Be sure to check out the BHS annual student exhibit. Opening Night is this Wednesday at Woodson Hall, 5 to 7pm.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Love and Respect to We Can for hosting a great event last night!
I had so much fun last night at We Can's art show, held at Hailey's Cafe! It felt great to attend a community event that gave local artists the opportunity to showcase their creativity. With Photography and mixed media art on the walls, as well as live performances, We Can's event had a really positive and supporting atmosphere. I ordered the Choco-Peanut butter shake and it was absolutely delicious. I can't wait to go back to Hailey's and try some more of their food. The highlight of the night was when the band The LA River Swim Team gave a shout out to their vecinos who had come to see them play, now thats community! I will definitely be there at their next event and you should too. Keep up the good work We Can! Heres a few pictures I snapped during the live performances, enjoy.
Ambassador Skate Plaza in Wilmington
Merch Monster! Support Local Business!
Merch Monster is a graphic design and screen printing studio in Wilmington. It is a local, independent business that is owned by two Wilmington natives. Merch Monster was started in January 2010. The owners are Miguel Garcia and Armando.
This is what Miguel had to say about his company:
Our main focus is the music industry, working with artist and record labels. However, we find ourselves working with local businesses as well. We hope to become one of the premier screen printers, and graphic designers for the LA music scene and across the country. Both Merch Monster's owners are former musicians, Armando still performs with his group, and is in the process of producing his second album. Armando and myself joined forces and became business partners right after graduation. We're both inspired by music and art and hope to help as many musicians as possible by providing them high quality merch (merchandise).
I wish Armando and Miguel lots of success with their new company! It is great to see so many locally owned business in Wilmington starting to open.
1101 W. Pacific Coast Hwy, 2nd Floor
Wilmington Ca. 90744
Tel: (323) 325-8285
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Greening the Ports: Clean Air in Our Lifetime?
BREATHE LA President and CEO Enrique Chiock welcomed an audience of more than 50 community and business leaders to the inaugural BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions event held June 19th. The panel discussion was the first of six salons dedicated to in-depth dialogue on climate change, environment, and personal and business roles towards improving air quality and quality-of-life in Los Angeles County. Panelists included Dr. Ralph Appy, Port of Los Angeles; Dr. Robert Kanter, Port of Long Beach; Tom Politeo, Sierra Club; and Jesse Marquez, Coalition For A Safe Environment and featured Q&A responders Romel Pascual, Associate Director for Environment Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Bianca Román, Office of Long Beach Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal; and Stephanie Stone, Coro Southern California.
¡YA BASTA! Summer Youth Organizing Institute
Original Document found here.
¡YA BASTA! / Enough is Enough!
Summer Youth Organizing Institute
planting seeds through a concrete foundation
EVERY SATURDAY 2-6PM | JUNE 12 – AUGUST 21, 2010
Hosted at Catalyst Space: 430 E. 1st Street, Long Beach, CA
This summer 2010, One Imagination offers ¡YA BASTA! / Enough is Enough!: Summer Youth Organizing Institute, a program building the leadership and power of youth ages 13-19 in the South Los Angeles, South Bay/Harbor, and Long Beach area. Through political education and organizing skills, youth will receive the resources and tools to exercise their power as leaders through campaign development, community building, advocacy, and direct action organizing.
¡YA BASTA! / Enough is Enough!: Summer Youth Organizing Institute is an intensive summer youth leadership and organizing program that provides local middle school and high school students with the skills necessary to resist injustice and oppression within their communities. Through nontraditional teaching methods including interactive workshops, group discussions, guest speakers, field trips, readings, and hands on experiences, youth will learn the basics of direct action organizing, community building, campaign development, and see how these tactics and strategies have been applied in movements all throughout the world present and past. ¡YA BASTA! / Enough is Enough! provides a historical foundation of U.S. and global resistance to key issues directly connected to young people and demonstrates methods of how to resist and organize alternatives.
Email Andres Ruiz at oneimagination@gmail.com for an application TODAY! Or call us at (310) 614-4713.
Deadline to apply is June 1st, 2010.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
LA Youth at Work
LAPD Harbor Division Police Station is hosting a Job Skills Workshop on:
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010
Time: 4:30 to 7:30pm
Location:
LAPD Harbor Police Station
Grace Bradbury Community Room
2175 John S. Gibson Blvd.
San Pedro, CA 90731
RSVP:
Joe Buscaino at 33537@lapd.lacity.org or 310.726.7925
-Spaces are limited
Harbor Area Independent News
From their website:
Random Lengths News is the Los Angeles Harbor Area's oldest independent newspaper. For over 30 years, Random Lengths New has maintained the independent spirit of the harbor communities of San Pedro, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Long Beach, Carson, Harbor City, Lomita and Wilmington.Random Lengths News draws on the rich history of the Los Angeles Harbor Area...The name hearkens back to a description of the lumber that used to run through the port of Los Angeles -- it came in "random lengths and widths" -- but it could easily describe the cultural and racial diversity of the Harbor Area. In the most diverse part of the world, the Harbor Area has a population of working, middle and upper class people, and is a mix of Latinos, African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Anglos from all over the globe. The paper reflects that diversity in its coverage and in its makeup, and writes fundamentally about the people that make up the community.
I found some interesting articles:
- Maldita Vecindad: A Synthesis of Social Change and Rock en Espanol
- Wilmington Marinas, Refusing to Give up on the Dream
- George De La Torre: A Bowl of Menudo and a Squeeze of Generosity
- Media Blackout and the Unsung Labor Songs
Coalition for a Safe Environment (CFASE) in Wilmington
Today I will be visiting Jesse Marquez, Jr. at the New CFASE building! I'm really excited to see the result of all the hard work that has been put in. There will be an Open House which we will let our readers know about once we have all of the information. For those of you who don't know, Jesse Marquez, Jr. is a community activist. He is a Wilmington resident and has been fighting the sources of pollution in Wilmington for many years. The CFASE also played a big part in the proposal of the Wilmington Waterfront project.
From their website:
CFASE works to mitigate, reduce and eliminate public exposure and public health impacts caused by air, land and water pollution generated by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, international cargo & cruise ships, the petroleum industry, energy sources and the goods movement transportation industry.
1601 N Wilmington Blvd
Wilmington, CA 90744
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Live from the Ocean Floor: 'Spillcam'
PBS offers live video of BP spill.
BP's live video stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is simultaneously tragic and hypnotic. With each passing second, more gallons of crude oil and natural gas escape into the ocean.
Stop Junk Mail
I received this pamphlet of information on how to reduce junk mail at the Green Fest in Long Beach. It was created by the Department of Public Works and it has phone numbers one can call to end junk mail, phone calls, email, and credit card offers. It also has more information about how to protect your name. Click on images to enlarge.
