Environmental Professionals of Color- L.A. Chapter

In the words of EPOC L.A. coordinator Marcos Trinidad, "Y’all hear about this project that’s dope AF?" Learn more about Mapping Migraciones, a unique project from the folks at Audubon and Latino Outdoors.

We'd like to celebrate #TakeaWalkintheParkDay every day, which is why we're committed to increasing access for our community members who do not live within a 10-minute walk (half-mile) from a park (source: The Trust for Public Land). #NatureforAll #ParksForAll

Get your vaccine when it's your turn, Los Angeles!

California Environmental Justice Alliance's #EJScorecard2020 drops on 1/27/21 for your lawmaker’s score on environmental justice. #EJscore #JustRecovery #EJScorecard #EJ4All Don’t know your California rep? Find them here: http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

Hey #EastLA, let's talk about the new pocket park coming to your community! Join us and the Health Innovation Community Partnership HICP virtually on Saturday January 30 at the 3rd & Dangler Pocket Park Virtual Community Park Update Meeting! Register: tinyurl.com/3rdDanglerParkZoom

Friendly reminder that our past trainings are available for your viewing pleasure at no cost! Check 'em out here: https://www.communitynatureconnection.org/recordings.

Weekend is here and a lot of us will want to head out to the trails this weekend. Wear your mask, wash your hands, maintain physical and respectful distance and stay local.

Did you know that the art of connecting a visitor to a resource is called interpretation? We see interpreters working with visitors at our parks and historical ...and cultural sites to inspire the next generation of stewards. Interpretation is a skill that can be learned and honed. Join us along with the National Association for Interpretation and the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens to become a Certified Interpretive Guide. This 6-week training starts January 21! For more info and register visit communitynatureconnection.org/trainings #interpretandinspire #futurestewards #outdoorequity See more

Opportunity for community input:

EPOC L.A. Coordinator Maya Morales recently sat down for storytime with the NHMLA:

DODGERS!!!DODGERS!!!

This week we celebrate Urban Wildlife Week and all things P22 the mountain lion of Hollywood! This annual festival is a combination or outdoor organizations and... the community gathering together to celebrate all things urban wildlife, and to raise funds to build a wildlife crossing above the 101 freeway. This year the event has moved online! Join us as we highlight the work we do to educate and celebrate our local urban wildlife with special content for parent-educators and teachers of students grade 3-5. If you would like to participate in Saturday's virtual event, visit http://ow.ly/dF2i50BYXN9 to register! While you are there visit their shop for great mountain lion merchandise, and an opportunity to donate to the construction of the wildlife crossing that will save our local lions.

Have you voted yet, Los Angeles?

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! We acknowledge the land on which Community Nature Connection operates as the ancestral lands and home of the Chumash, Tataviam, an...d Tongva peoples, original stewards and custodians of this territory. We recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and culture, and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. See more

See you tonight!

Join our friends and partners this Thursday for their launch of a highly anticipated framework - Greening in Place: Protecting Communities from Displacement. Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA) L.A. Mountains Audubon Center at Debs Park #environmentaljustice #outdoorequity

The Nature of Black Mental Health Stories 9/25/20 5:30-7:00 pm EST FB Live discussion Stories of how engagement in our natural environments can heal us... Nicole Jackson (@wildlifegirl09) from @BlackInNPsWeek Mani Garcia (@manithegarcia) from @BlackInMH #blackinmentalhealthweek Jessica Newton from Vibe Tribe Adventures (@BlackGirlsHike, @AdventuresTribe, Vibe Tribe Adventures - Universal Tribe Dana Fletcher (@danafletch_) from @eyuorg Mabari Byrd from @dearblackfathers

"If communities of color are experiencing the worst of plastic pollution and the dynamics that make it possible, why aren’t their stories centered in the conversations surrounding the problem?"

Celebra cultura. Celebra comunidad. Celebra #LatinxHeritageMonth. : carne_a_sarah on IG via Voto Latino