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Nevada 14 July 2023

Chispa TX Documentary Screening “Youth V Gov”

Join Chispa Texas for a screening of “Youth V Gov.” The documentary follows 21 young Americans suing the world’s most powerful government to protect their constitutional rights to a stable climate. If they win, they will change the future. Watch on NETFLIX. 

 

RSVP form: https://bit.ly/4458evz

Oregon 14 July 2023

Gorge Latino Conservation Week

Friday July 21st
5:00 pm.
Join local environmental advocates in a panel discussion of environmental and social justice issues.
There will be food to celebrate Latino
Conservation Week in the
Gorge.
Riverside church 317 State
St. Hood River, OR 97031.
There will have local
environmental organizations sharing information with our community

Washington 14 July 2023

Gorge Latino Conservation Week

We invite you to talk and listen to the Guatemalan writer Jacobo Payes who will be presenting his poems and his experience in the fight for the environment.

White Salmon Library

77 NE Wauna Ave,

White Salmon, WA

Texas 14 July 2023

Chispa TX: Community Outing @ Goose Island State Park

Join Chispa Texas for party at the state park! We will have a shuttle to and from Goose Island State Park

 

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Maryland 14 July 2023

Nature Forward - LCW Bilingual Forest Bathing Walk / Caminata bilingüe de baño de bosque

Join Nature Forward for this event!

¡Unete a Nature Forward para este evento!

Take a free bilingual guided meditation walk among the trees!
¡Ven a una caminata de meditación bilingüe gratuita entre los árboles!

More information on forest bathing/Más información sobre baños de bosque: 
https://www.natureandforesttherapy.earth/
https://www.terapiadebosqueynaturaleza.org/ 
 
Date/Fecha:
Saturday/Sábado July/Julio 15, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

 
Address / Dirección:  
Tanglewood Park
5398 Tanglewood Dr, Riverdale, MD 20737

https://natureforward.org/

New York 14 July 2023

Westchester County Latino Equity in Sustainability

Panel discussion highlighting Latino leaders in government to discuss racial equity in climate-related mitigation for our growing Latino Community. Westchester County now has a total population that is over 26% Latino, which calls for innovative strategies in race relations through linguistic equity and intentional programming to ensure that support is given to communities that have been left behind. Our panel will be featuring:

  • New York State Senator Nathalia Fernandez (Bronx & Westchester Counties)
  • Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Tasha Diaz 
  • Port Chester Deputy Mayor Joan Grangenois-Thomas
  • Mount Kisco Trustee Karine Patiño

This is the 1st Westchester County observance of Latino Conservation Week. Please join our discussion via Facebook Live to hear about innovative programming and how we could best support Latino Equity in climate engagement.

California 14 July 2023

Familias Navegando El Slough

Join members of Hispanic Access Foundation's Olas Y Accion and Latino Outdoors Central Coast for a bilingual guided boat tour along Elkhorn Slough. Watch sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, and bird species as we explore one of California's most spectacular wetlands aboard a stable, 27-foot US Coast Guard inspected pontoon boat. 

District of Columbia 14 July 2023

“La gallina y la tortilla de maíz” with Teatro La Bolsa

“La gallina y la tortilla de maíz” with Teatro La Bolsa  

Turuleca hen is looking for help cooking corn tortillas. Will the farm animals help her? Teatro La Bolsa, a local Latin-American theatre company, will present a bilingual play for children that highlights the value of friendship, solidarity, and sharing. Families are invited to participate in this fun, interactive performance in front of Peirce Mill, where people still grind corn today!

After the play, families are invited to tour the mill, try grinding corn by hand, or use cornmeal play dough to make their own pretend tortillas!

Playwright: KAM Chacana

Performers: Patricia Meneses, Jose Gonzalez, and Karen Morales-Chacana

Date: Saturday, July 22, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Rain date: Sunday, July 23, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Free public programs at Peirce Mill are supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

 

“La gallina y la tortilla de maiz”
con Teatro La Bolsa
 
Gallina turuleca busca ayuda para cocinar tortillas de maíz. ¿La ayudarán los animales de la granja? Teatro La Bolsa, una compañía local de teatro latinoamericano, presentará una obra bilingüe para niños que destaca el valor de la amistad, la solidaridad y el compartir. Las familias están invitadas a participar en esta actuación divertida e interactiva frente a Peirce Mill, ¡donde la gente todavía muele maíz hoy en día!
 
Después de la obra, se invita a las familias a recorrer el molino, tratar de moler maíz a mano o usar masa de harina de maíz para hacer sus propias tortillas de juguete.
 
Dramaturgia: KAM Chacana
 
Intérpretes: Patricia Meneses, José González y Karen Morales-Chacana
 
Fecha: sábado 22 de julio de 11:00 a 12:00 hrs.
Fecha de lluvia: domingo 23 de julio, de 11:00 a  12:00 hrs.
 
Los programas públicos gratuitos en Peirce Mill cuentan con el apoyo de la Comisión de Artes y Humanidades de DC.
 
 
Pennsylvania 13 July 2023

Bilingual Nature Center and Bat Program

July 22, 2023
4:30-7pm: Nature Center
8:30pm: Bat Program

22 de julio de 2023
16:30-19:00: Centro de la Naturaleza
20:30: Programa sobre murciélagos

Location | Ubicación
Cowans Gap State Park 6235 Aughwick Rd, Fort Loudon, PA 17224

For more info | Para más información
George at 717-485-9018 or CowansGapSP@pa.gov

Florida 13 July 2023

Everglades Immersion with the Mexican American Council

With a record of over 40 years of service in the community, the Mexican American Council is a well-respected advocate of community issues and an agent of positive change for promoting cultural and civic engagement.

In partnership with the Everglades National Park Institute, this event will immerse the high school participants into Everglades National Park with a wet walk through a cypress dome and engaging with National Park Service staff on conservation efforts and career opportunities.   

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Latino Conservation Week is a collection of events from variety of organizations. Hispanic Access Foundation is only directly responsible for events in which it is listed as a sponsor. 

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