In July 2010, a team from FSN produced a long-form sound art piece telling the story of an intrepid group of youth activists who traveled to New Orleans for a life-changing project called the Food Justice Summer. Workshop participants came from the Village of Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia and various New York schools, and were led by NY2NO (New York 2 New Orleans) youth organizers, the oldest of whom was 19 at the time. 

This diverse crew worked on community revitalization and urban gardening projects while grappling --in a personal and unflinching way-- with issues of food security, social inequality, and the legacy of Hurricane Katrina. The project began at an alternative school in the Lower Ninth Ward, Our School at Blair Grocery, founded by charismatic Philly high school teacher Nat Turner. They then traveled to a social justice and healing center in Hammond, LA to explore community work from a more rural perspective. 

FSN assembled an hour-long documentary sound-art piece, divided into 8 chapters, featuring interviews, reflections, conversations, meetings, and sounds recorded during the van ride, our stay in New Orleans, and at Sunshine’s place. All the music --a duet in Lingala, a rhythm track using toaster sounds, and a reggae improv-- was recorded during the week-long workshop.