When it comes to your health, your zip code is more important than your genetic code. Place matters for health because where you live determines how you live – whether you have access to healthy food, quality jobs, affordable housing, and high performing schools, and so forth. Place also shapes your sense of belonging, particularly for children. Neighborhood conditions can affirm […]
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Hundreds of Angelenos Turn Up For Street Vendor Summit
On Friday, March 22, hundreds of local street vendors filled the cafeteria and classrooms of Los Angeles Trade Technical College, as we co-hosted the first Street Vendor Summit since Los Angeles legalized street vending! Alongside our partners Leadership for Urban Renewal Network (LURN), Los Angeles Food Policy Council (LAFPC), and Public Counsel, we led vendors from across LA County through several workshops on […]
Casa Del Mexicano Music & Art Classes
Join us for our youth and family friendly, FREE MUSIC & ARTS CLASSES starting March 4 through May 9 from 4pm – 6pm. MONDAYS: Mural Painting TUESDAYS: Colombian Percussion & Dance WEDNESDAYS: Mariachi Guitar THURSDAY: Jarana and Zapateado Dance All activities held at Casa Del Mexicano, 2900 Calle Pedro Infante, Boyle Heights, CA 90063. Contact: Quetzal Flores, qflores@elacc.org or 323-863-8036
Exercising Cultural Vitality with Compose LA
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, ELACC was proud to present an exercise in Cultural Vitality at Self Help Graphics & Art to showcase the importance of cultural practices in our fight against gentrification and displacement. As part of the Compose LA music and ideas festival, our own Director of Cultural Vitality Quetzal Flores and UCLA Professor and author Gaye Theresa Johnson […]
NPR: Some Groups In L.A. Are Turning To Community Land Trusts For Affordable Housing
Originally published by NPR A one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles is unaffordable for many residents. That’s why we’re trying another approach to build permanently affordable housing: community land trusts. NPR reports on our innovative work below. Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The housing crunch in Los Angeles is so dire that many residents can’t afford even a one-bedroom apartment. Some […]
Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign Joins “Tacos For Teachers”
In the midst of the historic LA public school teachers strike, the Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign has joined forces with an initiative called “Tacos for Teachers,” which has raised over $30,000 to bring tacos to picket lines and actions across the city. Just weeks after street vending was officially legalized on Jan. 1 — marking an important victory for […]
The Eastside Adventures of Tammy Tamal de Dulce
This Holiday Season, spread our love of the Eastside with the story of Tammy Tamal — an East LA local who goes on an adventure through her neighborhood to learn about how to fight gentrification in the community. Read along and help her collect shapes to build her toolkit of resistance, love, critical thinking and action! “The Adventures of Tammy […]
Letter From Our President: Reflections on 10 Years of the LA Street Vending Campaign
Dear Friends, This past week has been a whirlwind of action and emotions. Just seven days ago we were at City Council for the historic vote to legalize street vending in the City of Los Angeles through a permit process. For our team here at ELACC, this is a powerful milestone in the formation of a street vendor movement. In 2008, […]
A Decade of Advocacy: Looking Back on the Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign & Toward a More Inclusive Economy
This week, the Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign reaches a major milestone: the Los Angeles City Council will vote on Wednesday to finally adopt either a permit system or regulatory system — or even a hybrid of both — leading to the legalization of sidewalk vending within the City of LA! For us here at East LA Community Corporation and […]
Use Your Vote – November 6th
There is a lot at stake on November 6. We will be voting on ballot initiatives that impact affordable housing, access to clean water, schools, healthcare, roads and other public services. We will decide who will represent us at the federal, state, and local levels. Our communities will have a powerful voice this election on the future of our state […]
