Monthly Archive: December, 2008
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Click on each image to see more. 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 Keep State Parks Open for All! SCAG Multiagency Effort to Improve Access to Parks [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, L.A. River, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, 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. These images are used with the permission of the [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Save Panhe and San Onofre
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 [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Free the Beach!, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Save Panhe and San Onofre
Friday, December 19th, 2008
The Commerce Department turns down an appeal of the Coastal Commission’s rejection. December 19, 2008 Given the Bush administration’s propensity to ignore science and reason in pushing its anti-environment agenda, it was both surprising and refreshing to see the U.S. Commerce Department hew to the rules when it rebuffed the proposed Foothill South toll road [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Transportation Justice
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Echo Park 2007 Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
For Immediate Release December 18, 2008 Contact: Rebecca Robles rebrobles1@gmail.com Angela Mooney D’Arcy angela.ucpp@gmail.com www.savepanhe.org ACJACHEMEN SACRED SITE PANHE SAVED! U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS TOLL ROAD NOT IN NATIONAL INTEREST PANHE, San Clemente, CA—Members of the Acjachemen Nation, the United Coalition to Protect Panhe (UCPP), and our allies in the environmental and social justice movements celebrate a tremendous [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Save Panhe and San Onofre
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. These images are used with the [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Save Panhe and San Onofre
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. Learn more about the Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Urban Parks Movement
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 [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Urban Parks Movement
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. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr. Learn more about Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art, Urban Parks Movement