glass bottles, the old wooden cases, Online Access to Member Information Sthe inch of chocolate syrup waiting in the By Frank Haberle bottom of a glass for that controlled burst. Long ago, humans discovered that naturally carbon- ated spring water perked up the digestion. Now you can make fizz at home, using your own fil- tered water and your own flavoring. The seltzer maker being sold in aisle two has a lot of merit environmentally as well, since using it elimi- nates the transportation, storage and recycling of plastic bottles filled with liquid. These units, about the size of a blender, have already freed up space in the Coop basement by reducing our sales of bottled seltzer. More to the point, per- haps, with this device the cost of a homemade egg cream has become ridiculously low!
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ILLUSTRATION BY DEBORAH TINT ILLUSTRATION he February 23rd General Meeting (GM) approved a proposal to pro- vide password-protected information to those members who want it T through the Coop website. Members also discussed the possibility of joining with other local groups to support reauthorizing the federal ILLUSTRATION BY LYNN BERNSTEIN BY LYNN ILLUSTRATION Child Nutrition Act. General Coordinator reports on finances, checkout Next General Meeting on March 23 assistance and produce, as well as an update from the Shop & Cycle Com- The General Meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop is usually held mittee and an array of open forum issues, rounded out the evening’s activ- on the last Tuesday of each month.* The next meeting will ities. be on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:00 p.m. at the Congregation dinators and the Web Com- individual, password-protect- Beth Elohim Temple House (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place. mittee, was a proposal seek- ed online accounts giving The agenda is in this Gazette and available as a flyer in the Accessing Member ing permission to “allow the members access to their entryway of the Coop. For more information about the GM and Information Online Coop to develop a new fea- Coop information.” about Coop governance, please see the center of this issue. The first agenda item, sub- ture on www.foodcoop.com mitted by the General Coor- providing for the creation of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 * The March meeting is a week early because of Passover. IN THIS ISSUE
Sat, Mar 13 • Kids’ Variety Show 7:00 p.m. Board of Directors Candidates’ Statements ...... 5 Fri, Mar 19 • The Good Coffeehouse 8:00 p.m. Puzzle, Food Tours ...... 6 Coop The Coop Cooking Show ...... 7 Fri, Mar 26 • Blood Drive 12:00–8:00 p.m. Coop Hours, Coffeehouse ...... 8 Event Sat, Mar 27 • Adult Clothing Exchange 2:00–5:00 p.m. Workslot Needs, Governance Information, Highlights Mission Statement ...... 9 Look for additional information about these and other events in this issue. Coop Calendar of Events ...... 10-11 Free School Food for All ...... 12 Letters to the Editor ...... 13 Community Calendar, Classified Ads ...... 14 10_03_11_p1-16.qxd 3/10/10 4:33 PM Page 2
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Online Access support community efforts to like Agriculture Committee the Shop & Cycle Committee looking for bike valet shift get Congress to pass a Child member Tom Milsap and asked if there was any way to members as well as Shop & Nutrition Act that gives Senator Charles Schumer to weave the nutrition issues in Cycle Committee members. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 schools resources to serve move on it. Adam asked with better programs around REAL FOOD for lunch.” members to sign the three physical exercise. Jan Finances and Growth “I feel that this is long As explained by Safe Food letters on the way out of responded that there are While a full financial overdue,” said Jess Robinson, Committee member Adam the meeting. proposals on the table right report on the 2009 program General Coordinator and staff Rabiner, several local, Jan Poppendieck, a now, but none that would year will not be available liaison to the Web Committee. neighborhood groups in the member of the Brooklyn address the dearth of quality until the March meeting, Web Committee member Brooklyn Food Coalition are Food Coalition, said that physical education programs. General Coordinator Mike Nat Meysenburg said that working with an alliance of “supporting this bill would General Coordinator Joe Eakin’s report reflected a online access would be New York City organizations provide an exceptional Holtz advised that in any strong year in net sales to a available on an opt-in basis. for reauthorization of the opportunity for Coop future proposal, presenters new record of $39.4 million, “For those who want it, they Child Nutrition Act. This members to inject our food must link an effort to get the bringing cumulative net sales can quickly find out online would increase funding values into the larger national Coop to act as a signee on since incorporation in 1977 when their next shift is, what to $324 million. Membership their current status is. It will be has experienced a steady rise a first stop before they have to to well over 15,000 active call the office for help.” Jen members. Mike spoke to how Simmons, another Web Com- growth was slowed slightly by mittee member, added that the practice of requiring the system will be designed prospective members to sign with member privacy in mind. up for orientation meetings. “We will have member Joe Holtz added that over- names, member number and crowding is a big issue for the what squad they are on. This Coop. The orientation policy will not include credit card is one way to slow it down; numbers, dates of birth or the Coop is also very actively other personal information.” helping to start six new Coops in Brooklyn.
New Help on the Coop members showed Shopping Squads strong interest in creating General Coordinator Ann online accounts. Herpel reported on the new weekend policy of having each shopping squad dedicate two to five people as Jess added that this new checkout helpers, assisting service, which could be up in with unpacking, price checking, the second half of 2010, will returning carts and returning include a function where the items to expedite the website will send alerts to checkout process. A quick squad members who want analysis of the new policy, reminders of when their shifts Ann reported, showed a are coming up. It will also significant speeding of the eventually include an checkout system, contributing improved shift-swap function. to shorter, faster lines. “If Coop members showed someone offers to help you, strong interest in creating BY DEBORAH TINT ILLUSTRATION please accept it,” Ann said. “It online accounts. Questions helps all of us, including included the following: for school food and policy arena.” As Jan pointed behalf of its membership to those members in line “Would there be a significant nutrition programs. While the out, the nation’s public the Coop mission statement behind you.” cash outlay involved to Brooklyn Food Coalition has schools procure over 7 billion and Principles of Cooperation. develop the system?” (No.) been gathering individual meals a year. Supporting this Produce Report “Can we sign up for and signatures on three letters bill would help shift the Making a Stand for General Coordinator Allen cancel shifts?” (Possibly, endorsing the reauthorization, schools toward purchasing Cycles: Bike Valet Parking Zimmerman stated that, someday.) “Are there plans to Adam stressed that the and serving healthier, sus- In other matters, Steve while February is normally integrate this feature with endorsement of an organization tainably raised food, and Faust reported on the Shop & the hardest time of year to other calendars?” (Yes.) would have a significant Cycle Committee’s efforts get excited about produce, One member asked if there impact on national health to develop a safe and there was actually a lot to could be a link to determine trends and issues. A second convenient system for report. “Last week we moved how many shoppers are on but equally important reason members to bicycle to the eight and one-half tons the Coop floor at one time, to Supporting this bill to weigh in, Jan said, is that Coop. A new system will offer of local produce,” Allen determine how crowded it would help shift the schools the school food system is an a weekend bike valet service. reported; “five tons of which was before venturing in to the toward purchasing and essential part of the safety “The bike valet system will were apples.” Poetically Coop. This could be a possible serving healthier, net. An annual government operate like a coat-check,” and enthusiastically, Allen future option, but is not being survey maintains that the Steve explained. “We’ll give updated the attending considered at this time. sustainably raised food, average of 11% to 12% of members a ticket, and keep members on a range of new Members voted ovewhelm- and would have a young people in the free their bikes on racks for them.” offerings, including giant ingly to approve developing significant impact on lunch program jumped by The service answers two citrus fruits like Pommelo, online accounts. national health trends. 30% in 2009. The recession concerns—it provides for Uglifruit and Oro Blanco. ■ has had a huge impact on easier loading and unloading, Supporting the Child need. The greatest impact is and answers the overcrowded Nutrition Act on the youngest and most bike rack situation on The second agenda item vulnerable children. “We want weekends. Steve emphasized was not a proposal, but like the Coop, with its to have maximum impact on that, starting in April, there instead elicited discussion membership and profile, their health,” Jan said. will be two weekend shifts about having “the PSFC would get key legislators In discussion, Steve Faust of and that the committee is
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Seltzer on his Bronx route, once a Start with milk, about two customer of his father’s, who fingers’ worth, add Fox’s keeps Walter the Seltzer Man U-bet Chocolate (or Vanilla) CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 going. In the interview, syrup (also about two fingers) Mildred reminisced about the and mix them together. Spritz Made by SodaStream, the old days, and why seltzer in the seltzer so the concoction countertop unit comes with a meant a lot more than comes nearly to the rim of the reusable carbonator good for bubbles. “It was great,” glass (the glass has to be a making 60 liters of bubbly Mildred said. “Everybody had soda fountain glass that’s water. (A 110-liter carbonator different men in their lives. narrow at the base and is also available.) When the You had the seltzer man; you balloons out at the rim), stir gas runs out, just return the had the milkman. These were vigorously with a long spoon empty carbonator upstairs, get your $5 deposit back and then purchase a new one downstairs. Each unit comes with two plastic bottles the In America, it is also known as soda water, manufacturer says are BPA- bubbly water, sparkling water, club soda and during free. Members who prefer the the Great Depression, when it was the cheapest thing more expensive glass unit can purchase it online you could buy at the soda fountain, “two-cents plain.” or at Macy’s and still get the carbonators from the Coop.
Ecofizz Kevin O’Sullivan, the the people in your life!” One until the head—like a beer Coop’s buyer for bottled BERNSTEIN BY LYNN ILLUSTRAITON Coop member recently head—rises to just over the water, says there is already affirmed Mildred’s experi- rim. If you’ve done it right, it evidence the units may have ence, though she used a will be mocha creamy and lightened the Coop’s carbon more current idiom. Growing stiff enough to have a little footprint, as sales of bottled upset stomach and constipa- weekend, Coop members can up on Long Island, she said, flip of foam. Plunge a straw and mineral water are down tion. Carbonization alkalizes easily beat this record, and the seltzer deliveryman was into it and slurp away. from 2,500 per week a year water. with far less bother. (Priestly’s for her “the archetype of the If, on the other hand, ago to 1,600 per week, even method required producing masculine.” you’re hypoglycemic, lactose though sales are up 10% for Taxonomy and History the CO2 by dripping sulfuric Another member offered intolerant and allergic to everything else. The Coop is The term seltzer is one of those acid onto chalk.) this recipe for an egg cream, chocolate, substitute agave selling 50 to 60 carbonators genericized trademarks, like Priestly eventually made it the iconic drink invented in nectar, hemp milk and vanilla per week, Kevin said, enough Q-tips or Band-Aid, and means, to Philadelphia, befriended Brooklyn that contains flavoring. But it won’t be the CO2 for 5,000 liters, at a cost in German, “water from Selters,” Benjamin Franklin, and intro- neither eggs nor cream: same. ■ per liter of about 19¢ or 20¢, a Rhineland village where duced his impregnated water compared to 60¢ a liter for carbonated water has been to the New World, where it bottled seltzer at the Coop, bottled and shipped since the caught on. For European and up to $1.20 elsewhere. 18th century. In America, it is immigrants to America, it was Kevin said that one thing also known as soda water, a taste of the old country. bubbly water, sparkling water, Soon it was being sold door club soda and during the to door. According to legend, 2%452. 0/,)#9 Great Depression, when it was Jacob Rosenblum was the I]Z 8dde hig^kZh id 2%15)2%$ &/2 !.9 2%452. the cheapest thing you could first seltzer deliveryman in `ZZe eg^XZh adl [dg djg &#I]ZEV^Y">c";jaagZXZ^eiBJHI There is already evidence buy at the soda fountain, New York, carting the bottles bZbWZgh]^e# B^c^" WZegZhZciZY# b^o^c\ i]Z Vbdjci d[ “two-cents plain.” around the Lower East Side '#GZijgchbjhiWZ]VcYaZY the units may have gZijgcZY bZgX]VcY^hZ Europeans liked the in a horse-drawn wagon. A l^i]^c(%YVnhd[ejgX]VhZ# ^h dcZ lVn lZ Yd i]^h# lightened the Coop’s waters that flowed naturally few years ago, NPR inter- >[ ndj cZZY id bV`Z V carbon footprint. from springs for their reputed viewed Walter the Seltzer gZijgc! eaZVhZ \d id i]Z #!. ) %8#(!.'% -9 )4%- health benefits, and in the Man, Jacob’s grandson, who 'cY;addgHZgk^XZ9Zh`# Cd!lZYdcdiÆZmX]Vc\ZÇ^iZbh# 1760s, Joseph Priestly, the is still in the business. Walter NdjbjhigZijgci]ZbZgX]VcY^hZ British scientist and pointed out that the bottles VcYgZ"ejgX]VhZl]VindjcZZY# philosopher who would a he delivers, some more than members like about the unit few years later become 50 years old, are now worth is the ability it gives them to famous for identifying more as collectibles than #!. ) 2%452. -9 )4%-
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Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY March 11, 2010 5 Candidates for Board of Directors of the Park Slope Food Coop, Inc. Two three-year terms and one two-year term are open. To vote you may use a proxy or be present at the Food Coop Annual Meeting on June 29, 2010. Every member will receive a proxy package in the mail in late May. You will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at the Annual Meeting. Candidate Statements (unedited and presented in alphabetical order):
reports that inform us about issues not only affecting the Coop than doubled due to a change in the workslot credit policy. Imani Q’ryn but the environment, our health, local farmers and even other Since being on the Chair Committee involves being at the I’ve lived in Fort Greene for over 20 years. countries to name but a few of the topics that have been covered. General Meeting, which is also the Board Meeting, there is no I’m a classically trained singer and work as It has hit home a number of times that what we do, what we eat, conflict in my holding both of these positions. When I found out an independent real estate broker. This has an impact on the world. Each of us makes a difference. that there was a precedent of a board member also being on the past year I also started a business market- I started going to the General Meetings about eight years ago. Chair Committee I decided to stay with the Chair Committee. The ing cutting-edge telecom products. I was Initially, I went for workslot credit and was surprised to discover that Chair Committee is in need of new members and my leaving elected to the Board of Directors of the the meeting was small compared to the vast size of our member- could put a strain on the other members. If you have interest in Food Coop almost 5 years ago. Now, I ship and that the diversity I saw while shopping at the Coop was not being on the Chair Committee, please let us know. respectfully seek your vote to allow me to powerfully reflected in the meeting. I thought to myself, “Here is the In closing, I have intimate experience with Coop policies and continue in this position. decision-making body of the Coop and only a few members are procedures and the workings of the Board of Directors. I think our I joined the Coop in 1998 when I started eating organic food. I making these decisions and even fewer people of color.” cooperative process works and as a board member I respect the couldn’t afford not to join! I love the Coop, its energy, the diversity I wondered, “What can I do to encourage greater diversity members’ deliberations and will strive to ensure that the General of the membership, the ideals of cooperation and democracy and and participation in the meeting?” I live by the words of Gandhi Meeting remains the highest decision-making body in the Coop. I above all the beautiful food at unbelievable prices. The Coop is a who said, “Be the change you seek to see in the world.” I decided will also continue to encourage diversity in the General Meeting as reflection of what’s possible in the world. It’s a privilege to be a to join the Chair Committee soon after my first meeting. I have well as all aspects of the Coop. part of it. been committed to making all people feel welcomed at the meet- I welcome members to contact me by email at I also serve as a member of the Chair Committee, which ing, being fair and open to all sides of an issue and to being clear [email protected]. My candidacy has been endorsed by the chairs the General Meeting on the last Tuesday of each month. For on the policies and how the meeting is run. I am encouraged that General Coordinators of the Coop and I welcome that support. me one of the best parts of the General Meeting is the committee in the last year or so our General Meeting attendance has more Please vote for me. Thank you for your consideration. ■
of GMs in the past 10 years. Since June 2002, as the elected suggestions, ideas, questions and observations. In many ways, Elizabeth Tobier Coop Secretary (my current workslot), I have been recording the meetings have improved over the last 10 years, probably due to Greetings…I am interested in being meeting minutes. the excellent work of the Chair Committee, the Agenda reelected to our Coop’s Board of The main reason I am interested in continuing on the Board is Committee, the GM squad workers, the General Coordinators Directors, where I have served for that I agree with the Coop’s method of governance, which is to and an increase in attendance by Coop members. almost 7 years. hold open meetings—and only open meetings. We do not allow I make my living as a bookkeeper and my current employ- After joining the Coop in 1990, I executive sessions where non-Board members are not permitted ers are Math for America, Perelandra Natural Foods Center and enjoyed many hours of fun working on to attend. I agree that our Coop runs best when the Board listens to Marc Bodine Constructions. Shopping, Receiving, Maintenance, and concurs with the decisions of the members as expressed by The Coop’s General Coordinators have endorsed my candidacy. Office and Inventory squads. It took me the General Meeting vote results. Feel free to contact me at [email protected] with almost 10 years to check out the General Sometimes the General Meetings can be frustrating or any questions about the Board or the General Meeting. ■ Meeting, but I have only missed a couple contentious, but just as often I am amazed by members’
board member, I will respect the will of the membership by membership now over 15,000. We are always looking for better John Urda voting to approve their decisions, so long as they are legal and ways of accommodating so many shoppers. Although our The key issue for a board candidate is will not threaten the Coop’s business—and for the past nine growth has begun to plateau and our mortgage is now paid his or her view of the board’s role. I years as a board member, that is exactly what I have done. off, the challenges of being a larger business are not going believe that the main function of the That being said, the board should also serve as a resource away—and one of the biggest challenges we face is making board is simple: allow the general for the membership. Board members attend the monthly gen- sure that through it all, the Coop remains the Coop. membership to remain the Coop’s pri- eral meetings and should therefore have a wide knowledge of Our Coop is the best store in the world, and it got that way mary decisionmaker. The Coop has Coop issues. Board members are in a position not only to because regular members run the show. It should stay that always been run by the members, not defend the Coop’s way of doing business and the principles way. I am running for re-election with the General the board of directors—and our board expressed in the mission statement, but also to speak to the Coordinators’ endorsement, and I’d appreciate yours as well. ■ should not be a pulpit for the direc- issues that arise with an informed, sensitive voice. tors to impose their views on the general membership. As a The Coop has seen some serious changes recently, with
slowly realized that the Coop is the future of society. And requires people that believe in town hall meetings and Ralph Yozzo now, I shop almost every day. direct democracy and referendums. All of which, I love about I have been a member of the Park Joe Holtz described the story of a new member joining but the Coop. Although the board may be ceremonial, it does Slope Food Coop for more than five realizing only later how valuable cooperation is and I require dedication and reliability and I am ready to dedicate years and I remember joining only thought, he’s right. We need more cooperatives as an alter- myself to the task. If you have any questions, send them to because my friend joined and native to the “competition and profit above all” model. The me at [email protected]. ■ almost never shopping, but I’ve board of the Coop is mostly a ceremonial position but it
choose to vote in order to express their support or opposition for any cannot attend the Annual Meeting may be represented, if they The Role of the Board of the issues that have come before the meeting.” wish, by a proxy. From our inception in 1973 to the present, the monthly General The Board of Directors, which is required to act legally and If you submit a proxy but come to the Annual Meeting in per- Meeting has been the decision-making body of the Coop. Since the responsibly, conducts a vote at the end of every General Meeting son, your proxy will be returned to you when you register. Coop incorporated in 1977, we have been legally required to have a on whether to accept the advice of the members as expressed in Members who have a current membership as of Saturday, board of Directors. their vote(s) during the GM. June 19, 2010, are eligible to vote in the election of Directors at the The Bylaws of the Park Slope Food Coop state: “The portion of Annual Meeting either in person or by proxy. the Board of Directors meeting that is devoted to receiving the The Election Process Proxy packets are mailed to members in mid-May. If you do not advice of the members shall be known as the General Meeting.... Each year the Coop must, by law, hold an Annual Meeting. This is receive a packet, please call the Membership Office or pick one up The members who gather to give advice to the directors may the only meeting where proxies can be used. Those members who at the entrance door of the Coop. ■
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Workers What Is That? How Do I Use It? Needed Food Tours in the Coop The genius of the frigid weather It is now that we can hold is that it drives people together— our hands cupped together for Bike Valet Service! we head indoors and congregate and accept it all After a trial run of Bike Valet Service at the Coop last year, one by one the Shop ‘n’ Cycle Committee is planning for the 2010 Now that the holiday is over each by each Bike Valet Service season and needs workers for regu- we can rest in each other's company everything we need lar squads on Sunday afternoons/evenings. The 2010 we can be alert to each other's needs Bike Valet Service season will run on SUNDAYS, beginning April 4 Everyone can be a guest— The Park Slope Food Coop through November 21. every seat a place of distinction Refuge in the Storm Bike Valet Service works like a coat check: Coop members arriving by bicycle leave their bikes with a Bike Valet worker and Now it is plain to see by Myra Klockenbrink receive a numbered ticket, which they will use the kitchen is the heart of the home to identify and retrieve their bike when done pots pipe and simmer shopping. The service helps to provide secure, the oven yields steaming loaves plentiful bicycle (and stroller!) parking everyone eats and exclaims Mondays March 22 during peak shopping times. and holds their hunger April 5 like the best confidante noon to 1:00 p.m. We are looking for regular squad members to join of all we crave: and 1:30 t0 2:30 p.m. these shifts, and are also looking for one Squad Leader closeness, sweet kindness per shift. Workslot times will be: Sundays 3:00 You can join in any time during a tour. p.m.–5:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m. There will be a love-full understanding range of shared responsibilities for the shift, including setup and take- down of the check-in station & bike racks. Shifts will be rain or shine and there will be 2 trainings offered in late March for potential members.
If you are interested in becoming a regular squad member of the Bike Valet Service, please contact Membership Coordinator Charlene Swift (email is preferable) at [email protected] and please indi- cate if you are interested in being a Squad Leader.
Puzzle Corner Deductions Each of the puzzles here begins with an 8-letter starting word. On each subsequent line you are to remove one letter from the previous word and scramble the letters to form a new word. Continue until you reach the final 2-letter word. For example, if the starting word is DINOSAUR and the ending word is OR, the deductions would be: DINOSAUR Remove the U to get... INROADS Remove the S to get... ORDAIN Remove the I to get... RADON Remove the N to get... ROAD Remove the A to get... ROD Remove the D to get... OR In each case the starting word and the final word are given, and in the first three puzzles the fourth word is filled as an additional hint. Alternative answers are possible.
TROPICAL COMEDIAN LOPS IDED Coop ACTOR MINC E SP I E L Cooking Show Needs People and Recipes AT ME I S Are you a Coop member who loves to cook NAVIGATE ARTERIAL SCRATCHY or do you know another member who does? We want to make you a star (and you’ll get shift credit too)! The Coop video squad is seeking people with great recipes to be featured on cooking show. Check out our shows on http://exposureroom.com/members/psfcvideosquad. AN I T A S Contact [email protected] for more info. For answers, see page 15. This issue’s puzzle author: Stuart Marquis
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Park Slope Food Coop, Brooklyn, NY March 11, 2010 7 The Coop Cooking Show: Julia and Julie and Julia By Alison Rose Levy s Julie & Julia heads to the Oscars, the Park Slope Food Coop Video Squad heads into production for the next program in its new cook- Aing show series—to be shot in chef Julia Knyphausen’s expansive Park Slope kitchen with its exposed brick wall and its black enamel stove and stainless steel refrigerator. Knyphausen, a recent graduate of the Nat- ural Gourmet Institute, will not be preparing duck à l’orange. Instead, sea vegetables will be on the menu.
The Video Squad produces cooking show, is shot from only programs are produced in the one year ago. After studying points out, “It’s cozy to go into three to four shows, each with a single location, the kitchens of the featured chefs. film and video, working on people’s home kitchens.” multiple programs, per year. production requires a host In keeping with the Brooklyn some productions and earn- Another upside? “We get to These programs as well as other (which for the cooking show will apartment setting, the vision ing her living as a business eat what they make!” says Blake. offerings can be seen on the typically be a chef) a producer of the Coop’s food show dif- reporter, Blake was delighted After the sea vegetables Coop website at www.food- to interview the host/chef, and fers from the prevalent style of to get into the nitty-gritty of broadcast, what lies ahead? coop.com, which links to skilled crew members who can show as spectacle, showcas- production, although she also The squad has discussed Blip.tv. They are also available light, mike and record the pro- ing dramatic dishes and com- does other necessary squad doing a program on the via the Brooklyn Cable Access gram, and edit it later. Although plex techniques. Instead, the tasks, such as administrative preparation of whole grains, Television Network, also known neither Simpson nor one of the Coop show will aim to meet work, which includes some as well as another one on eat- as BCAT, at www.bricartsmedia. producers, Wendy Blake, could an audience need for instruc- coordination of the shows’ ing locally and what that org/community-media/bcat-tv- estimate the time devoted to tions in cooking dishes that programming on BCAT. entails. network, which is shown on completing one program, the are low-key and accessible— The program that Blake Looking ahead, Blake would Time-Warner Cable and other behind-the-scenes process of and that include Coop food currently has in production, love to cover some local Brook- outlets. Viewers range from each program is lengthy, espe- ingredients. featuring sea vegetables, will lyn food establishments. Coop members to other Brook- cially since all participants are “Our show will win audi- briefly highlight their health “There are some great artisanal lyn viewers. Video Squad leader volunteers who must squeeze ences over with charm,” says properties and the history food startups in tiny corners David Simpson is currently time out of busy schedules. Simpson, “while serving a use- of their use, along with throughout the borough,” says looking into widening the show’s After an initial planning ful goal. The programs will featuring recipes and food Blake, citing one place that teach you something you didn’t know how to do—how to eat a wide variety of healthier foods. We want to make healthy and unusual dishes accessible and to guide people in using the kinds of ingredients available at the Coop.” So far they’ve shot four programs. In each, the host commentary varies, depending on who’s conducting the interviewing and who’s hosting the program. For example, in a recent show that
featured Mexican dishes, the MORRISON BY ROD PHOTOGRAPHS chef commented on the foods’ nutritional value, special techniques of food preparation, The Video Squad’s David Simpson, with Chef Nisa Lee on David Simpson and his clapperboard bananas. Action! as well as the history of food her cable TV cooking show. in Mexico and dishes from central Mexico. distribution into Manhattan via meeting, the chef/host does preparation techniques “makes great mozzarella.” Manhattan Cable. With a back- research to devise what developed by the trained chef Brooklyn is also home ground in video production, (s)he will condense into the The Coop show will aim who will serve as host. This to five-star pizza. Blake can squad leader Simpson joined three-minute “spiel” that show exemplifies the squad’s foresee heading out to the squad approximately nine occurs near the beginning to meet an audience need aim to help Coop members the Midwood section, where years ago. Simpson, who runs of the program. for instructions in become familiar with behind an unassuming store- his own company, reports that With good planning, cooking dishes that are less common ingredients front, local culinary artists cut most of the 20 active squad production itself can take obtainable at the Coop. Hijiki, fresh basil for what is reputedly members are FTOP but the anywhere from six to eight low-key and accessible— nori and arame will be the city’s best pizza. group membership fluctuates. hours per show, with editing and that include Coop featured. Will nori rolls be on Simpson would like to According to Simpson, taking anywhere from food ingredients. the menu? Probably not. Blake see a program in which a chef squad members had discussed eight to 12 hours of time reports that the chef has prepares dishes from different developing a new cooking on a final cut, with edit something a bit more unusual cuisines, such as Indian, Italian show for approximately one equipment supplied by David in mind: (possibly) sole and Brazilian, that use the year. Although “it’s taken a Simpson’s company. One broadcast will feature wrapped in nori and same ingredients. He can also while to get momentum,” In the current plan, the Thai food prepared by an hijiki crostini. Stay tuned. foresee programs on Italian, Simpson says, because participating hosts will vary; upscale caterer of international Among the production French, Ayurvedic, live—and few squad members have the for the four cooking programs cuisine who has cooked for challenges is the lack of a yes, even kabbalist food. free time necessary to pull to be produced this year there prominent celebrities. kitchen set with stationed If Coop members have their together the resources will be three hosts. Wendy Blake, who has been cameras and lights embedded own ideas or requests or required to mount and edit a Unlike the typical cooking on the squad for approximate- in the ceiling and walls. questions, please contact the program, together their goal is shows seen on television ly nine months, is currently Shooting in the tight quarters Video Squad via email at to produce 12 to 20 shows in which are produced with producing another upcoming of someone’s home kitchen [email protected]. And the new cooking series, which bigger budgets, the Coop program on dishes prepared requires flexibility and you can regularly check the has yet to be named. lacks a kitchen studio location with sea vegetables. A former creative problem-solving. Coop website for programs in Even a show that, like the for its production. Many of the Coop member, Blake rejoined On the other hand, Blake the cooking show series. ■
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COOP HOURS A monthly musical Friday fundraising partnership of Office Hours: the Park Slope Monday through Thursday Mar 19 Food Coop and 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Society Friday & Saturday for Ethical Culture 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping Hours: Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00* p.m. Sunday Kathleen Payne’s voice has been described as “fiery” and 6:00 a.m. to 7:30* p.m. “ethereal.” The Brooklyn-born singer performs in a variety *Shoppers must be on a checkout line of genres, including R&B, pop, jazz, country, gospel and cabaret. 15 minutes after closing time. She also leads Vox Amica, an a cappella quintet. Kathleen was Childcare Hours: the featured soloist at the 2009 “Absolute Gospel” music festival Monday through Sunday in Lyon, France, performing with a 100-voice mass choir and the 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Lyon Symphony Orchestra. Joining her is Cynthia Hilts, a gifted Telephone: jazz pianist, composer and singer. 718-622-0560 Web address: www.foodcoop.com
Cara Schwarz combines the beauty of American Sign Language with her own interpretations of classic and current folk, show and pop tunes. She encourages sing alongs and will The Linewaiters’ Gazette is published biweekly by the Park Slope teach you some sign language too as Food Coop, Inc., 782 Union Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215. she weaves the story of her life and Opinions expressed here may be solely the views of the writer. The times into poetry and music. Gazette will not knowingly publish articles that are racist, sexist, or oth- Special guests will be on hand to erwise discriminatory. lend their voices. Barry Kornhauser The Gazette welcomes Coop-related articles, and letters from members. accompanies on guitar and cello. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All submissions must include author’s name and phone number and conform to the following guidelines. Editors will reject letters and 53 Prospect Park West [at 2nd Street] • $10 • 8:00 p.m. [doors open at 7:45] articles that are illegible or too long. Submission deadlines appear Performers are Park Slope Food Coop members and receive Coop workslot credit. in the Coop Calendar opposite. Booking: Bev Grant, 718-788-3741 Letters: Maximum 500 words. All letters will be printed if they conform to the guidelines above. The Anonymity and Fairness policies appear on the letters page in most issues. Voluntary Articles: Maximum 750 words. Editors will reject articles This Issue Prepared By: that are essentially just advertisements for member businesses and Monthly on the... Coordinating Editors: Stephanie Golden services. Second Saturday Erik Lewis march 13 R Committee Reports: Maximum 1,000 words. 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Editors (development): Erik Lewis Editor-Writer Guidelines: Except for letters to the editor, which Third Thursday Joan Minieri are published without editing but are subject to the Gazette let- March 18 E Reporters: Frank Haberle ters policy regarding length, anonymity, respect, and fairness, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Alison Levy all submissions to the Linewaiters' Gazette will be reviewed and Last Sunday Ed Levy if necessary edited by the editor. In their review, editors are guid- March 28 ed by the Gazette's Fairness and Anonymity policies as well as 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. C Art Director (development): Eva Schicker standard editorial practices of grammatical review, separation of Illustrators: Lynn Bernstein fact from opinion, attribution of factual statements, and rudi- On the sidewalk in front of the receiving area at the Coop. Ethan Pettit mentary fact checking. Writers are responsible for the factual Y Deborah Tint content of their stories. Editors must make a reasonable effort to contact and communicate with writers regarding any proposed Photographers: Rod Morrison editorial changes. Writers must make a reasonable effort to Traffic Manager: Barbara Knight respond to and be available to editors to confer about their arti- PLASTIC S cles. If there is no response after a reasonable effort to contact What plastics do we accept? Text Converters: Peter Benton Diana Quick the writer, an editor, at her or his discretion, may make editorial Until further notice: changes to a submission without conferring with the writer. Proofreader: Margaret Benton • #1 and #6 type non-bottle shaped contain- L Submissions on Paper: Typed or very legibly handwritten and ers, transparent only, labels ok Thumbnails: Kristin Lilley placed in the wallpocket labeled "Editor" on the second floor at the Preproduction: Helena Boskovic base of the ramp. • Plastic film and bubble wrap, transparent only, no colored or opaque, no labels I Photoshop: Terrance Carney Digital Submissions: We welcome digital submissions. Drop #5 Art Director (production): Dilhan Kushan disks in the wallpocket described above. The email address for • plastic cups, tubs, and specifically submissions is [email protected]. Receipt of your marked caps and lids, very clean and dry Desktop Publishing: Kevin Cashman submissions will be acknowledged on the deadline day. (discard any with paper labels, or cut off) N Stephane Bee Classified & Display Ads: Ads may only be placed by and on behalf •NOTE: We are no longer accepting Editor (production): Tioma Allison #2 #4 of Coop members. Classified ads are prepaid at $15 per insertion, or type plastics. Post Production: Becky Cassidy business card ads at $30. (Ads in the “Merchandise–Non-commercial” PLASTIC MUST BE COMPLETELY CLEAN & DRY G category are free.) All ads must be written on a submission form Final Proofreader: Nancy Rosenberg (available in a wallpocket on the first floor near the elevator). Classi- We close up promptly. Index: Len Neufeld Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the fied ads may be up to 315 characters and spaces. Display ads must collection end time to allow for inspection and Production Coordinator: Mary Ellen Muzio be camera-ready and business card size (2"x3.5"). sorting of your plastic. Printed by: New Media Printing, Bethpage, NY.
Read the Gazette while you’re standing on line OR online at www.foodcoop.com 10_03_11_p1-16.qxd 3/10/104:47PMPage9 • BeingAbsentfromtheGM: • SigninginattheMeeting: • AttendtheentireGM: Squadsnoteligible: • Certain • Two attendancecreditsperyear: GM • AdvanceSign-uprequired: do notcalltheMembershipOffice withGMcancellations. you removeyournameifknow cannotattend.Please passed aroundduringthemeeting. Workslot CreditAttendanceSheet. for theentire because coveringabsentmembersistoodifficult.) and FTOPcommittees.(SomeCommitteesareomitted Processing, Office,Maintenance,Inventory, Construction, workslot-credit programtwotimespercalendaryear. below fordetails. Membership Office. day ofthemeeting,sign-upsheetiskeptin the meetingwhenyouhaveuntil5p.m.tosignup.On ups sheetisavailableallmonthlong,exceptforthedayof name tothesign-upsheetin Meeting hasbeenourdecision-making the instructionsheetsbysign-upboard. participation intheCoop’s decision-makingprocess. workslot-credit programwascreatedtoincrease decisions andsetCooppolicy. TheGeneral-Meeting-for- General Meeting(GM)membersgathertomake Channels: 56(TimeWarner), 69(CableVision). FRIDAYS 2:30p.m.withareplayat10:30 Inside theParkSlopeFoodCoop The CooponCableTV www.foodcoop.com The CoopontheInternet page foranswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions. www.foodcoop.com andlookatthe“JoinCoop” Have questionsaboutOrientation?Pleasevisit 622-0560 duringofficehours. the MembershipOffice.Visit inpersonorcall718- To pre-register, visitwww.foodcoop.com orcontact all ofthefourweeklyNewMemberOrientations. Coop membership.Pre-registrationisrequiredfor Attending anOrientationisthefirststeptoward New MemberOrientations It ispossibletocancelwithout penalty. We doaskthat 2.Please alsosignintheattendancebookthatis 1. AfterthemeetingChairwillprovide In ordertoearnworkslotcredityoumustbepresent Eligible: Shopping,Receiving/Stocking,Food Each membermaytakeadvantageoftheGM-for- Some restrictionstothisprogramdoapply. Pleasesee To beeligibleforworkslotcredit,youmustaddyour Since theCoop’sin 1973,theGeneral inception Following isanoutlineoftheprogram.
COOP CALENDAR WORKSLOT NEEDS and ReceiveWork Credit work ofthesquad,takeattendanceandtrain urgent needforSquadLeaderstosupervisethe a tenttostandunder).Thecommitteehasan to workoutsideinalltypesofweather(thereis ful eyeoverthebikes.Membersmustbewilling bers whousetheserviceandkeepingawatch- down thetentandbikeracks,signinginmem- committee includesettingupandbreaking bikes whiletheyworkorshop.Tasks onthis bicycles wherememberswill“checkin”their The committeeoperateslikeacoatcheckfor members toworkonthisseasonalworkslot. The Shop&CycleCommitteeislookingfor April 4throughNovember21 Sundays, 3:00to5:45p.m.or5:308:15p.m., Shop &CycleCommittee meeting. Attend aGM the elevatorlobby. Thesign- For fulldetails,see body. Atthe Read the LETTERS &VOLUNTARY ARTICLES: Gazette Deadlines General Meeting. Submissions willbeconsideredfortheApr27 AGENDA SUBMISSIONS:8:00p.m. TUE, APR6 GENERAL MEETING:7:00p.m. TUE, MAR23 General MeetingInfo p su 7:00p.m.,Wed, Apr3 7:00p.m.,Wed, Mar17 Apr 8issue Mar 25issue: CLASSIFIED ADSDEADLINE: 7:00p.m.,Mon,Apr1 7:00p.m.,Mon,Mar15 Apr 8issue Mar 25issue: ions, needs and concerns of every member.ions, needsandconcernsof every accessible toallandrespect theopin- strive tomaketheCoop welcoming and oppose discriminationin anyform.We mitted todiversityand equality. We tion andtheenvironment. others abouthealthandnutrition,coopera- lead byexample,educatingourselvesand friendly producers.We We recycle. to try tions. We prefertobuyfromlocal,earth- share withotherspeciesandfuturegenera- impact ofourlifestylesontheworldwe the environment.We strivetoreducethe toxic, sustainableagriculture.We respect exploitation ofothers.We supportnon- avoid productsthatdependonthe cessed andhealthfulfoods.We seekto emphasis onorganic,minimallypro- We offeradiversityofproductswithan of andsupportthecooperativemovement. selling agentforanyindustry. We areapart buying agentforourmembersandnota ethical employerandneighbor. We area equally. We strivetobearesponsibleand we shareresponsibilitiesandbenefits principles. Onlymembersmayshop,and ble withinthecontextofourvaluesand enables ustokeeppricesaslowpossi- through cooperationandteamwork labor: workingtogetherbuildstrust business. Asmembers,wecontributeour alternative tocommercialprofit-oriented ber-owned andoperatedfoodstore— The Park SlopeFood Coopisamem- Gazette Park SlopeFood Coop Mission Statement Park SlopeFood Coop,Brooklyn, NY at [email protected] crowded. PleasecontactCynthiaPennycooke who wantstoworkwhentheCoopisnot independently. Greatopportunityforsomeone meticulous, detailorientedandabletowork floor checkoutstations.Mustliketoclean,be a staffpersontosetupandcleantheshopping and organizing?Work underthesupervisionof Are youanearlyriserwithaloveofcleaning Monday orWednesday, 6:00to8:00a.m. Cleaning Shopping FloorSet-upand [email protected]. Squad Leader, pleasecontactCharleneSwiftat workers. Ifyouthinkwouldliketobea while you’restanding onlineORonlineatwww.foodcoop.com We arecom- an vote •Announcements,etc. the meeting)•Meetingevaluation •BoardofDirectors Wrap Up(9:30-9:45) Agenda (8:00p.m.) Reports • FinancialReportCoordinators’Committee (7:30p.m.) Reports Open Forum (7:15 p.m.) Warm Up(7:00p.m.) Meeting Format call EllenWeinstat intheoffice. last Tuesday ofthemonth.Ifyouhaveaquestion,please of eachmonthtoplantheagendaforGMheldon form. 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The Temple HouseofCongregationBethElohim(Garfield Location early duetoPassover. of eachmonth.TheMarchmeetingwillbeheldoneweek The GeneralMeetingisusuallyheldonthelastTuesday March 23,7:00p.m. Next Meeting:Tuesday, every GeneralMeeting. are availableattheCoopCommunityCornerand the AnnualMeetinginJune.CopiesofCoop’s bylaws every GeneralMeeting.Boardmembersareelectedat almost everyGeneralMeetingdecisionattheendof required toactlegallyandresponsibly, hasapproved General Meetings.TheBoardofDirectors,whichis meetings andtoreceivetheadviceofmembersat General MeetingsbyrequiringtheBoardtohaveopen Board ofDirectors.TheCoopcontinuedthetradition porated in1977,wehavebeenlegallyrequiredtoa Coop’s decision-makingprocess.SincetheCoopincor- monthly GeneralMeetingshavebeenatthecenterof From ourinceptionin1973tothepresent,open Our GoverningStructure fEventsinevery issueofthe of meeting literature some Coopsnacks•SubmitOpenForumitemsExplore Agenda CommitteeasanitemforafutureGM. an itemismorethanbrief,itcanbesubmittedtothe members tobringbriefitemstheGeneralMeeting. If General Meeting All Aboutthe 718-622-0560 ifyouareinterested. Renee [email protected] self-motivated andreliable.Pleasecontact a.m. begin by7:00a.m.butyoucancomeasearly6:00 and facilitywithExcelrequired.Theshiftmust spreadsheet. Accuracyworkingwithnumbers enter datafromvouchersheetsintoanExcel The Coopneedsdetail-orientedmembersto Tuesday, 7:00to9:45a.m. Voucher DataEntry are interested. the MembershipOfficeat718-622-0560ifyou You willneedtoworkindependently, be The agendaispostedintheCalendar • MeettheCoordinatorsEnjoy (unless thereisavoteto extend Open Forumisatimefor Gazette. March 11, 2010 9 10_03_11_p1-16.qxd 3/10/10 4:33 PM Page 10
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Kathleen Payne and mar 12 Meet Your Mind mar 19 fri 7:00 pm fri 8 pm Cara Schwarz A class in basic meditation. The fundamental nature of our mind is stable, strong and Kathleen Payne, a native Brooklynite, clear—yet these qualities become obscured by the stress and speed of our lives. This is sings in a wide range of genres, including a basic meditation class for beginners and anyone who would like a renewed under- pop, R&B, classical, musical theater, standing of the technique. Coop member Allan Novick has practiced meditation since Latin, gospel and country. Cara Schwarz 1975 and is a meditation instructor at the New York Shambhala Center. combines the beauty of American Sign Language with her own interpretations of classic and current folk, show and pop tunes. She encourages singalongs and will teach you some sign language mar 13 too as she weaves the story of her life and times into poetry and sat 12 pm Nutrition Response Testing music. Special guests will be on hand to lend their voices. Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Join us for a look at Nutrition Response Testing. Diane Paxton, MS, LAc, will explain 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd St.) • $10 • doors open at 7:45. how NRT can identify the underlying reason your body is creating symptoms and help The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical fundraising part- you design a personalized clinical nutrition program to have you looking and feeling nership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. better than you have in years. To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, ---718-788-3741.
The Energetics of mar 13 mar 20 Release Stress and Discover sat 3 pm Fertility and Sexuality sat 10:30 am Your Strength and Power Enhancing fertility naturally: what our grandmothers never told us, reading our body’s signals. Obstacles to fertility: patterns of imbalance. Improving the odds: tilling the soil, preparing the Learn exercises and meditations to use throughout the day so that you can release body for the rigors of pregnancy. Nutrition and lifestyle choices for your body type. The physi- stress and tap into your natural enthusiasm and joy for life. Coop member Cara ology of pleasure: sexuality and health. Lara Rosenthal is a licensed acupuncturist and board- Franchi, LCSW, CASAC, is a licensed therapist, addictions counselor and Adjunct certified Chinese herbologist specializing in Women’s Health and Fertility. Professor at the NYU Graduate School of Social Work. She will teach easy-to-learn meditations and exercises; show you ways to relax in the midst of stressful situa- tions; help you to access your strength and power when you need it most; and dis- mar 13 cuss the profound benefits of a daily practice. sat 6 pm Beyond Collapse The Copenhagen Conference has passed for now, but Jared Diamond’s book Collapse endures as a thought-provoking survey, ranging from Easter Island to the Greenland Vikings mar 20 Esperanto: A Cooperative to Haiti, Rwanda and China. Another story not in Diamond’s book is that of the Danish citi- sat 2 pm zen initiative that created the modern wind industry. Coop member Mark Rego-Monteiro Tool Toward World Friendship has presented at Social Justice Conferences and founded WakeUPDemocracy.org. Esperanto is a fascinating language, useful in meeting people in China, France, Cuba, Japan, Israel and most countries. Being hosted, via Pasporta Servo, it is free in a thousand locales. Designed to be easy, Esperanto is often mastered mar 13 Our Fourth Biennial online for free. Activists world-wide link friendship and peace. Come to an intro- sat 7 pm ductory lesson, including songs. Coop member Neil is a retired teacher, and a UN Coop Kids’ Variety Show volunteer. He has traveled to 32 countries using Esperanto. Hear some experi- ences and share your stories from a linguistic viewpoint. Finalists, ages 5-16, include Akari Hunte; Clementine Vonnegut; Margareta Stern; Jordan Nass-DeMause; Cloe Dean; Lara Saddique; Eric Stern; Kiyomi Johnson; Aliyah Verdiner; Ruby Kahn; Kaylen Hunte; Zoe Gorenberg Screwvala and Aidan Gorenberg Screwvala; Cyan Hunte; mar 21 Jonah Murphy. INTERMISSION. Amelia Mosher-Smith and Lilly Ray Six Healing Sounds of Qi Gung Darling Anderson; Sasha Lazarev; Ikhari Hinds; Dominic Wynter; Iolanthe Brooks; Maya sun 12 pm Greenberg; Marina Zero Espinet; Genie and Aliyah Verdiner; Jair Froome; Xena Brooks; Each of six Qi Gung exercises is performed with a sound that has a healing resonance “The Four Violins”—Genie, Aliyah, Cyan and Kaylen and Akari—will play an arrangement with a body organ: liver, heart, spleen, lungs, kidneys and triple burner. The of the Pachelbel Canon; and “The Lucky 13 Jugglers from MS 51” will perform. “life/breath” of each organ can be strengthened with regular practice. This workshop is Event takes place at the Old First Church, Carroll St. and Seventh Ave., on the First limited to 15 participants. Please reserve by calling 718-622-0122. Presented by Floor. Admission is $5; refreshments for sale. Nonmembers are welcome. licensed acupuncturist and long-time Coop member Ann E. Reibel-Coyne.
mar 19 The Second Gun: Who Really fri 7:30 pm mar 23 Handling Your Child’s Anger, Killed Robert Kennedy? tue 7 pm Reporter Theodore Charach, who was in the Ambassador Hotel the night of the assassi- Frustration or Fears nation, interviews eyewitnesses and key figures of the RFK case shortly after the assassi- Many children don’t know what to do with the anger, frustration or fear that can build nation, in this 1973 investigative documentary. This groundbreaking film is an excellent up in their daily routines, so they show it to their parents! Hear some ways to help your introduction to the controversies surrounding this terrible event that struck down the child with these important issues. Coop member Sharon C. Peters, M.A., is the founder 1968 presidential hopeful. Rob Falotico is a six-year member of the Coop and a and director of Parents Helping Parents, in Park Slope, and has worked with hundreds researcher of the assassinations of the 1960s and other deep American political events. of individual families for more than 15 years.
For more information on these and other events, visit the Coop’s website: foodcoop.com All events take place at the Park Slope Food Coop unless otherwise noted. Nonmembers are welcome to attend workshops. Views expressed by the presenter do not necessarily represent the Park Slope Food Coop.
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mar 23 mar 27 tue 7 pm PSFC MARCH General Meeting sat 2 – 5 pm Adult Clothing Exchange Items will be taken up in the order given. Times in parentheses The season is changing, and this is your opportunity to trade are suggestions. More information on each item may be avail- gently used and beautiful clothes that you no longer wear with able on the entrance table at the meeting. We ask members to other Coop members. Bring items that you think others might please read the materials available between 7 and 7:15 p.m. enjoy—and a snack to share. Do not leave clothing in the Coop Meeting location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), before the hours of the exchange; bring up to 15 items only; bring gently used, clean 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue. clothing that you are proud to be able to exchange with a new owner. Unchosen items will be donated to a local shelter. Item #1: Annual Disciplinary Committee Election (20 minutes) Election: Two current committee members will stand for re-election, and the committee will present additional candidates for the committee to fill openings. apr 6 —submitted by the Disciplinary Committee tue 7 pm Agenda Committee Meeting Item #2: Presentation by Candidates for the Board of Directors (40 minutes) The Committee reviews pending agenda items and creates the Discussion: “Presentation by candidates for the Board of Directors followed by ques- agenda for this month’s General Meeting. Drop by and talk with tions for the candidates.” —mandated by General Meeting committee members face-to-face between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Item #3: PSFC joining the NYC Alliance for CNR (30 minutes) Before submitting an item, read “How to Develop an Agenda Proposal: “PSFC joins the NYC Alliance for Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), pro- Item for the General Meeting” and fill out the General Meeting Agenda Item Submission moting ending childhood hunger, nutritious foods, reducing obesity and regional farms, Form, both available from the Membership Office. The next General Meeting will be jobs and environmental protection.” —submitted by Adam Rabiner held on Tuesday, April 27, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.
mar 26 apr 16 Jezra Kaye and Jerome Harris fri 12 – 8 pm Blood Drive fri 8 pm Blood drive is ONE DAY ONLY. Fact: Less than 3% of the Join singer Jezra Kaye and her trio for a night of sultry stan- population donates blood, and 90% will use blood some time dards and swinging blues. She weaves her sultry, swinging in their life. Presented in cooperation with New York magic on a mix of jazz standards, blues and sophisticated pop. Methodist Hospital. For further information about blood Also, guitarist Jerome Harris follows his pan-stylistic musical donation, call 718-780-3644. interests along their diverse paths. Concert takes place at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (at 2nd St.) • $10 • doors open at 7:45. The Very Good Coffeehouse is a monthly musical fundraising partnership of the Coop and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. To book a Coffeehouse event, contact Bev Grant, 718-788-3741. mar 27 Dynamic Posture sat 11 am apr 27 ® Feldenkrais Method Awareness Through Movement is a group class that com- tue 7 pm PSFC APRIL General Meeting bines verbal instruction and gentle, purposeful movement to clarify the relation- ship between parts of the body and the whole. Students learn efficient use of the Meeting Agenda to be announced. For information on how to skeleton and how to reduce unnecessary tension and muscular effort. In this place an item on the Agenda, please see the center pages of workshop we will explore gentle sitting and standing exercises that will help you the Linewaiters’ Gazette. The Agenda Committee minutes and find more mobility and length in your spine. Coop member Rebecca Davis is a the status of pending agenda items are available in the Coop Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. office and at all General Meetings. Meeting location: Congregation Beth Elohim Social Hall (Garfield Temple), 274 Garfield Place at Eighth Avenue.
Hearing Officer Committee Seeks New Follow the Food Coop Members on The Hearing Office Committee is seeking two new members. The committee conducts and presides over disciplinary hearings, ensures that hearings proceed in an efficient and unbiased manner and, after a randomly selected Deciding Group has decided whether an accused member violated a Coop rule, determines what disciplinary action should be taken against the member. Applicants should be Coop members in good standing for at least two years, have good attendance records and preferably have judicial, arbitration, mediation or legal backgrounds. Members of the committee meet and earn workslot credit on an as-needed basis only, that is, when hearings are required. Therefore these members must maintain regular Coop workslots in good standing or be FTOP members in good standing. The nature of the committee’s work requires that all members maintain strict confidentiality with respect to all matters on which they work. The committee seeks an applicant pool that reflects the diversity of the Coop mem- bership at large. Those interested, please telephone Marian Hertz of the Hearing Officer Committee @goodfoodcheap at 212-440-2743 or email at [email protected].
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SAFE FOOD COMMITTEE REPORT Interested in Engaging Coop Work? Disciplinary Committee Seeks NEW Members
Free School Food for All If you are good at: By Tom Angotti, for the Safe Food Committee # Communicating • Problem solving • Dealing with Janet Poppendieck, Free For All: Fixing School Food in America. difficult situations • Investigating We need you! Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. The DC is seeking new members with experience in inves- tigation, writing, and conflict-resolution. Mental health f your kids go to a New York City school, you have probably been professionals encouraged to apply. Use of a computer and email is ESSENTIAL. Join us to make the Coop the best caught up in the school food bureaucracy. Whether your kids get free place it can be for everyone. or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches depends on your household I Some of our work includes: income. Schools and parents spend a lot of time and use a lot of paper so • Investigating allegations of misbehavior by members. (i.e. failing to report for or to complete shifts, bringing in that the federal government will reimburse the school districts for the non-members to shop, shopping while suspended, steal- meals they serve. Imagine, though, that schools focused these resources ing, using racist, sexist, homophobic or nasty language against other Coop members and staff) on providing healthy meals for all, regardless of income. School food • Engaging in problem-solving and policy issues related to the DC’s work could be free, as it is in many developed countries, no kids would be stig- • Participation in disciplinary hearings matized and the extra resources could help make the meals nutritious. • Daily email contact with DC members to discuss issues Requirements: • Must be a member for at least a year This is the basic idea nutrition formulas that don’t gives us the inside story on • Have good attendance record behind Janet Poppendieck’s work and rejected fast food. food banks, food stamps and, • Attend an evening meeting approx. once every six weeks new book, Free For All: Fixing But she reminds us that these echoing Ehrenreich, the We recognize the importance of various points of view School Food in America. The are exceptions that will only food-insecure employees at when considering cases brought to us. WE ARE SEEKING author (Jan to us), a Coop expand in number when we’re places like Wal-Mart. A CANDIDATE POOL THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF member who works on the able to remove the huge Woven between the stories THE COOP’S MEMBERSHIP. Safe Food committee, figures obstacles imposed by the U.S. is a sharp critique of food and that now is the time for a fun- Department of Agriculture, social policies in the United Interested? Please call Jeff: 718-636-3880 damental overhaul of school which has generally been States, particularly since the food. The federal Child Nutri- more committed to the health massive changes over recent tion Act is set to be reautho- of the food industry than the decades that eroded wages rized, while at the same time health of our children. and the nation’s social safety there is growing awareness of This is Jan’s third book on net. The author states that “A the severity of the epidemics food. Sweet Charity? Emergency combination of global eco- of childhood obesity and dia- Food and the End of Entitlement nomic changes and domestic betes. The current system is and Breadlines Knee-Deep in U.S. policies put in place broken, says Jan, and it’s time Wheat: Food Assistance in the from the 1980s through 2008 for a major fix. Great Depression are both criti- have come together to wreak Jan’s book shows how fed- cal in-depth looks at the ways havoc on the standard of liv- eral nutrition standards for that food policies designed ing of ordinary Americans.” school meals often have the to address problems of nutri- Abramsky, who has written contradictory effect of pro- tion and hunger can make for The Nation, The Village Voice moting unhealthy foods. things worse. A professor of and Rolling Stone, ends his Subsidized meals have to sociology at Hunter College, dark narrative with a note of meet federal nutrition stan- Jan’s work has looked at food hope following the election dards and schools meet in a much deeper way than of Barack Obama. these requirements by relying we are accustomed, and takes Frances Moore Lappé, Get- on highly processed industri- us beyond simple solutions ting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and al food. The prepared foods towards a deeper under- Courage in a World Gone Mad. from industrial food standing and, ultimately, Cambridge, MA: Small Planet providers are often unappe- deeper changes in the way Media, 2007. tizing and as an alternative people and societies sustain The author of the classic many schools offer rows of their lives with food. Diet for a Small Planet, founder vending machines with color- of the Institute for Food and fully packaged junk food. Other Book Notes Development Policy (Food According to the author, kids Sasha Abramsky, Breadline First) and well-known leader who eat the “free” food are USA: The Hidden Scandal of in the movement for healthy stigmatized and may still be American Hunger and How to Fix food, now gives us a book driven to the vending It. Sausalito, CA: Polipoint about self-empowerment and machines or fast food outlets Press, 2009. democracy, replete with prac- to meet their escalating crav- Journalist Sasha Abramsky tical tools to organize a better ings for more empty calories, has collected in this book a future beyond better food. ■ sugar and salt. series of stories about some Free For All has everything of the 35 million Americans that food activists need to who go hungry every day. And The Ecokvetch know about school food. It’s one of the unique stories is is now on Facebook, thoroughly researched and his own. Following the comprehensive. Jan looked at method that Barbara Ehren- representing the all the data but she also went reich used in her award-win- out to visit schools around the ning book Nickel and Dimed, Park Slope country, talked to the people where she purposely tried to Food Coop’s who prepare the food, admin- survive work at minimum- istrators, parents and chil- wage jobs, Abramsky inten- Environmental dren. She tells stories of tionally sought to live on the Committee. school districts that have limited diet available to low- turned away from the federal wage or no-wage workers. He
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Global crossover star. Here’s how YOU can participate: LETTERS POLICY Bagel, bagel, near and far, ***Contribute one or more books KIDVERSE: BAGEL, BAGEL Global crossover star. to the shipment. Use the link at We welcome letters from members. Bagel, bagel, little roll, Leon Freilich www.freegaza.org to view the account Submission deadlines appear in the Where’d you get that funny hole? at Amazon.com which has been Coop Calendar. All letters will be Smeared with cream cheese pile so high established with a list of the books printed if they conform to the pub- That it reaches to the sky! JOIN BROOKLYN FOR requested. You can select one or lished guidelines. We will not know- Bagel, bagel, little roll, PEACE IN SUPPORTING more books which will then be deliv- ingly publish articles which are racist, Where’d you get that funny hole? THE RIGHT TO READ ered directly to the collection point in sexist or otherwise discriminatory Would some butter do as well? CAMPAIGN OF THE FREE Rockville, Maryland. The maximum length for letters is Fewer calories, docs yell, GAZA MOVEMENT! ***If you are part of an academic 500 words. Letters must include your Substitute some margarine institution and are willing to share your name and phone number and be To avoid a double chin? e-library with the students of Gaza, typed or very legibly handwritten. Edi- Bagel, bagel, little roll, TO THE EDITOR: please email [email protected]. This tors will reject letters that are illegible Where’d you get that funny hole? Did you know that books are email address is being protected from or too long. Who has got possession of among the items not allowed in to spambots. You need JavaScript You may submit on paper, typed or Middle pieces that I love? Gaza by the current Israeli blockade? enabled to view it. very legibly handwritten, or via email Do they serve as sparrows’ lure According to UNRWA (United ***Donate funds through PayPal or to [email protected] or Or just fall upon the floor? Nations Relief and Works Agency for by sending a check to be used to on disk. Bagel, bagel, little roll, Palestine Refugees in the Near East), underwrite the shipping costs. (Dona- Where’d you get that funny hole? Israel’s blockade also prevents ink, tions are tax-deductible.) Anonymity Can I make some into a necklace paper, crayons and other learning ***You can send new or used Unattributed letters will not be Or is that considered reckless? materials from entering Gaza. This is books directly, but please only those published unless the Gazette knows Squeeze one with my mighty fist not only a charitable endeavor, but that are on the Amazon list. the identity of the writer, and there- So it fits my skinny wrist? also an act of solidarity and resis- You can also request your college fore must be signed when submitted Bagel, bagel, little roll, tance to Israel’s chokehold on Gaza, or university to donate used or new (giving phone number). Such letters Where’d you get that funny hole? as well as their attempt to deny Pales- textbooks. will be published only where a reason Children tell me, is it true, tinians an education. Send books to: United States Free is given to the editor as to why public Bagels help when someone’s blue, The Free Gaza Movement is preparing Gaza US Collection Site, PO Box 5772, identification of the writer would And on Saint Patrick’s Day, for its third flotilla (upcoming this spring) Rockville, MD 20855. impose an unfair burden of embar- They’re all green from kelly spray? of boats to break the siege of Gaza. To allow adequate time for the rassment or difficulty. Such letters Bagel, bagel, little roll, Along with concrete for reconstruc- books to be shipped to the departure must relate to Coop issues and avoid Where’d you get that funny hole? tion will be books for students of all point of the flotilla, please take action any non-constructive, non-coopera- What I’d really like to see ages to replace those that were so books arrive by March 15. tive language. Is a bagel made for me— destroyed by Israel during the Dec. Questions?? Email Dina Kennedy: Tasting sweet as sweet can be 2008 Jan. 2009 invasion of Gaza (Oper- [email protected] or Darlene Fairness Dough that’s sparkling with candee. ation Cast Lead). Wallach [email protected]. In order to provide fair, comprehen- Bagel, bagel, little roll, Universities in Gaza have compiled sive, factual coverage: Where’d you get that funny hole? lists of what they need. In partnership Thank you, 1. The Gazette will not publish Once a Lower East Side treat with Al-Aqsa University, an account Mary Buchwald hearsay—that is, allegations not Now you’re something that all eat, has been set up at Amazon.com for based on the author's first-hand Bagel, bagel, near and far, people to order books. observation. 2. Nor will we publish accusations that are not specific or are not sub- stantiated by factual assertions. The Environmental 3. 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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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SAT, MAR 13 Grid, One Metrotech Center St. Info: www.sustainableflatbush. Central Library at Grand Army Music Society of N.Y., the Ethical (entrance on Jay St.), Room 2-06. org or 718-208-0575. Plaza. Featuring the Claremont Culture Society, & the Good Cof- PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: Mer- To reserve space, call: 718-469- Trio: Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia fee House. At the Ethical Culture cedes Sosa Tribute: Rebecca 4679. Sponsored by Neighbor- SAT, MAR 27 Bruskin, violoncello; Donna Society, 53 Prospect Park West. Salazar & Barry Kornhauser*; Jean hood Housing Services of East Kwong, piano. 4 p.m. www.brooklyn 7:30-10:00 p.m. Info: 718-636- Rohe*. 8-10:30 p.m., Community Flatbush and Bedford Stuyvesant, REAL MILK: WHAT’S THE REAL publiclibrary.org. 6341. Church of New York, 40 E. 35th St. not-for-profit housing organiza- DEAL? An evening lecture with (between Madison & Park). Info: tions. www.nhsnyc.org. Sally Fallon Morell. President of TUE, APR 6 FRI, APR 9 212-787-3903 or peoplesvoice Weston A. Price Foundation speaks cafe.org. Suggested donation: $15 SAT, MAR 20 about the movement for real milk. FINANCIAL FITNESS COURSE: GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Bev general/$10 member/more if you 7:00-9:00 p.m. Subud Chelsea Cen- Learn how to manage your Grant* and the Dissident Daugh- choose, less if you can’t/no one PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: Matt ter, 230 W 29th St. btw 7th & 8th finances, maintain good credit and ters / Annie Dinerman–Singer/ turned away. Jones—50 Years of Songwriting; aves. $15-20. Purchase tickets at make the most of your budget in songwriters. Brooklyn Ethical Donal Leace. 8-10:30 p.m., Com- www.brownpapertickets.com/event/ this five-week course. Classes Culture Society. $10/kids $6. 8:00 FREE MOVIE SCREENING with munity Church of New York, 40 E. 97887. begin April 6 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. p.m. 53 Prospect Park West. Director: Documentary film 35th St. (between Madison & Registration is now open. Neigh- www.gchmusic.org. “Almost Home” (aired on PBS) Park). Info: 212-787-3903 or peo- PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: Brooklyn borhood Housing Services of East addresses real stories of aging plesvoicecafe.org. Suggested Women’s Chorus. 8:00-10:30 p.m., Flatbush, 2806 Church Ave. (btwn care and care giving. Frightening, SAT, APR 10 donation: $15 general/$10 mem- Community Church of New York, Nostrand & Rogers aves). To regis- tender, funny, surprising and ber/more if you choose, less if 40 E. 35th St. (between Madison ter call, 718-469-4679. NHS is a honest. Hosted by Park Slope PEOPLE’S VOICE CAFE: Ray you can’t/no one turned away. & Park). Info: 212-787-3903 or not-for-profit housing organiza- United Methodist Church (at 6th Korona Band. 8-10:30 p.m., Com- peoplesvoicecafe.org. Suggested tion. www.nhsofeastflatbush.org. Ave & 8th St.). 7:00–10:00 p.m. NEIGHBORHOOD ENERGY donation: $15 general/$10 mem- munity Church of New York, 40 E. FORUM: Join Sustainable Flatbush ber/ more if you choose, less if 35th St. (between Madison & THU, MAR 18 for an informative practical session you can’t/no one turned away. WED, APR 7 Park). For info call 212-787-3903 or to learn about funding for energy peoplesvoicecafe.org. Suggested FOLK OPEN SING: Come sing donation: $15 general/$10 mem- FREE HOMEBUYING SEMINAR: efficiency improvements for single SUN, MAR 28 with us the first Wednesday of ber/more if you choose, less if you Learn about the process step by and multi-family residential build- every month. Bring voice, instru- can’t/no one turned away. step. Affordable mortgages, clos- ings. FREE. 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ments, friends. Children wel- ing cost assistance and much Brooklyn College Student Center, CHAMBER PLAYERS: Free Con- come. Co-hosted by the Folk more. 6:00-8:00 p.m. National Gold Room, Campus Rd. & E. 27th cert in the Dweck Center at the
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WELCOME!
A warm welcome to these new Coop members who have joined us in the last two weeks. We’re glad you’ve decided to be a part of our community.
Wisal Abdulfattah Jonah Davis Anna Grevenitis Eliot Krimsky Andre Nikolaev Aaron Rudelson Matthew Tribe Kaho Abe Julie Sarah Derba Micaela Grimm Cecilia Kushner Heidi Nilsen Lorelei Russ Mesruh Turkekul Mariana Acevedo Peter Derba Jessica Grippo Gerard Laffan Aidan O'Donnell Farahly Saint- Louis Matt Valades Meki Adefris Marilia Destot Alexander Grossman Anthony Landau Laura O'Loughlin Adam Salvitti-Gucwa Damien Vandercruyssen Nandita Ahmed Laura DiSiena Brian Hamman Shirley Lee Lemus Soraya Odishoo Nicole Salvitti-Gucwa Philip Verges Julia Alikina Ginger Dolden Joshua Hanson Christina LiPera Julia Oppe Lucy Marcela Sandoval Stefanie Vesely Nicole Allen Samantha Douglas Naomi Harris Rachel Litchman Matthios Oppe Justin Scarborough Elizabeth Victorine Kristin Allen-Zito Allison Durner Natalie Havlin Rebecca Livesay Inna Ostrovskaya Michael Schapira Joseph Victorine Jessica Bailey Colin Elzie Mishel Herrera Tyler Lohman Jackie Ott Laura Scheiber Geoff Vidal Belinda Ballard Andrew Epstein Karen Hibbert Ellie Lotan Haithem Oueslati Adam Scher Sarah Waltzer Ryan Banich Melanie Epstein Lizz Hill Chloe Manchester Ricardo Parker Victoria Schlimer Chin-chi Wang Charlotte Barnett Christopher Fatherly Alexandra Hoge Claudia Maniscalchi Cooper Penn Jason Schmidt Erin Warren Jennifer Barone Ally Fedorov Aedan-Eric Horton Lorelei Mann Bianca Perri Leah Schnurr Jana K. Weaver Marina Berger Andrey Fedorov Brande Sarah Manning Tatiana Von Donner Benjamin Schrank Eric Welles Nystrom Olga Bezsmertny Rachel Fish Maggie Horton-Brande Maxim Marienko Peters Sarra Schwartz Michele Wellington Megan Bisbee-Durlam Saje Fish Yael Hubinger Daniela Marin David Phillip-Peters Waddell Scott Michael Whetten Mikel Bisbee-Durlam Emily Fleisher Jael Humphrey-Skomer Mark Mathewson Jean Pockws Rebecca Selvenis Craig Wilson Dina Bleecker Elizabeth Fox Chelsea Hunt Julian Merrick Linda Pollack Aalap Shah Gabriele Wilson Tacuma Bradley Emmanuel Galvan Cory Jacobs Dmytro Minayev Patrick Porter Justin Siken Jeremy Wilson Rachel Browne Bradley Gardener Beatrice Johnson Otilia Mirambeaux Luis Felipe Posada Megan Skanse Rachel Wilson Caitlin Buckley Audra George Janiela Johnson Rebecca Misner Winston Powell Michel Slubicki Abigail Wolfson Katherine Callaghan Ivaylo Getov Kristin Jones Shereen Mohiuddin Victoria Rainert Amelia Steely Amy Yu Laura Carvajal Wolfgang Gil Alex Jung Michael Morales Matthew Rascoff Samuel Stein Po-Hong Yu Barnett Cohen Katie Gill Michaela Kabat Pedro Morales Emma Reilly Rune Steiro Liliya Yurynets Daniel A Cohen Meyer Ginsberg Mark Kanter Camila Moreiras Mary Robb Keegan Stephan Stan Yurynets Jarred Colli Eitan Gissin Mimi Kim Karim Mouzannar Lori Robertson Mariana Swick Nina Ziefvert Evan Corn Rachel Gissin Airi Kiryu Maryanne Nagy Jeanine Robinson Cindy Thomesen Kristina Corvin Rosie Glicklich Yelena Kiyko Darren Neighbors Kevin Rooney Jon Thompson Sam Coupe Chavi Gold Christine Krabs Christine Neulieb Bryan Rosenberg Michael Thompson Megan Crowe-Rothstein Richard Goodstein Stephanie Krause Aron Neuman Dorothy Rosensweig Aleksandr Travinsky Jennifer Daniel Mira Grechu Amy Krawczyk Nhu-Y Ngo Robbie Ross Julie Tribe
THANK YOU!
Thank you to the following members for referring friends who joined the Coop in the last two weeks.
Leslie Adato Justin Bogardus Emily Douglas Layne Harris Nidhi Jalan Brett Moen Jeffrey Shumaker Nandita Ahmed Tori Breitkopf Laurel Dugan Tiffany Harris Joe Jansen Elizabeth Moy Rowan Sill Rukayat Aliyu Johanna Bronk Yolanda Edwards Alexandra Hawke Brian Jones Olga Stephen Simons Jesse Alter Angela Brown Kim Monique Eldridge John Hawke Octave Kaleem Melinda Paquin Josh Skaller Kate Ascetta Victoria Bulgakova Page Foster Amy Herda Amy Kao Rupert Poole Kelly Skaller Joe Austin Andrew Camp Rashida George Reiho Ho David Kelley Isaiah Powell Elara Tanguy Scott B. Veronica Carnero John Gergely Jolie Holland Avi Klein Seth Prins Rodan Tekle Leonard Baldassano Maire Casey Dania Gold Namdar Alex Holt Carisima Koenig Desmond Rawls Luis Tentindo Basquali Basquali Risa Chubinsky Claire Grandison Sarah Holton Noga Kreiman-Miller Sarah Rohm Eric White Stephane Bee Bryan Collinsworth Salvatore Grasso Kelly Howard Jzhontavia Lane Joshua Rosenblum Greg Wise Assaf Ben-Atar Adrienne Davis Benjamin Greenberg Owen Howard Maya Lomask Erica Rotman Tyler Wood Roy Ben-Itzhak Anna Deknatel Julia H. Krismin Inocentes Elizabeth London Beth Schwartzapfel Alyssa Zeller Dimitri Bezsmertny Marie Delaney Marianne H. Ioanis Geraldine McCleave Tousette Sefman
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