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New Plant-Based Recipe Booklet From Food Empowerment Project NEW PLANT-BASED RECIPE BOOKLET FROM FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT BRINGS RICH FILIPINO FOOD TRADITIONS TO THE VEGAN WORLD...
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:31AM
New Music Alert: The Latest Empowerment Anthem From Reina & Apollo There's new music from emerging artists Reina & Apollo!...
Posted: Mon Nov 9, 2020 5:43PM
Gavin Newsom: Cash Incentives for Snitching on Cops All cops are bad cops; until all cops are willing to blow the whistle on internal, systemic corruption....
Posted: Sat Nov 7, 2020 3:06PM
Green Party and Peace & Freedom Party Endorsements Here is info on endorsements by the Green Party and the Peace & Freedom Party for President, for the State Propositions, and for local races and measures:...
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:07AM
Beto, El Escritor de las cartas de los Braceros The Bracero Program, based upon a U.S.-Mexico Treaty imported
Mexican laborers for year-long contract during WWII. My father came to the California San Joaquin Valley Southern Pacific RR....
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:19AM
Green Voter Guide paper and online versions Here is info about Voter Guides and endorsements by the Green Parties of Alameda, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties:...
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:46PM
During apocalyptic fires, elected officials called on Newsom to declare state of emergency Climate change created drought conditions and tinder box forests yet California remains a top oil producer adding to greenhouse gas emissions....
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2020 3:03PM
In CA, Latino farming communities hardest by COVID-19 and environmental injustice The California Latino community has been disproportionately infected by the coronavirus. Latinos make up 39 percent of the population in the state, but account for 56 percent of COVID-19 infections and 46 percent of deaths. That’s three times the rate as Whites. State officials say, many employers have not reliably provided protective equipment to workers or implemented social distancing or mask wearing rules. This is systemic racism. Too often, they live in neighborhoods that are located ne...
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:23PM
Green Party local, state, and national Endorsements In addition to the San Francisco Green Party and the Green Party of Alameda County endorsements that are listed below, the Green Party of Santa Clara County endorsements can be found here: https://sccgreens.org/elections/2020-nov-voter-guide...
Posted: Tue Oct 6, 2020 3:56PM
Fighting Fire With Fire: What Tribal People Know About Forest Ecosystems In more than 20 years of living in Southern California, I have never been in a potential fire evacuation zone—until now. The entire state is seemingly on fire with a record-breaking 2 million acres already burned this year alone, with months to go before the end of fire season. The situation is so dire that the state’s fire officials are warning they “simply do not have enough resources to fully fight and contain every fire.”...
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:13PM
Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month by Going Vegan By enjoying some vegan albondigas this month, you’ll do more for the Latinx community than you may realize. Food Empowerment Project is encouraging everyone to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month by going vegan with their help....
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:35PM
9/14/20 Trump Fund Raises in Cal While Learning of Fire Damage On 9/14/20, Republican Trump plans to land in Sacramento to be briefed on fire damage which has caused most of us to choke on the smoke for 28 days. Since he is cutting his staff's salaries, this can only be a fundraising trip to a wealthy state where he has no chance of winning Electoral College votes. See https://abc7news.com/trump-to-visit-fire-ravaged-california-monday/6420211/...
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:12AM
Another {attempted} Power Grab By Pacifica Corporatizers! KPFA members:
Don't Sign The Petition At Pacifica To Corporatize The Bylaws!
- From the Pacifica National Board Chair...
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:44AM
Pass AB 1436 to stop evictions and foreclosures This is the short version of a request sent via email from Tenants Together, a statewide renters support group to pass legislation to protect tenants and homeowners survive this crisis without losing their homes....
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:22PM
California Needs More Renewables Online to Match the Demands of Fire Season If California had more renewables online to match the demands of fire season the state would be combating greenhouse gasses that fuel extreme temperatures. Gov. Brown failed to do so, no Gov. Newsom appears to be doing the same....
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:21PM
Misguided Housing Bill Bans Single-Family Zoning Forever A fundamentally flawed housing bill, Senate Bill 1120, is quietly fast-tracking through the State legislature. The bill is an unprecedented taking of local planning powers that hands county, city and community decision-making directly to market-rate and luxury housing developers. Worse still, the bill could ruin treasured single-family neighborhoods....
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:52AM
65% of California homes are single family homes Fighting single family homes is like fighting the Post Office.
Political Suicide. Let the Governor know how you feel about protecting your home regardless of who owns it....
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:16PM
Leaking Fossil Fuel Wells: An Economic, Health, and Climate Crisis Leaking oil and gas wells in California are a health, economic, and climate crisis. The government needs to hold fossil fuel companies responsible to protect their citizens....
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:07AM
Stimulus spending to promote clean energy as a vehicle for environmental justice Issues of environmental justice have been highlited in recent events, and it is high time that the nation take action. Minorities are disproportionately affected by Coronavirus, an issue which is exacerbated by environmental injustice. Low interest rates make the current hour opportune for clean energy stimulus spending, which would serve the state where fossil fuels have failed....
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:34AM
Shark vs. Human: Who Is More Dangerous? Washington, DC, August 10, 2020 — As Shark Week kicks off this week, more than 200 restaurants across the United States and Canada are exacerbating the rapid decline in shark species by continuing to serve an expensive soup made from their butchered fins....
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:33PM