The Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio formed after [Robert] Garcia and others decided that development of a new L.A. River was a symbolic and literal convergence of a myriad of issues confronting L.A.’s Latino population. To be left out of the discussion, they realized, was to be left high and dry, as the river [...]

Contact: Kirk Dillman, President of the Board, 213-694-1101
Robert García, Executive Director, Center for Law in the Public Interest,
and Director of The City Project, 213-977-1035
The Board of Trustees of the Center for Law in the [...]

When: Saturday, September 23rd, 9:30am-5pm
Where: Los Angeles State Historic Park (the Cornfield)
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L.A. 225: Los Angeles through the Eyes of Artists
AN EXHIBIT EXPLORING ARTISTS’ VISIONS OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE CITY’S 225TH BIRTHDAY
Presented by El Pueblo Historical Monument
Where: Pico House Gallery at El Pueblo Historical Monument.
424 North Main Street, Los Angeles, 90012
When: September 1 to October 16, 2006.
L.A. 225 Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 9, 2006; [...]

Robert Garcia, the Center’s Executive Director, will speak at two upcoming events celebrating the new book Awakening from the Dream: Civil Rights under Siege and the New Struggle for Equal Justice.
The book includes coverage of the Center’s efforts for equal justice, democracy, and livability for all through the Urban Park Movement and keeping public beaches [...]

La Opinion features the work of the Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio on August 31, 2006. The Alianza includes the Anahuak Youth Soccer Association, Center for Law in the Public Interest, Mujeres de la Tierra, REMAP-LA and the William C. Velazquez Institute. The Alianza seeks to ensure that the master plan process for the [...]