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California 28 June 2023

Lotería Nite

Come out to Satwiwa to celebrate latino cultura!

Saturday July22nd from 7pm -930pm at the Satwiwa Native American Cultural Center.

Play Lotería familia style for a chance to win fun prizes!

The cactus corner will be speaking about youth led cactus scrub restoration, giving out Prickly Pear Agua Fresca and bilingual ethnobotany guides. See how you can get involved with youth programs such as SAMO YOUTH and OYE- Oxnard Young Ecologist!

The bat booth is where folks can play echo-loco, use an iPad and a sonar kit to locate bats near the pond, and pick up bilingual bat guides to feed the fascination.

Create seed pinatas and learn about milkweed the host plant for Monarcas, the Monarch Butterfly.

 

The walk in the dark will start as a sunset hike and move into a sensory experience as the evening progresses. We will highlight changes in animal behaviors, sights, and smells as we walk along.

The scorpion hike will highlight scorpions and their habitat. These creatures have fluorescence that makes them glow when under UV lights, come see it to believe it!

 

Directions and Parking information

Directions to Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: If coming from Ventura, turn right on Lynn Road. If coming from Los Angeles, turn left on Lynn Road.

Turn left on Via Goleta. Continue all the way to a parking lot where the road ends. Search Sycamore Canyon Trailhead online

Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: Walk 0.3-miles up gravel road from the main entrance parking area to brown wooden building (Culture Center).

 

ADA Parking Available near Cultural Center please contact to reserve

 

Additional parking at overflow (.7m away) and equestrian parking (1m away)

 

Parking also available at Wendy Trailhead (.6 m away) search Wendy Trailhead online

 

Walking paths will be lit and guided by volunteers

 

Please contact the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center for more information: 805-370-2301 or by email at: samo_interpretation@nps.gov

Utah 28 June 2023

Ixim, Maize, Corn & Culture

Lej (Handmade Tortillas), Tzijonïk (dialogue), Cosmovisíon Maya (Mayan Worldviews)

This workshop will include a brief introduction to cultural connections to food and the environment. There will be an introduction to Indigenous Mesoamerican perspectives from a highland Maya diaspora perspective on corn, tortillas, creation and the cosmos. More information about our events: https://www.tracyaviaryconservation.org/latino-conservation-week

Utah 28 June 2023

Night at the Aviary / Noche en un Zoológico de Aves

¡¡Celebramos Latino Conservation Week! Una noche GRATIS en Tracy Aviary: tours of bird exhibits, actividades para la familia, and tables by our partner organizations! More information about all our events: https://www.tracyaviaryconservation.org/latino-conservation-week

Utah 28 June 2023

Paddle & Pollinators / Remar el Río

Join Tracy Aviary & the Jordan River Commission for a canoe trip! Learn about environmental conservation and polinizadores with Sageland Collaborative. All gear is provided.

9am: Paseo de Polinizadores/Pollinator Walk with Sageland Collaborative

10am -12pm: Remar el Rio/Paddle the River (registration required for this portion, regístrate para este porción del evento)

New York 28 June 2023

Bilingual Nature Walk

Seneca Park Zoo and Ibero-American Action League invite you to a bilingual nature walk on the El Camino Trail.

Join Seneca Park Zoo Naturalists and Urban Ecologists and discover local nature and wildlife right in your neighborhood. Meet at the Community Resource Center, located at 216 Clifford Avenue.

Families welcome. Refreshments provided. This event is sponsored by JP Morgan Chase.

Arizona 28 June 2023

Community agriculture

Join a group of binational youth transforming an abandoned lot into a urban farm so they can learn about desert adapted food and food security in their community

California 28 June 2023

Descubramos Otay Valley Regional Park

Join us for bike tour while birding on Wednesday, July 19 from 8am to 11 am.

Unete para un recorrido en bicicletas mientras observamos aves, miercoles 19 de julio de 8am a 11am.

California 28 June 2023

Birding + Native Plants

Join us for a native plants maintenance and birding event as we celebrate LCW. Tuesday July 18, 2023 from 8:00 am - 11:00 am.

Unete para un evento de mantenimiento de plantas nativas y observacion de aves mientras celebramos LCW. Martes julio 18 del 2023 de 8:00 am - 11:00 am.

California 28 June 2023

#ConservationCultura

Join us for a nature walk, of approximately 3 miles, on a relatively flat trail in the Marin Headlands - the Tennessee Valley Trail - to enjoy and celebrate Latino Conservation Week on TUESDAY, July 18th from 10am to 1pm! RSVP required! We'll provide yummy treats and snacks!

Please be sure to dress in layers, bring comfortable shoes, and plenty of water.

Latino Conservation Week: Disfrutando y Conservando Nuestra Tierra is an initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation. Latino Conservation Week was created to support the Latino community getting into the outdoors and participating in activities to protect our natural resources.

 

¡Únase a nosotros para una caminata por la naturaleza, de aproximadamente 3 millas, en un sendero relativamente plano en Marin Headlands, el Tennessee Valley Trail, para disfrutar y celebrar la Semana Latina de la Conservación el MARTES 18 de julio de 10 am a 1 pm! RSVP requerido! ¡Ofrecemos golosinas y bocadillos deliciosos!

Asegúrese de vestirse en capas, traer zapatos cómodos y mucha agua.

Semana de Conservación Latina: Disfrutando y Conservando Nuestra Tierra es una iniciativa de Hispanic Access Foundation. La Semana de la Conservación Latina se creó para ayudar a la comunidad latina a salir al aire libre y participar en actividades para proteger nuestros recursos naturales.

California 28 June 2023

Latino Outdoors 10 Year Anniversary Celebration

Join us in community for our 10 year anniversary celebration on Saturday, July 15th from 11am to 2pm the Crissy Field's Courtyard in the Presidio.

In 2013, Latino Outdoors started as a simple blog, in the ten years since, that blog has grown into a movement.

This year we're celebrating resilience, diversity, passion, and culture. We're celebrating a love of nuestra madre tierra and pachamama. We're celebrating the seeds we planted 10 years ago. We're celebrating growth.

We'll have food, music, a fire pit, arts and crafts, piñata, cake, and giveaways! Great for the whole family.

Please complete this Latino Outdoors wavier.

Note on parking: There is free parking and parking that requires payment near our meeting location, please check your order confirmation, and keep an eye out for follow up emails with more details.

Questions: Aurora.Cortes@LatinoOutdoors.Org

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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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