Policy/Neighborhood Wins
Santa Paula High School’s lunch program serves more locally-grown produce. (The Abundant Table)
Bus service from Guadalupe to Santa Maria expands to Sundays. (CAUSE)
New state law improves sibling visitation among foster youth. (California Youth Connection)
City of Santa Barbara adopts new Election Districts map proposed by CAUSE. (CAUSE)
Students establish Social Equality Club at Fillmore High to support LGBT students. (One Step a La Vez)
Santa Barbara Unified School District creates a Cultural Proficiency & Equity Committee. (Just Communities)
Raising Awareness
LGBT sensitivity trainings provided to school personnel. (Pacific Pride Foundation)
Report released on unjust labor and safety practices for farm workers. (CAUSE)
Activists hold press conference to raise concerns about mental health services at the jail. (Families ACT!)
Sensitivity training on needs of disabled community held for Simi Valley Transit bus drivers. (ARC Foundation)
FCC license secured to operate a radio station in Mixteco and other indigenous languages. (MICOP)
Cooperative Festival in Lompoc showcases worker cooperatives. (Lompoc Cooperative Development Project)
Leadership Development
Latino parents take parent leadership courses. (Guadalupe THRIVE, FLA, El Centrito)
Hundreds of youth attend leadership development camps. (CCFL, FLA, Just Communities)
Mixtec youth take interpreter training, improving their interpretation skills. (Centro Binacional.)
School personnel attend Institute for Equity in Education and develop action plans to improve Latino academic success. (Just Communities)
25 health advocates receive promotora training in Lompoc. (Promotores Network)
Students join Santa Maria High’s Shared Decision Making Committee. (CCFL)
Grassroots Mobilization
Immigrants join immigration reform marches in Los Angeles. (La Hermandad, MICOP)
Mothers rally for street safety improvements near school. (COAST)
Farm workers and youth demand improved pesticide regulations at public hearing. (MICOP)
150 people attend Labor Day rally to support a $15 minimum wage in Santa Barbara. (CAUSE)
Hundreds of cyclists advocate for more bike lanes at public hearings. (SB Bicycle Coalition)
300 residents oppose building a third power plant on the Oxnard coast. (CAUSE)
