Hope Story Circle with Adrianne Ferree - July 24, 2021

Adrianne Ferree worked for 37 years in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and a portion of the time was working in inmate programs, creating sustainability programs: farm, garden, recycling center, woodshed, welding shop and more. One day in the woodshed she saw a beautifully crafted Adirondack chair, with curved edges, made of redwood, and a little imprint of a rubber ducky at the bottom of one of the legs. She asked the man who made it why he didn’t create these beautiful things when he was outside? Carlos said that he didn’t have a workshop and tools like this when he was on the outside. That was the seed of an idea that has led Adrianne to create a Tools Library in Compton, as a first step towards creating a Makers Hub in this underserved area of Los Angeles. The community is full of makers who need tools and a space to make things - and this is a path to do so. We don’t know what we don’t know - and when we are informed, as Adrianne was by Carlos, suddenly this whole new world opens up to amazing things! Has there been a time when this happened for you? Might you be able to be a part of something, and others might have the other parts, or you to co-create something? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at our next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!