Monthly Archive: May, 2010

Equal Justice in the Baldwin Hills Community, Park and Oil Field

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles and The City Project present the Policy Report Keeping the Baldwin Hills Clean and Green for Generations to Come. The purpose of this Policy Report is to engage, educate and empower the community as well as public officials to protect human health and the environment in the Baldwin [...]

Death Valley National Park

Friday, May 28th, 2010

See more about National Parks and Transit to Trails.

Oil Spill – Prayer for Grandmother Earth Chief Arvol Looking Horse 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

From : Chief Arvol Looking Horse 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe ——————————————- My Relatives, Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer. We, from the heart [...]

UCLA Memory Project unveils plaques in memory of Black Panther students killed at Campbell Hall

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

In Campbell Hall 41 years ago, two UCLA students and members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense were murdered. Ever since that day, Jan. 17, 1969, various attempts to put up a plaque commemorating the deaths of Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Jerome Huggins Jr. have emerged. None have succeeded. “It’s as if it [...]

11 Most Endangered America’s State Parks and State-Owned Historic Sites National Trust

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Click here to view the Administrative Complaint to Keep State Parks Open for All!

Who has shown courage in the struggle for immigration reform? Not President Obama. Not his administration. The Justice Department has stood by. New York Times Editorial

Monday, May 24th, 2010

New York Times Editorial May 19, 2010 Four young immigrant students risked everything on Monday when they sat down in Senator John McCain’s office in Tucson and refused to leave. They were urging passage of the Dream Act, a bill offering a citizenship path to illegal immigrants who, like them, were brought to the United [...]

Monuments: Democracy, Diversity and Freedom: San Pedro Firm Building Little Tokyo

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Built in 1925, the structure helps document the history of the Japanese American community in the first half of the 20th century in Little Tokyo and represents the mixed-use building of apartments over stores once prominent in Los Angeles. Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr. Learn more about Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom.

A Village Called Versailles Free Community Screening Event May 25, 2010, 7:30 pm West Hollywood

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Vote Yes on Measure E: An Emergency Response to Save our Schools!

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

The City Project’s Guest Commentator writes as follows: There is a lot to not like about Measure E, and two local Los Angeles newspapers have both hit on the negatives: 1. Every parcel gets hit for the same amount, be it a humble shack or a 50-story officer tower. 2. Los Angeles Unified School District [...]

Cuban Music Festival Sunday May 23, 2010 FREE! Echo Park Lake

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Cuban Music Festival Now in its 16th Anniversary, the Cuban Music Festival: Presencia Cubana en Los Angeles celebrates the cultural heritage of Cuba. It is the major FREE celebration in the West Coast of “Día de la Independencia de Cuba” (Cuban Independence Day), which commemorates this Caribbean island’s freedom from Spain on May 20, 1902. [...]