Great turn-out for L A County Collective Summit “designed to strengthen economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental sustainability through collaboration and community-driven action.”
Resilience is the only word to describe the commitment of a core of community leaders meeting with renowned muralist Paul Botello to preserve the murals at Cesar Chavez Park in Pomona and to develop a long-term plan for the park’s development. A follow-up planning and work-day bar b’ que has been set for Saturday, June 7th at 10 am at the park.
Highly recommend the theatre production of Just Like Us (LatinoTheatreCo.org) held over for another week at the L A Theatre Center – based on a non-fiction book that follows four Latina high school seniors – and the problems faced by them as they navigate graduation, their dreams of going on to college, and the obstacles faced by two who face the obstacles of being undocumented (at a time before DACA and when anti- immigrant xenophobia is on the rise). The true story, based in Colorado, brings out some of the issues that our immigrant families are facing today with scapegoating, raids, and targeting taking place at an unprecedented level.
Supporting Rose at tri-annual Juried Show at Claremont City Hall (May 1 – August 21) – where her ceramic piece, “Parrhesia Truth to Power,” was accepted as one of twenty six pieces accepted in the art show – with a title relating to these times of – challenging authority and speaking with truth even when it is unpopular
Una gran memoria de todos que han ayudado en no olvidar la vida de Fernando Pedraza, Carlos Mendes, Gerardo — y todo los trabajadores que han contribuido tanto a esta sociedad.
