20 April 2023
HEWLETT FOUNDATION BLOG: Investing in Rivers to Revitalize Communities
The Yampa River runs through Craig, Colorado and a community-led revitalization effort is reconnecting residents to it. Already a destination for floating and elk hunting, the new Yampa River Corridor Project will restore the riverway…
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16 April 2023
ABC 7 NY: Tiempo: Unwrapping Latino Advocacy Week
In this episode of Tiempo, we talk to organizers on the results of Latino Advocacy Week. The Hispanic Access Foundation dedicated a week last month to help Latinos become advocates for issues they are passionate…
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31 March 2023
MEDIUM: Continuing the Legacy of César E. Chávez through the Power of Community
“We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community — and this nation.” — César E. Chávez Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights…
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27 March 2023
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Latino Advocacy Week Promotes Environmental Justice
This week, Hispanic environmental advocates are heading to Washington, D.C., from around the country to engage lawmakers on issues affecting us all, like clean air, pristine waters, and the fight against climate change. In California,…
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22 March 2023
NBC NEWS: A Landscape that Generations of Latinos Fought to Preserve is now a National Monument
A historical and ecologically rich swath of land in El Paso was designated a national monument by President Joe Biden on Tuesday. The announcement making Castner Range, an almost 7,000-acre landscape located along the Rio…
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21 March 2023
THE WASHINGTON POST: Biden Sets Protections for a Half-Million Acres in Texas and Nevada
President Biden on Tuesday designated two new national monuments, making nearly 514,000 acres off-limits to development as part of his pledge to protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The president signed…
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