This overnight camping excursion will take place at the beautiful Mission Creek Preserve in the Sand to Snow National Monument. Located just outside Palm Springs, the preserve is in a transition zone between the Sonoran and Mojave deserts, and is home to flora and fauna representing both. The preserve trail system leads onto the Pacific Crest Trail. Contact COFEM to reserve your camp site.

Please join us for a fun night of camping with s’mores & hot chocolate (this is open to all, including people who are not spending the night). Participants should bring their own food for dinner & water. Grills and charcoal will be available.

Estamos Aqui! We are here! The Latino population is the fastest growing American demographic. They are also among the most under-represented groups in conservation, outdoor recreation, and environmental education organizations. What are the causes and consequences of this divide? What are the challenges and opportunities? In this feature-length documentary film we will uncover and celebrate the often little-known but beautiful and vibrant Latino heritage for conservation and outdoor recreation. Latino families and individuals from all over the United States are already connecting with their history, their culture, their communities and the planet through powerful, meaningful and culturally relevant interactions with nature. In Estamos Aqui we will meet these inspiring people, hear their stories and discover how our connection to nature simultaneously makes us unique and brings us together.

Latinos have a strong connection to nature, but often times everyday responsibilities don’t allow us to get outdoors. For this year’s Latino Conservation Week, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada wants to invite you to change that. Bring your family and join us on an early morning hike where you can share stories about the importance of preserving our planet and how we can encourage our community to enjoy the outdoors more often. We will have snacks for the trail!

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The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada partnered up with the University of Nevada Reno to research the impacts that environmental degradation has on working families, Indigenous peoples, and communities of color. We will have a panel discussion with people that participated in this project and present our initial findings. We think it is important to continue this conversation with communities that are being impacted and what better time than Latino Conservation Week.

There will be Spanish translation.

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Chipsa Nevada and the League of Conservation Voters are teaming up for a Climate Cookout BBQ focusing on the intersectionality of the environmental movement with the Latino community and racial justice.

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Join Friends of Basin and Range and Conservation Lands Foundation for an overnight trip to view the dark skies of Basin and Range National Monument. Explore petroglyphs, ancient and modern townsites, and learn more about what makes the landscape so unique.

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Come out to chat with Hispanic Access Foundation and an Latino Heritage Internship Program intern about their goals to bring a more diversity to the National Park Service. Along with Hispanic Access Foundation will be Tom Mason, an NPS intern from Conservation Legacy, and a volunteer who has been volunteering at the Adventure Station at REI. At the Adventure Station the public can learn outdoor recreation opportunities throughout the area.

Come out to chat with Hispanic Access Foundation and an Latino Heritage Internship Program intern about their goals to bring a more diversity to the National Park Service. Along with Hispanic Access Foundation will be Tom Mason, an NPS intern from Conservation Legacy, and a volunteer who has been volunteering at the Adventure Station at REI. At the Adventure Station the public can learn outdoor recreation opportunities throughout the area.

Dios, Ciencia, y Arte, o God, Science, and Art Summer Program, is a summer program at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church that will run every Saturday morning from July 15 to August 5. Since this year the church has concentrated on water quality in West Orange and the protection of natural resources, the program will have a focus on the environment. The program will bring in people to speak about their careers, including a science student from Rutgers University, teach technologies, manual projects, and advanced mathematics with basic terms. We will make mathematics a tool that students can use for the development of their lives. All are welcome.

Learn more about the event here: https://youtu.be/nfzMdtgmQ5Y