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		<title>THE CENTER AWARDS: Project Launch Grant: David Walter Banks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://lenscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Practice_Resurrection_0001-466x700.jpg" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" alt="LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 1: Ron Finley, pictured here in his home garden, grew up in the food desert, or food prison as he refers to it, of South Central Los Angeles, and has become an activist and powerful proponent of urban gardening. In 2010, Finley dug up a strip of land between his house and the street and started planting fruit and vegetables. It was illegal to plant these on the land between the sidewalk and curb but he got the city of Los Angeles to change the law. The “Residential Parkway Landscaping Guidelines” were changed to end fines for vegetable gardens within the strip owned by the city. In early 2013, Finley gave a TED talk on his progress as a &quot;guerrilla gardener,&quot; the dangers of food deserts, and the potential for his program to improve quality of life. He said in the talk, &quot;If kids grow kale, kids eat kale; if they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes.&quot; The talk has received over two million views on the TED web site, and attracted attention from numerous celebrities and collaboration proposals from corporations.After his TED talk, Finley developed a gardening training facility under the name of The Ron Finley Project in South Central Los Angeles. His guerilla gardening efforts have had modest success in persuading city officials to cooperate, but remain officially illegal under city code. In 2016, The Ron Finley Project was told they had to buy the property hosting their garden for $500,000, or it would be shut down. A fundraising campaign ensued. The campaign got the attention of natural food companies, and the original $500,000 goal was surpassed.Finley refers to himself as a &quot;gangsta gardener&quot;, explaining, &quot;Gardening is gangsta. Drugs, robbing—that&#039;s not gangsta. Building community—that&#039;s gangsta. I&#039;m changing the vernacular.”" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" /><p>Congratulations to David Walter Banks for being selected for CENTER’s Project Launch Grant recognizing his project, Practice Resurrection. The Project Launch Grant supports a complete or nearly completed documentary or fine art series. The grant provides financial support and platforms for professional development opportunities for one photographer. The Grant includes a $5,000 cash award, Mentorship,</p>
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