What a great night celebrating the graduation of the 10th cohort of our Leadership Academy! Congratulations to the graduates: Bryan Quan, Carlos Diaz, Liliana Camacho Guzman, Yara Herrarte, Jose Jimenez, Jelani Khalfani, Kevin Liao, Rebecca Leung, Bryan Matsumoto, Jose Molina, Francisco Ojeda, Diego Paniagua, Elaine Valenzuela.
East Fork Project: Public Meetings
Public meetings are being held this this week in Baldwin Park and Arcadia to discuss the East Fork Project. You can help us by providing public input! We're working with the US Forest Service (USFS) and The Watershed Conservation Authority (WCA) to make sure that improvements to the East Fork serve our communities and protect our precious public … Continue reading East Fork Project: Public Meetings
Victory for Los Angeles: Measures A and M Passed
There is good election news to report: Measures A and M passed! Measure A will provide much-needed funding for park-poor communities and Measure M will provide more public transit and active transportation options to help provide access to parks and open, green spaces. It's a huge win for our communities. We can't wait to see … Continue reading Victory for Los Angeles: Measures A and M Passed
5 Years, 10 Cohorts: Leadership Academy Graduation
10 cohorts! 5 years! This is a big graduation ceremony for us. In addition to honoring the graduates, we'll award SGMF Champions REI Co-Op, Metro Board Chair John Fasana, and volunteers. We'll also hear from keynote speaker is Juan Martinez of the Children and Nature Network (check out his TED talk) RSVP required; Email duyen_tran@tws.org.
Measure A: Why We Support the Parks Measure
Access to open, green space is something we think about every day at SGMF. We see social, health, environmental, and economic benefits from efforts to green our neighborhoods with more parks and green spaces. It's why we are proud to be on the Our Parks coalition and we support Measure A, The Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks Measure of 2016. At … Continue reading Measure A: Why We Support the Parks Measure