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FOR NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, PURPLE HEART COMMANDER JOINS BUILD A GARDEN BOX FOR THE BLOCK.

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FOR NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, PURPLE HEART COMMANDER JOINS BUILD A GARDEN BOX FOR THE BLOCK. Wounded Combat Veteran Brings Message of Hope, Healing, and Community Transformation to Fort Worth. Link:  https://blacktexans.blogspot.com/2026/06/funkytown-food-forest-at-new-mount-rose.html By Staff Reports FORT WORTH, TEXAS — During National Gun Violence Awareness Month, a wounded combat veteran who survived both war and gunfire will join community volunteers in Fort Worth to help transform pain into purpose, violence into healing, and empty spaces into places of growth. On Saturday, June 6, volunteers from across North Texas will gather at New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church for Build A Garden Box for the Block , a community-wide service project sponsored by the Funkytown Food Forest at New Mount Rose. The event follows the observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 5 and comes during National Gun Violence Awareness Month , a time when communitie...
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FUNKYTOWN FOOD FOREST AT NEW MOUNT ROSE PROUDLY PRESENTS: Build A Garden Box For The Block. Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 9am

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BUILD A GARDEN BOX FOR THE BLOCK: One Garden Box. One Block. One Community. One Harvest at a Time. Link:  https://blacktexans.blogspot.com/2026/06/for-national-gun-violence-awareness.html By Staff Reports FORT WORTH, TEXAS — What if a single garden box could help feed an entire community block? That simple question is inspiring a movement in Fort Worth’s historic 76104 neighborhood. On Saturday, June 6, volunteers from across North Texas will gather at New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church to participate in Build a Garden Box for the Block, a community-wide effort sponsored by the Funkytown Food Forest at New Mount Rose. The goal is ambitious but achievable: volunteers will construct 10 new community garden boxes that will be installed at the Funkytown Food Forest located on the campus of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church. Together, these garden boxes will expand the church’s growing food forest and create additional space to grow fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and othe...
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Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley’s Legacy Lives On Through New “CommuniVersity” Initiative in Fort Worth’s Historic 76104 Community.

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Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley’s Legacy Lives On Through New “CommuniVersity” Initiative in Fort Worth’s Historic 76104 Community. Link:  https://youtu.be/_TgzbNfeAYw?si=vMElIDGhlFtQwtwW By Staff Reports FORT WORTH — In a neighborhood often defined by statistics, one church is working to redefine the future through education, opportunity, health, and hope. The effort bears the name of a woman who spent her life opening doors for others. More than a decade after her passing, the legacy of former Tarrant County College Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley continues to shape lives across North Texas through a new initiative designed to bring educational opportunity and community transformation directly into the heart of Fort Worth. The Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley CommuniVersity Center , a faith-based initiative of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church , seeks to connect residents of Fort Worth’s historic 76104 community to educational, health, workforce, legal, and economic resource...
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