Category: News and Events
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June 22nd South Sacramento Air Quality Town Hall
When: 11:30am-1:30pm | Saturday, June 22nd, 2024 Where: Valley High North Laguna Library Join Sac Clean Air and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District for an important community event to promote cleaner air, for everyone! This family-friendly event includes free food, prizes, and lots of fun activities. Sacramento residents face many health challenges due…
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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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Juntos Afuera’s FREE Camping Trip August 10 – 12, 2024 – See the Perseid Meteor Shower!
Event Dates: August 10-12th, 2024 Location: OH Ridge Campground – Highway 395 to its southern junction with Highway 158. Take 158 for 1 mile. Turn right on North Shore Drive. Go approximately 1 mile and turn left on Pine Cliff Road. Go 0.5 mile to campground entrance. Mono Lake Highway 395, 13 miles east of Yosemite National Park Bodie…
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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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2024 Sacramento Mayoral Election – Latino Voter Education Forum
We’re gearing up for the 2024 election! 2024 Sacramento mayoral candidates convened for a Latino Voter Education Forum on January 19th at La Familia’s Maple Neighborhood Center in Sacramento. The forum was hosted by United Latinos, the Latino Economic Counsel and the Sacramento Latino Community Round Table, and moderated by the League of Women Voters.…
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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…