MONDAY, MARCH 26

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

HELP PRESERVE OUR PARKS!
California State Capitol, Sacramento

 

Each year, park supporters from throughout the state travel to Sacramento to advocate for the protection and support of California's state parks.  These meetings make a great impact in legislators' support for key park policies and issues. 

 

The California State Parks Foundation's Park Advocacy Day 2007 begins with a kick-off orientation. Afterward, participants begin meeting in small groups with legislators and other policymakers at the Capitol. At the end of the day, park advocates can attend the Legacy Awards Reception, honoring legislators who have demonstrated commitment to the protection and enhancement of state parks.

 

Participating in Park Advocacy Day is meaningful, fun, and most of all, easy!  To hook up with the LEJ delegation, call Patrick Rump, 415 282 6840.

 

GET YOUR FRUIT AND VEGGIES

FROM FRONT DOOR FARMS!
Free Samples--
SATURDAY, MARCH 24

12 PM - 2 PM

Alice Griffith Opportunity Center Community Day

Fitzgerald Ave. & Griffith St.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

10 AM - 2 PM

Lowell High School Health Fair

1101 Eucalyptus Dr.

and

4:30 PM - 8 PM

Children's Council of SF Nutrition Night

Mission Dolores HS

3321 16th St. 

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 31

11 AM - 3 PM

Bayview Child Health Center Grand Opening

1335 Evans Ave.

 

Come support LEJ youth in their fresh foods micro-enterprise!  Last fall we launched this youth-run mobile business to serve the Bayview Hunters Point community with healthy and affordable produce.  We also offer home and worksite delivery of fresh produce, delivering a box to your doorstep once a week for a fixed price.  Call the FDF direct line at 415.831.6331, email Front Door Farms Coordinator Carlos Julio Gonzalez, or come by our weekly farm stand sites this spring:

Mondays 2:30-5:30pm--Bret Harte Elementary School, 1035 Gilman Ave.
Tuesdays 2:30-5:30pm--Malcolm X Elementary School, 350 Harbor Rd.

Fridays 2:30-5:30pm--Gloria R. Davis College Prep, 1195 Hudson Ave.

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 7

10 AM - 2 PM 

CANDLESTICK PARK WORKDAY

Come help in LEJ's "Plants Gone Wild" nursery, growing native plant stock for restoration projects in Candlestick Park and Heron's Head Park. Wear appropriate clothing; gloves and tools provided.  All ages welcome.  For more information, contact Nursery Manager Patrick Rump. 

 

The nursery is at 1050 Carroll Ave. (Ranger Station); take Muni #29 to the Gilman Playground stop.  Follow Gilman toward the stadium and make a left on Aurelious Walker, which loops around and becomes Carroll St.

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 

11 AM - 3 PM 

THE PEOPLE'S EARTHDAY
India Basin Shoreline Park, Evans & Hunters Point Blvd.

For the seventh year, Bayview Hunters Point will come out to celebrate a healthy environment and community on the People's Earthday at India Basin Shoreline Park.  This year we have a lot to celebrate--the PG&E plant, which has polluted the neighborhood for all these years, was closed in 2006 and is finally coming down.

The highlight of this year's event will be the LEJ youth leaders premiering their new theater production, "East Side Story,"  using music, spoken word and fun to educate the community about the problems that are going on--food security, open space, effects of tobacco, and cleaning up the toxic legacy of Bayview Hunters Point--and how the LEJ youth are here to help make things right, inspiring more people to  join our efforts in fighting for our environmental justice rights.

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 28 

1 PM - 4 PM 

YOSEMITE SLOUGH CLEANUP
 
Prevent pollution from entering the Bay! LEJ is partnering with Save the Bay, Candlestick State Park, California State Park Foundation, and NorCal Waste Management on a community workday to pick up trash from Yosemite Slough, just north of Candlestick Park.  This area is a real trash hot spot needing special attention; a few hours of your time will make a positive impact on the health of the Bay and the animals that live in it. Gloves, bags and water are provided.   Families are welcome. 

 

RSVP requested: this helps us plan equipment and staff for the day.  You can RSVP at www.savesfbay.org/bayevents, bayevents@saveSFbay.org, or 510.452.9261.  We will meet at the corner of Griffith and Thomas St. 

 

Save the Date:
Saturday, May 5:  Candlestick Park Workday

Saturday, May 12:  Heron's Head Park Workday

Literacy for Environmental Justice is an environmental education and youth empowerment organization created specifically to address the ecological and health concerns of Bayview Hunters Point and the surrounding communities of southeast San Francisco.  You can make a donation to LEJ by clicking here.