“We believe growing our own food will create a more sustainable, community-based, socially just food system than what we’re currently offered.” —Alysse Gear The Blitz has begun! This week was the start of Victory Garden Initiative’s Great Milwaukee Victory Garden Blitz. The team has planned for months and gathered tons of volunteers to help install … Continue reading
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update: congrats to “the empowerment project”!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled interview to bring you an update on “The Empowerment Project!” On Sunday night, we went to the cozy Music Box Theater in Chicago for the third screening ever of “The Empowerment Project.” Fancy, huh? We hope you remember it from our interview with Sarah (and many, many Facebook posts). “The … Continue reading
happy anniversary: panache turns 1!
Today, we celebrate one year of People with Panache! We traveled through 6 states, conducted 52 interviews with 61 people, attended street fairs, special shop events, a play and even a few Chicago rooftop landscaping sessions—all to meet and have fun with these wonderful, wild women and men. Our “panachies” are inspiring, encouraging, grounding, brave … Continue reading
it’s happening. it’s happening…
It happened. This is People with Panache, a blog by Alysse Gear and Kate Baratta about women who inspire us. And we think they’ll inspire you too. Kate: So Alysse, what should we write our first post about? Alysse: Probably whatever our readers would want to know about us. Kate: Good idea. Well, you like … Continue reading