posted Dec 16, 2011 12:33 PM by Sissy Trinh
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updated Dec 16, 2011 12:36 PM
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SEACA is turning 10-years old and will be celebrating with an 8-course banquet dinner at Empress Pavilion. More details to come soon.. |
posted Nov 19, 2011 11:54 PM by Sissy Trinh
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updated Nov 19, 2011 11:55 PM
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SEACA's Youth Organizers Program got a great profile in Hector Tobar's column for the Los Angeles Times about how a group of Southeast Asian American teens take on City Hall with the goal of improving their families' lives.
"All that we're asking for in our community are jobs that you can feed your family with, a home that you can live in and a place with air to breathe that doesn't kill you," Brandon told me.
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posted Nov 19, 2011 11:30 PM by Sissy Trinh
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updated Nov 19, 2011 11:57 PM
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Support SEACA by bidding on our online auction for the holidays! Avoid the hassle of the mall and bid on items including Dodgers tickets, gift certificates to local restaurants and bakeries, original art, and other cool items! The auction closes Dec. 8th.
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posted Jul 27, 2011 3:43 PM by Samuel Sukaton
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updated Jul 27, 2011 3:50 PM
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GOOD NEWS from the Lincoln Heights Community Garden!
Learn. Plant. Grow. Build Community.
We are raffling off 15 beds to the public on August 2nd @ 5PM!
If folks are interested in entering the raffle, please contact us for the application.
The contract is
for a year and it'll be $5/month or $60/year.
Beginner, intermediate, and advance gardeners are welcome!
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posted Jul 13, 2011 4:32 PM by Diane Valencia
posted Jun 30, 2011 12:08 PM by Sissy Trinh
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updated Jun 30, 2011 12:14 PM
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Our students may be on summer break, but we here at SEACA definitely haven't been. What is normally a slower time of year for us has in fact been busier than ever ... click here to read more
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posted May 12, 2011 1:51 PM by Diane Valencia
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updated May 12, 2011 2:13 PM
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On Sunday, May 1, SEACA got together with a few other community organizations to march in downtown LA's annual May Day event for worker and immigrant rights. Check out our slideshow below.
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posted Feb 1, 2011 12:35 PM by Samuel Sukaton
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updated Feb 1, 2011 1:01 PM
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FREE Cooking & Gardening Classes
SEACA is starting another season of cooking and gardening classes in the Lincoln Heights Community Garden! This season's workshops will focus on different aspects of food justice, environmental justice, and farm workers' rights - all while learning how to cook and grow delicious, quick, and healthy meals! SEACA provides food and materials at no cost to members who participate.
The first session of cooking classes will run from February 8th until March 29th.
The first session of gardening classes will run from April 5th until summer harvest.
JOIN US FOR A NEW SEASON OF LEARNING AND GROWTH.
Lincoln Heights Community Garden2449 Sichel Street (x Altura) Los Angeles, CA 90031 (213) 628-8667
For safety reasons, we welcome everyone 10 and up. |
posted Jan 11, 2011 12:50 PM by Diane Valencia
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updated Feb 1, 2011 12:56 PM by Samuel Sukaton
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(Originally posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010)After attending a public hearing on the environmental impact of CASP
on November 16, 2011, the Youth Organizers (with help from SEACA
staff and local experts) came up with comments and concerns regarding
the potential environmental, socioeconomic, and political impacts of the
project.
The following is what was
submitted to Claire Bowin at the Department of City Planning and Pauline
Lewicki at the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA) on December 15,
2011:
Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA) 970 N. Broadway Suite 209 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 628-8667, tam@seaca-la.org
December 15, 2010
Claire Bowin Department of City Planning 200 N. Spring Street, Room 721 Los Angeles, CA 90012 claire.bowin@lacity.org
Pauline Lewicki Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA/LA) 1200 West 7th Street, Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90017 plewicki@cra.lacity.org
Comments on Cornfields Arroyo Seco Specific Plan
- Scoping and Public Participation
- Provide more outreach to the community surrounding CASP. The
Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA) went door-to-door to
residents near the Lincoln Heights/Cypress Metro stop and found that
residents did not get the notice for the Public Scoping Meeting held on
November 16, 2010. The means in which the flyers were distributed may
not be the most effective. Door-to-door knocking, tabling at events, and
announcement at local schools may increase public participation.
- Need more public input in scoping process. Should increase participation at meetings by at least 50 more community members.
- All materials need to be translated to simplified Chinese, Spanish,
and Vietnamese. Materials need to be written at a 4th grade reading
level.
- All meetings should provide interpretation in all languages listed above (translation for Chinese should be in Cantonese).
- Report of how public comments during Scoping Meetings gets addressed in EIR.
- Transparency of the process leading up to the draft EIR that is scheduled to come out in May 2010.
- At least one SEACA staff and 1-2 youth to be part of the Community Advisory Committee
- Request for public meeting to be held every 5-6 weeks to update residents and community members on progress of EIR
- Air Quality
- Health Impact Assessment to see how pollution / dust / noise / traffic from this project will affect residents
- Hot spot analysis of emissions given off by the I-5, US101 and 110 for new residents in CASP area
- More trees planted in congested areas, especially near sites of construction
- More designated no smoking areas
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Add mitigation measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Hazards and Hazardous Materials
- List of potentially hazardous materials and their health effects
- No affordable housing, parks, or schools constructed on top of areas known to have hazardous materials
- Land Use/Planning
- Noise
- Construction: working hours of 9AM – 5PM only
- Operation: working hours of 9AM – 5PM only
- Population / Housing
- Socio-economic report to define what is “affordable” for the
community and to compare current population to expected future
population
- Affordable housing should target people in the 40-60% AMI
- More than 50% affordable housing for the already existing community within the ½ mile radius of project area
- Priority of new affordable housing to the existing community
- Affordable home ownership (if condominiums are built for sale) and home ownership education programs
- Need permission from residents/tenants for transfer
- No art studio lofts replacing affordable housing
- Installation of solar panels for new buildings
- Public Services
- Report that compares the existing services with the planned project
- Recreation
- Currently not enough accessible parks, need more active
recreation parks and recreational centers near residential areas with
adequate staffing to ensure park safety
- To be built 1000 ft or beyond from freeways
- Parks less than 5 acres, big parks are rarely used by residents
- Recreational centers should include green space, playgrounds for
children, tables for elderly, and a variety of sports facilities such as
tennis, basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball, fitness classes, etc.
- More community gardens for residents to grow fruits / vegetables, targeting low-income renters and SNAP eligible residents
- More trash cans and recycle bins. If trash can contains ashtray, place high and away from accessibility of children
- Additional comments
- Requesting economic analysis report for financial feasibility and impact for existing businesses
- Protect existing job base and prioritize new jobs that provide
living wages; provide adequate labor standards enforcement to ensure
jobs meet legal health & safety requirements and do not engage in
wage theft.
- Provide airport style benefits (which includes living wage, health care, dental, and vision)
- Employment of 60% from local area defined as Lincoln Heights, Boyle
Heights, Highland Park, Cypress Park, Solano Canyon, and Chinatown
- Jobs training, job placement assistance, and vocational ESL classes
to benefit area for jobs that provide economic mobility opportunities
and living wages.
- Mitigate and compensate adverse effects on businesses
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posted Jan 11, 2011 12:49 PM by Diane Valencia
(Originally posted on Friday, November 19, 2010)It's been awhile since we've sent out an update and hopefully we'll be
better at sharing our good news in the new year. But in the meanwhile,
here's a short summary of what's been going on in Chinatown:
- The Rise Up! arts program just held their retreat at Pomona
College last weekend. 9 students went and had such a great time
immediately made all the other students who weren't able to attend
jealous. Lots of funny stories and team building
- 20 students went door to door to outreach for our campaign to build stronger, healthier communities.
- 7 Youth Organizers participated in a public hearing on the
environmental impact of the CASP redevelopment proposal. Among issues
they brought up: concern about the possibility that the plan may push
out low-income families and the building of parks next to freeways
- We just got accepted to poster at the Active Living Research
Conference in San Diego in February and will be bringing some of the
Youth Organizers with us to the Conference and to submit an article for a
special paper on Health Disparities in the AAPI community that will be
published by the Kellogg Foundation and the Asian Pacific Islander
American Health Forum.
And lastly, we're holding our Holiday Party on Dec. 4, 2010, 5-8pm @
the Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights. Everyone's welcome but
please RSVP so that we don't run out of food!
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