Healthy Neighborhood, Healthy Environment in South L.A.
I have been working for the past two years as a community organizer in South Los Angeles with four different community groups. Last April 28 2010, I hosted an Open House to feature these community groups’ grassroots greening projects. Here is the video of the welcome by yours truly:
Here are the links to some highlights of the event (videos) of the four community groups that were featured:
Washington Elementary PTA (Compton)
Association of Communities United for South L.A. Part1
Association of Communities United for South L.A. Part2
Youth Opportunities High School (Watts)
Wisdom Academy for Young Scientists (Southeast L.A.) Part1
Wisdom Academy for Young Scientists (Southeast L.A.) Part2
For the background of the program that these four communities have been participating in, click this link (video).
A Day Without A Bag
This will be the 3rd annual event that the Heal the Bay staff will have pulled off in L.A. County. I remember my first “A Day Without A Bag” event like it was yesterday, being assigned to an El Monte site. I was interviewed by the L.A. Times in 2007 and again in 2008 by La Opinion; my most recent interview with them was about Heal the Bay’s Summer Beach Report Card 2009; of course, this time around I hope that both press outlets will show up for this year’s event to cover the story unfolding at the Downtown L.A. giveaway site in 7th Street & Figueroa Shopping Center.
This year is going to have a pretty cool event: Heal the Bay staff will be doing three live segments with Gayle Anderson (7:50, 8:30 and 9:10) on the Day Without a Bag hoopla on Thursday morning on the KTLA Morning News; for the press release in Spanish, visit this site here. This year, Heal the Bay will be proud to feature four of its South L.A. community partners as part of its brand-new Healthy Communities Initiative to put the issue of protecting the environment against cronic toxic pollution front-and-center at four different giveaway locations:
Youth Opportunities High’s at 1PM
(Superior Super Warehouse) Superior Super Warehouse 10211 Avalon Blvd. Watts, 90003.
Washington Elementary School’s starting at 9AM
1421 N. Wilmington AVE, Compton 90222.
Wisdom Academy for Young Scientists’s starting at 9AM
706 E. Manchester AVE, Los Angeles, CA 90001.
A.C.U.S.L.A.’s at 9AM (Association of Communities United for South L.A.)
(Numero Uno Market) 9127 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90044.
Personally, I will be going to the Downtown L.A. event just to watch the Thriller Dancers in action … what about you? (well, besides going to the South L.A. events):
Update: for a recap of the day, please visit Heal the Bay’s President’s Mark Gold’s blog here. To view the video of the “Thriller Dancers” performing at the actual A Day Without A Bag press conference, click here.
