Category: Activism
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the Green Team: Composting & Tree Planting Update!
Between composting, gardening, and planting trees in under-served neighborhoods, the Green Team has been hard at work this month! Here’s an update on our progress: Community Garden & Composting Project This month we turned our first 800 pounds of compost and diverted another 650 pounds of organic waste from local restaurants. Students from Highlands school…
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Sign Up for Free Trees: Green Team Volunteer Tree Planting on October 12th
Exciting news from our Green Team! On October 12th, we’re partnering with SMUD, Maharlika Lions Club, and the Sacramento Tree Foundation to provide residents in North City Farm, South City Farm, and Woodbine with the opportunity to receive a free consultation and up to 10 trees planted on their properties. Sign up by September 8th…
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Air Protection Program Steering Committee Meeting – June 4th!
COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION PROGRAM SOUTH SACRAMENTO/FLORIN – STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING In-Person Meeting with Remote Option When: 6pm – 8pm Tuesday, June 4, 2024 In-Person Location: Fletcher Farm Community Center (7245 Fletcher Farm Drive, Sacramento, CA 95828) Remote Option: Zoom The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (Sac Metro Air District) will host a public meeting on…
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La Familia Counseling Center is Sacramento’s first federally-recognized climate resilience hub
We’re overjoyed that our partners at La Familia Counseling Center have achieved recognition as Sacramento’s first federally recognized climate resilience hub. La Familia Counseling Center was recently recognized as Sacramento’s first climate resilience hub by federal officials. These places are meant to provide resources and shelter for community members during extreme weather events. It’s the…
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May 18th Tree Planting with the Green Team
Join United Latinos’ Green Team for a day of gardening ant tree planting. Come plant a tree, learn to compost, or work on the garden with community! When: May 18th, 8am-12pm Where: St. Rose Catholic Church – meet at MSGR Kavanagh Center
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May Tree Planting with the Green Team
Join United Latinos’ Green Team for a day of tree planting. Come plant a tree, learn to compost, or work on the garden with community! When: May 11th, 10am Where: St. Rose Catholic Church, Juan Pablo entrance
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The Power of the Word: An Intergenerational Conversation from the Sac Poetry Center
Sunday, April 28, 1 – 3 p.m. Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center US Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera: The Power of the Word: An Intergenerational Conversation A Reading & Conversation with Maceo Montoya & Terezita Romo The keynote event for the Literary Festival features Juan Felipe Herrera, supported by Maceo Montoya, Poet, Publisher,…
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Celebrating the Life of Juanishi Orosco
We were saddened to hear this week of the passing of the great artist, Juanishi Orosco, co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force Art Collective and major pillar in the mural and Chicano art movement in California. Initially called the “Rebel Chicano Arts Front, it was meant to “foster the arts in the Chicano/Latino community, to educate…
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Juanishi Orosco: Celebration of Life
When: Saturday March 23rd, 2-4 pm Where: Washington Neighborhood Center Join us as we celebrate the life of Juanishi Orosco. Juanishi Orosco was born in Sacramento in 1945. He attended California State University, Sacramento. In 1969, Orosco and others founded the Royal Chicano Air Force. He and other RCAF members created posters for the United…
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Dia De La Tierra 2024
Save the date! Join United Latinos and La Familia Counseling Center for Dia De La Tierra! Live entertainment, food, and educational programming will all be part of this environmentalism-centered festival. We’ll see you there! When: 10 am – 4 pm, April 13th, 2024 Where: La Familia Maple Neighborhood Center, 3301 37th Ave, Sacramento CA