Happy Monday family!!

Conversations with Friends, episode 22, is a conversation with a new friend, Ben Anderson. Ben and I were connected through another recent friend of the show, Quilen Blackwell. Here is a little bit about Ben.

"Ben Anderson is the Chief Development Officer at Chicago Eco House where he works with neighbors to convert blighted lots into beautiful off-grid flower farms running on rainwater & the sun. This role combines his experience in corporate sales with his passion for the environment and his neighborhood in on the southside: West Woodlawn. 

He is most of proud of working alongside his neighbors when they built Vernon Park Gardens, an Eco House flower farm plus a community garden & neighborhood stage in the summer of 2018. You can find Ben in his backyard feeding his ten chickens or at one of the many local neighborhood meetings he attends."

Eco House is leading the way in creating sustainable opportunities for our youth today and for the generations that are to come. Tune into the work of Ben and Vernon Park Gardens on Instagram and make sure you are following Chicago Eco House to stay up to date on all of their new developments https://www.chicagoecohouse.org/ . 

If you are interested in starting your own community organization, there is only 1 thing that matters most. Just do it!!! Follow your heart and take the BIG steps needed to get it done! Your entire community and all the resources needed to create your project will show up and right on time!

Thank you Ben for sharing your high vibes and love with the show! Thank you for not giving up and for pushing yourself through the process of being true to yourself. I am cheering for you brethren!!! Go Vernon Park Gardens GOOOO!!!

To a beautiful week fam XO Peace