As a new WEI member, we hope that you will be able to participate in many of the projects, classes and events we have planned for the general public. Your annual WEI members offers you discounts on most of these WEI 2010 events. These events are always listed with an asterisk * when a discount applies, and with a double asterisk ** when they are free for member-only participation.
In addition, this year we are offering some special occasions for WEI members only (sometimes in combination with our CSA members), that we hope you will enjoy. You are also invited to attend special meetings with our Executive Director in January and February to discuss your ideas on the future of WEI and the new Growing Power Regional Outreach Training Center. The new Hungry for Change Reading Group is also for WEI members only, and this year we will be offering WEI members Fire Sale Fridays at the Amador Hill Eco-Retreat Center. Fire Sale Friday means that you call us on Friday after 1. p.m., and if rooms are available that weekend, you will receive 50% off the cost of room rental for one overnight stay on Friday or Saturday night; individuals or couples only. Watch for updates on other WEI events, classes and workshops offered to the public.
SNEAK PREVIEW OF TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
The following WEI member-only events will be offered in 2010:
**January - meet the WEI Executive Director, Kafé 421 (back room), 421 14th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN. Meal not provided by WEI but we can chat over dinner. Your ideas will help us a lot.
*Jan. 30th Moonlight Ski in Wild River State Park. WEI members are welcome to half-price rooms at WEI, first come, first served. Limited space available at WEI. A park permit required to attend this beautiful event in Wild River State Park.
**February – meet the WEI Executive Director, Many Voices Bookstore, 12805 Lake Blvd, Lindstrom, Minnesota
**March Hungry for Change Reading Group: The End of Food, Paul Roberts, (2009), discussion facilitated by Professor Jacquelyn Zita, bk available from Amazon.com and local bookstores/libraries
**April: Apple Tree Planting Day at WEI (includes workshop on planting and care of apple seedlings)
**May: Tomato Planting Day at WEI (includes workshop on planting and maintaining tomato plants)
**May Hungry for Change Reading Group: Tangled Routes: Women, Work and Globalization on the Tomato Trail, Deborah Barndt (2009), facilitated by Professor Jacquelyn Zita, book new and used available from Amazon.com and local bookstores/libraries
**June: Karen Clark Environmental Justice Tour of Phillips Neighborhood (free to WEI members). Learn more about the environmental justice projects on-going in Phillips Neighborhood in South Minneapolis, meet the social activists, urban farmers and cultural workers, become involved.
**July: WEI Membership and CSA Shareholder Wacky Weeding and Rollicking Picnic day at WEI
*August Hungry for Change Reading Group: Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer – And What You Can Do About It, ed. Participant Media and Karl Weber, Many Voices Bookstore, 12805 Lake Blvd, Lindstrom, Minnesota, facilitated by Professor Jacquelyn Zita, book available from Amazon.com and local bookstores
**September: Honey Spinning Day at WEI in the apple barn
**October: Apple End-of-Harvest Day – pick your own (for WEI and CSA members only)
**November: Members Gathering on Amador Hill: Future Planning and Harvest Potluck
**December Hungry for Change Reading Group: My Year of Meats, Ruth Ozeki (1999)), facilitated by Professor JacquelynZita, book new and used available from Amazon.com and local bookstores.
*December 18: Saturday Solstice gathering at WEI for WEI members and neighbors living on Amador Hill (50% off Saturday night stay-over at WEI for WEI members /first come, first served).
A complete listing of WEI events and activities will soon be available at the WEI website (www.w-e-i.org). As a new or returning your e-mail will be included in our general e-newsletter which is sent once a month and added to our new WEI member-only list.