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“Food Shelter and a Place to Stand / Community Land Trust Overview,” by Alan Ridley & Jeff Green

Service Video This will be a PowerPoint-supported talk about the importance of LAND—a very Biblical topic. We all need access to land and the fruits it provides to SURVIVE. Yet the importance of land in our lives is not often well understood nor greatly appreciated. Affordable housing is an emerging and increasingly urgent need in … Continue reading “Food Shelter and a Place to Stand / Community Land Trust Overview,” by Alan Ridley & Jeff Green

“LGBT Rights: We Will Not Go Back!,” by Rev. Dr. Michael Boblett

Service Video These are frightening times. What we are seeing and hearing – who could have foreseen it? There were warnings, but they went mostly unheard. So I have two messages that may seem contradictory. First: please do not be naïve. Second: please do not despair. Naïveté and despair have this in common: they prevent … Continue reading “LGBT Rights: We Will Not Go Back!,” by Rev. Dr. Michael Boblett

“Two Friends, Three Cousins, One Poem: Anti-Asian Hate,” by Dr. Deborah Wong

Service Video Asian American responses to anti-Asian hate range from silence to flight, self-defense, and organizing. Dr. Deborah Wong reflects on the recent surge of anti-Asian violence in the US by sharing what my friends and family have said to me when we are in spaces of Asian American safety, and I will show how … Continue reading “Two Friends, Three Cousins, One Poem: Anti-Asian Hate,” by Dr. Deborah Wong

“Sharing Miracles Through Human Relations,” by Tanya Flores & Daisy Valdovinos

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Project CHELA (Children Helping Each Other Learn & Achieve) Sow & Grow Education is an innovative 501 C-3 non-profit organization that has served at-risk communities in southern California for 18 years. 50% of CHELA children have special needs. Based in Chino, Project CHELA Sow & Grow works with regional center services, faith-based and other outreach … Continue reading “Sharing Miracles Through Human Relations,” by Tanya Flores & Daisy Valdovinos

“Why Unions Matter and How to Support Them,” by Jerry Mead Lucero

I hear it all the time. Statements like… “I guess unions were once good and helped people out, but they’re unnecessary today”, or “unions just protect workers who don’t want to work”, or “those union bosses just want your dues money, that’s all they care about.” I am sure you can come up with at … Continue reading “Why Unions Matter and How to Support Them,” by Jerry Mead Lucero