Join us for a night of ?Salsa Verde! with Irma Mu?oz who started the first Latina Environmental organization in the country. The Los Angeles Greens meeting every 3rd Wed. of the month www.losangelesgreens.org
The LANGUAGE OF COMMUNITY Mu?oz started Mujeres de la Tierra after a local news story on environmental issues in Latino neighborhoods failed to feature any interviews with Latinos. The Los Angeles-based group banded together with Latino soccer enthusiasts, law experts, and others to form Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio. The aim of this umbrella organization is to get the Latino voice heard in the effort to revitalize the Los Angeles River, which, George writes, is ?a symbolic and literal convergence of a myriad of issues confronting LA?s Latino population.? With an inverse correlation between pollution exposure and access to parks and open spaces, the mujeres have adopted the river?s resurrection as their hope for a greener future and a healthier environment for their children.
When: May 16, 2007 Where: The Peace Center 8124 W. Third Street Los Angeles, CA 90048-4339 (323) 651-5539 Time: 7pm?10pm Food: Potluck & Margaritas! (Dishes from South of the Border suggested)
image From: Utne Reader, www.utne.com The Love Embrace of the Universe, The Earth, Frida Kahlo 1949
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