Category Archive: 'Diversifying Democracy'
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Jim Lafferty interviews NRDC’s Staff Attorney Daman Nagami and The City Project’s President and Counsel Robert Garcia about the Baldwin Hills lawsuits seeking to improve the environmental impact report and oil field regulations.
Listen to the complete December 4, 2008, KPFK podcast by clicking here.
Listen to the Baldwin Hills highlights by clicking here.
Learn more at www.greaterbaldwinhillsalliance.org [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Olmsted Vision, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
The Ancestor Walk is the annual pilgrimage of the Juaneño/Acjachemen and Gabrielino/Tongva people as they carry prayers to honor the spirits of their Ancestors. The 12th Annual Ancestor Walk from Panhe to Putiidhem, Kenyaanga, Bolsa Chica, Motuueheynga, and Puvunga took place on October 4, 2007.
These images are used with the permission of the United Coalition [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Save Panhe and San Onofre
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Located at the confluence of the Arroyo Seco and the Los Angeles River, this former industrial column will be transformed into an urban park. It is envisioned by conservationists and planners as a series of open spaces that combine public space, outdoor classrooms, pedestrian and bike paths and public art. Confluence Park connects El Pueblo [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Panhe.
The Ancestor Walk is the annual pilgrimage of the Juaneño/Acjachemen and Gabrielino/Tongva people as they carry prayers to honor the spirits of their Ancestors. The 12th Annual Ancestor Walk from Panhe to Putiidhem, Kenyaanga, Bolsa Chica, Motuueheynga, and Puvunga took place on October 4, 2007.
These images are used with the permission of the United Coalition [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Save Panhe and San Onofre
Monday, December 1st, 2008
L.A. County Plan for Expanded Urban Oil Drilling Draws Fire
By Peter B. Matuszak
Daily Journal Staff Writer
peter_matuszak@dailyjournal.com
www.dailyjournal.com/law
December 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Environmentalists and community groups have filed three lawsuits against a county-approved plan to expand oil drilling in the heart of South Los Angeles.
The county Board of Supervisors in October gave the go-ahead to Houston-based Plains [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Diversifying Democracy, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Public Art, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles and The City Project today filed a lawsuit against the County of Los Angeles to protect people, homes, and parklands in the Baldwin Hills more than oil company profits. The suit challenges the County’s environmental impact report and oil drilling regulations covering the oil field adjoining the Baldwin [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Olmsted Vision, The City Project, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
The Ancestor Walk is the annual pilgrimage of the Juaneño/Acjachemen and Gabrielino/Tongva people as they carry prayers to honor the spirits of their Ancestors. The 12th Annual Ancestor Walk from Panhe to Putiidhem, Kenyaanga, Bolsa Chica, Motuueheynga, and Puvunga took place on October 4, 2007.
These images are used with the permission of the United Coalition [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Save Panhe and San Onofre
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
The San Fernando Mission Rey de España established in 1797 was one of the major supply sources for El Pueblo de Los Angeles.
This image is featured in the 2008 Schmap Los Angeles Guide.
Learn more about the Monuments,
Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Great Wall of Los Angeles illustrates the Dunbar Hotel with Billie Holiday as part of the rich history of jazz along Central Avenue in South Central Los Angeles
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Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Public Art, Urban Parks Movement
