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Waterfront Park Bittersweet Victory for Wilmington
There has always been a lack of parks in Wilmington, but with the opening of the Waterfront Park, we now have 30 more acre of green space. The park includes native plants, picnic areas, a community amphitheater and a playground. Though Wilmington residents came out to celebrate the opening of the Wilmington Waterfront Park this summer, the park is a bittersweet victory for the community.
Wilmington Youth Learn Environmental Justice
During the summer, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) hosts a leadership training where high school students learn about community organizing and social issues ranging from environmental justice to racism and immigration. The goal of the training is to create community leaders in Wilmington.
I joined members of the leadership program at the new CBE office in Wilmington for a Cap and Trade workshop. Students from Banning High School watched The Story of Cap and Trade, an easy to grasp introduction to Cap and Trade, the market-based system that tries to tackle the global climate crisis by limiting or "capping" the amount of carbon emissions allowed yearly. It focuses on distributing permits to polluters which they can "trade" for money.
Day Laborer Theater Teaches Worker Rights
“Theater gives me strength to deal with things and helps me understand that everything is temporary,” says Juan Jose Mangandi, a day-laborer and the Artistic Director of Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras (TJSF), or Day Laborers Theater Without Borders.
TJSF is project produced by day laborers, for day laborers. TJSF came to Wilmington for a work-site tour this summer. The Los Angeles-based theater group is made entirely of day laborers whose mission is to improve jornaleros (day-laborers) lives through educational storytelling.
Kids Learn Sustainability through the Arts
Viva La Verde! (Long Live Green!) is a week-long program that focuses on teaching kids about sustainability through visual arts. Hosted by Slanguage Studio, an artist group in Wilmington, the workshops are taught by local artists and the program ends with the projects being displayed in an art exhibit.
“Slanguage members Betty Marin and Sheris Talavera had the idea to develop a summer camp where young artists could learn about environmental issues," says Mario Ybarra, artist and co-founder of Slanguage.
Homeless Shelter Opens Doors to Single Women
The homeless go wherever they can for food or clothes because a lot of homeless shelters and services in Los Angeles are too hard to get to.
“I have seen a lot of health problems in the homeless community," says Nannini. "Many people have diabetes and don’t even know it, and that can lead to other health problems.”
Nannini says that she has seen women of all ages and ethnicities come to Doors of Hope. She has seen women with a range of mental or emotional health problems. But some, she says, are just down on their luck and just need some help getting a job or home.
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