Building a self-sustaining park in California’s South L.A.

As the year comes to a close, reflecting on 2010 on my work as a community organizer locally in Los Angeles, I’ve had the fortune of experiencing a few moments of victory in the midst of most cards being stacked against the...
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Latinos at Forefront of Largest Plastic Bag Ban in U.S.

Believing that everyone deserves to live in clean, healthy communities free of plastic bag pollution, Latino leaders in the local community joined a broad coalition of workers, environmental groups, grocers, celebrities, and elected officials that called for Los Angeles County authorities to ban plastic bags and promote...
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