Stories Project: Karen Washington
“It’s giving people in urban areas power. Power to control what they grow, they power of tradition and culture, the power of ethnicity, the power to save seeds.”
Named in 2012, alongside Beyonce and Oprah, Karen Washington ranked in Ebony magazine’s “Power 100” of influential African-Americans. With her strive to make New York City a better place to live, Washington has worked with Bronx neighborhoods to run empty lots into community gardens, created a City Farms Market, and continues to speak out for garden protections and preservation.