Policy/Neighborhood Wins
New street lights and pedestrian/bike improvements installed on Santa Barbara’s Eastside (COAST)
Oxnard & Rio School Districts approved resolutions banning derogatory terms against indigenous students (MICOP)
California Redistricting Commission adopted Senate & Congressional district maps developed and advocated by community leaders (CAUSE)
New bus route established to serve South Oxnard (ASERT, CAUSE) & bus hours extended in Fillmore (One Step a La Vez)
Santa Barbara Police changed policy to allow undocumented drivers to retrieve impounded cars after one day versus 30 days (PUEBLO)
City of Ventura helped purchase new parkland in Westside Ventura (CAUSE)
Adoption of bike-friendly masterplan and $600,000 in federal funding secured for bicycle/pedestrian safety in Ventura (VCCOOL)
City of Santa Maria added youth programs as priority for CDBG grants (FLA)
Raising Awareness
LGBT-sensitivity training held for 150 Santa Barbara Police Dept. officers (Just Communities, Pacific Pride Foundation)
Press conferences organized on mental health services, led by mothers of those with mental illness (Families ACT!)
Santa Barbara Gang Injunction Forum held (Palabra)
100 Fillmore residents attended a meeting on clean-up of a Superfund site (One Step a La Vez)
Phone calls and visits made to 32,000 voters in Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties about state budget reform (CAUSE)
300 residents attended bilingual candidate forums for Oxnard City Council, Oxnard school boards, & Santa Paula City Council (CAUSE, El Centrito Family Learning Centers)
Social Justice Bus Tours & “Bridging The Widening Gaps in Ventura County” Summit held (Social Justice Fund for Ventura County)
Leadership Development
Parent-to-Parent Education training given to Latino parents (El Centrito Family Learning Centers)
Women’s Financial Literacy & Empowerment classes taught in Mixtec language (MICOP)
Youth from Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties attended Youth Leadership Camp (FLA)
Family Leadership Summit organized for Guadalupe & Santa Maria parents (FLA, Just Communities, PUEBLO)
Public speaking class offered to homeless parents (Lincoln School Homeless Family Project)
Leadership trainings given to Cuyama residents (Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center)
Values-Based Leadership Training held to recruit and prepare new progressive public leaders (CAUSE)
MALDEF parent advocacy training given to Latino parents in Santa Barbara (ySTRIVE for Youth)
Grassroots Mobilization
Mexican consulate services restored in Santa Maria (PUEBLO)
70 bus riders rallied to prevent interruption of VISTA regional bus services (ASERT, CAUSE, One Step a La Vez)
Ventura County immigrants attended immigration reform rally in Los Angeles (La Hermandad)
100 residents marched to Santa Maria City Hall to protest a scrapyard planned for a low-income neighborhood (PUEBLO)
Vigil and candlelight march held in support of immigration reform (Ventura County CLUE)
150 residents of Evans Park neighborhood in Santa Maria signed a petition for traffic improvements (Foodbank of Santa Barbara County)
