Category Archive: 'Diversifying Democracy'
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art, Schools and Communities, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Pacific Standard Time unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene See the revitalization of the Great Wall of Los Angeles
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Public Art, The City Project
Monday, January 16th, 2012
The MLK, JR. memorial in Washington, D.C. is an example of a monument that represents diversity, democracy and freedom. Learn more about Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Paul Ayers writes: “Although there is no organized hike to the Owen Brown Grave Site this year, it is always nice to go up there around this time; attached find maps that should get you there. I am still working on getting a new grave stone, just been distracted. Hopefully will have for next year’s [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, San Gabriel Mountains Forever
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Located on the north end of Chinatown, St. Bridget’s Chinese Catholic Center has been a centering force for Los Angeles’s Chinese community since its founding in 1940. Each Sunday, the newly remodeled church hosts one service in English and one in Cantonese.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy
Monday, January 9th, 2012
L.A. River for Sale…Again? by Juan Devis Taylor Yard for Sale The community coalition that made El Rio De Los Angeles State Park a reality in 2007 and brought the river revitalization efforts one step closer to fruition are being called into action one more time. As we reported on an earlier post, a parcel [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, L.A. River, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, January 9th, 2012
The Chicano Park Mural Restoration project will restore 18 of the murals painted on the columns and retaining walls that are part of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. The murals have deep transcending values and are recognized at the local, state and national levels as historical, cultural and socio-political public art. (Source: http://www.chicano-park.org/)
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Children in support of Alternative D at an NPS public hearing in El Monte. The National Park Service (NPS) is currently accepting public comments about creating a National Recreation Area in the San Gabriel Mountains and Watershed. Based on previous public comments, NPS developed four alternative scenarios. Alternative D most closely resembles our vision for [...]
Posted in Biking, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Employment Opportunities, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
We are proud and happy to work with diverse allies, the United States Department of the Interior, and the National Park Service as these agencies increasingly recognize that access to parks and green space is an environmental justice and human health issue nation wide. Recent reports focus on parks, health and equal justice; the Los [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, L.A. River, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement