Jim Embry of Lexington, KY, joins the panelists at the Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, June 13.  A speaker with the Yes! Magazine Speakers’ Bureau, Jim brings an unwavering belief that it is possible to build a socially just, sustainable, and peaceful society that reflects and shares the highest ideals of being human.  Jim’s lifetime commitment to community activism had its beginnings with civil rights movement when he was 10 years old.  More than 30 years ago he helped found Lexington’s Good Foods Cooperative, and continues to promote urban agriculture. He served as the Executive Director of the Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership in Detroit for 4 years. In 2005, Jim returned to his roots in Kentucky where he founded the Sustainable Communities Initiative. Dedicated to nurturing young people as social change agents, Jim works with young and not-so-young to create sustainable communities on a healthy planet.

Learn more about Jim Embry at:  http://www.yesmagazine.org/speakers.asp