Category Archive: 'Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy'
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
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WE WON! DIVERSE ALLIES SAVED PANHE AND SAN ONOFRE, AND STOPPED THE TOLL ROAD!
Malibu Public Access for All
Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities Los Angeles City Council Highlights
Vista Hermosa Park Grand Opening
SCAG Multiagency Effort to Improve Access to Parks and Recreation
Miguel Contreras Schools, Pools and Parks Open to the Community!
Enforce [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Kenyaangna
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.
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Diverse allies working together persuaded the California Coastal Commission in February and the United States Department of Commerce on December 18, 2008, to save the sacred Native American Acjachemen site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach and stop the toll road there.
“Our hearts are filled with gratitude today. I am grateful for the support [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Free the Beach!, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Save Panhe and San Onofre
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Echo Park 2007
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Jimi Castillo at Putiidhem.
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.
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Constructed circa 1930 of native stone by Montelongo, a Native American stonemason who with his workers laid the round and smooth rock from the local area.
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Putiidhem.
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 [...]
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Jazz tiles at the Central Avenue Jazz Park across from the Dunbar Hotel reflect the rich history of jazz along Central Avenue.
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
Harmony Keepers at 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 [...]
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
The SPARC building, formerly the Venice Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, was an active jail from 1929 until the early seventies. SPARC made the jail its headquarters in 1977 and “liberated” the space for the arts. The Old Venice jail houses SPARC’s Mural Resource and Education Center, the SPARC gallery, the UCLA/SPARC Cesar [...]
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