Green Cities Fund

Projects

  • Malcolm Margolin Ohlone Project

    Malcolm Margolin Ohlone Project

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    Green Cities Fund

    The top of Panoramic Hill in Berkeley looks out on the Bay and the sea beyond, a view seen by the Ohlone People for thousands of years before they were hunted down and their land was taken from them.  Such a view inspired the Ohlone Song now embedded in Berkeley’s Poetry Walk:  See, I am dancing!On…

  • “The Sacred and the Snake” Documentary

    “The Sacred and the Snake” Documentary

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    Green Cities Fund

    Join Green Cities Fund in support of the documentary project “The Sacred and the Snake” described below:” At Standing Rock, a Lakota matriarch, a non-binary Appalachian, and a Jicarilla Apache / Navajo youth leader join the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. They each discover their power within a movement that echoes worldwide – but as…

  • Cubanobel.org

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    Green Cities Fund

    Green Cities Fund arranged for the nomination of Cuban medical workers for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, delivering to Oslo nominating letters from Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health, and  U.S. Congressional Representative Barbara Lee. The medical workers, who for decades have provided volunteer medical aid around the world, are once again being…

  • Belly of the Beast Film Project “Cuba from the Inside”

    Belly of the Beast Film Project “Cuba from the Inside”

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    Green Cities Fund

    Journalists and documentary filmmakers Ed Augustin and Reed Lindsay are producing a ten part series on the Trump White House and Cuba. Combining hard hitting journalism and stunning cinematography, the series will assess the impact of the Trump White House on Cuba, filling a void in the underwhelming media coverage of Cuba and U.S. Cuba relations.…

  • God is a Woman – A documentary by Andrés Peyrot

    God is a Woman – A documentary by Andrés Peyrot

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    Green Cities Fund

    In 1975 French explorer and Oscar winning (“The Sky Above, the Mud Below”) documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Panama to make a film on the indigenous island dwelling Kuna people, whose women play a unique and sacred role.  Accompanied by his wife and their 2 year old daughter, Akiko, Gaisseau lived with the Kuna for a…

  • PLANTING SEEDS IN PUERTO RICO

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    In 2012 Green Cities Fund sponsored a visit to Cuba by West Coast chefs to encourage and support Cuba’s sustainable food movement. The trip inspired the further development of sustainable farming in Cuba and related projects. Chefs who went to Cuba hope to do the same in Puerto Rico.  They include Samin Nosrat and Narsai David.…

  • CARAVAN SUPPORT PROJECT

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    Thanh Bercher

    Green Cities Fund is fiscal sponsor of the Caravan Support Project, founded by Thanh Mai Bercher and Holly Joy Wertman, who received their B.A.’s in Public Health at U.C. Berkeley. They have been active in women’s health and refugee relief projects in Greece, Vietnam, Palestine and, now, cross-border refugee relief in Mexico. Working with local…

  • PEOPLE’S PARK MURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT

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    Green Cities Fund

    Artist/attorney Osha Neumann has fought for generations for the preservation of Berkeley’s People’s Park as a symbol of the never ending fight against injustice. He has also worked to preserve the adjacent People’s Park Mural which is badly in need of restoration. Tax deductible contributions toward the mural restoration can be made through its fiscal…

  • Running Shadow Documentary

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    Green Cities Fund

    Inspired by the Native American youth who confronted an epidemic of suicides to start the movement behind the Standing Rock Protests, Green Cities Fund is supporting Cuban documentary filmmaker Carlos Betancourt’s short film documentary RUNNING SHADOW. For information see: www.runningshadowfilm.com 100% of your donation will support this timely film by one of Cuba’s most talented young filmmakers.…

  • Political Cartoons

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    Green Cities Fund has sponsored a number of educational political cartoons with noted cartoonist Khalil Bendib and others.  Among the most popular was “Play Ball” showing President Obama on the mound pitching to Fidel.  In 2012 It was presented to Cuban gay rights advocate Mariela Castro by Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and State Senator Loni…

  • NHA SAN ARTISTS COLLECTIVE

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    Jessica

    Established as an independent collective in 1998 by artists in Hanoi whose skill, innovation and creative spirit have established new artistic boundaries in a society moving from a tragic past to a challenging future, Nha San has nurtured artists whose reputations extend world wide, and who have had a profound impact on Vietnamese society. .…

  • Planting Seeds “Cocina Abierta”

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    In December of 2012 Green Cities Fund sponsored a visit to Havana by a delegation of organic food experts and chefs trained at Berkeley’s famed Chez Panisse Restaurant. The purpose of the trip, whose planning took almost a year, was to initiate a dialogue between Cuban and U.S. advocates of sustainable, organic agriculture, with the…