Every Child Deserves A Seat At The Table
Commissary is Very Necessary
Our Seeds Need to Feed.
Learn about our CIVN programs
The 1LOVE Unity Garden
of Environmental justice
The Nature Smart Learning Academy offers students across America a year-round naturalistic educational learning environment through Texas Agri-Life curriculum which is apart of DISD Education. The Nature Smart Learning Academy is an afterschool program for Environmental Education centered around K-12 schools for environmental Social Justice. Our student driven garden based academy focuses on 3 Core Programs addressing:
Urbanization Disparities
Racial Energy Deprivation
Cultural Health Illiteracy
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
Commissary Is Very Necessary, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of communities affected by child hunger, environmental racism, and unemployment.
Support CIVN
Please support CIVN in our fundraising efforts to sustain more community gardens in elementary, middle, high schools and churches. Through the Nature Smart Learning Academy CIVN uses Texas Agri-Life’s Learn Grow Eat Go curriculum to teach our youth about the benefits of not only a nutritious diets but also the benefits it has on their mental health. CIVN is a community resource organization and provides food,mental healthcare, career opportunities and much more to the community.
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Commissary is Very Necessary won the Environmental Justice Organization of the year award for the great state of Texas from the Lone Star Sierra Club. for our work with the Dallas Ecological Devastation Tour. Thank you to all who support CIVN.