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Celebration of the Cycle of Life at La Milpa de Fresno
On October 29th, 2023, the staff of the Community Owned Food Systems Program (COFS) at the CCEJN, along with community members who are part of our program, opened the doors of our community educational farm to program funders, agency partners, and local community members. The purpose of the event was to celebrate a successful first…
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La Red de Justicia Ambiental organiza la Segunda Feria de Recursos para Trabajadores Agrícolas Migrantes en el Centro de Vivienda Pomona Ranch
Escrito por: Yelisa Ambriz El Centro de Vivienda para Migrantes se asoció recientemente con la Red de Justicia Ambiental de California Central (CCEJN, por sus siglas en inglés) y otras organizaciones para su segunda feria de recursos, destinada a brindar apoyo y recursos cruciales para los trabajadores migrantes. En la feria de recursos, a los…
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CCEJN hosts Second Resource Fair for Migrant Farmwokers at Pomona Ranch Housing Center
Written by Yelisa Ambriz The Migrant Housing Center recently partnered with the Central California Environmental Justice Network (CCEJN) and other organizations for their second resource fair, aimed at providing crucial support and resources for migrant workers. At the resource fair, migrant workers were offered housing support, aid on enrolling in medical services, know your rights…
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Farmworker who labored in extreme California heat died. Family, advocates seeking answers
Read more in Melissa Montalvo’s article at: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article278374474.html#storylink=cpy
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Kaiser Permanente distributes ‘heat resiliency kits’ to Valley farmworkers
Read more in Esther Quintanilla’s article at: https://www.kvpr.org/local-news/2023-09-05/kaiser-permanente-distributes-heat-resiliency-kits-to-valley-farmworkers
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A ticking bomb in Arvin – Lamont: More wells leaking massive amounts of Methane
by Nayamin Martinez Tuesday June 13, 2023, nine community members from various communities met virtually to hear updates about a project that will help them improve the indoor air quality in their homes; but while getting filters for their swamp coolers and air monitors to measure the air quality inside and outside their homes might…
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EL Proyecto de Milpa
CCEJN’s Agroecology Project launches the first of three seed-saving workshops. Over fourteen participants gathered this past Sunday, to learn different seed-saving techniques in a workshop facilitated by Jeanette Acosta, Ethnobotanist and Permaculture Instructor. The afternoon was filled with an amazing and enthusiastic space dedicated to a wonderful and enlightening hand-on seed-saving activity. These seed-saving workshops…
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2023: Opportunities for Disadvantaged Communities
by Nayamin Martinez It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2023 has already ended, but what has not ended are the needs and challenges faced by disadvantaged communities. Which are these communities and why are they called that? What are the challenges, but also the opportunities for these communities? While I am not…
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Pesticide Use in the San Joaquin Valley: Our “right to know” when pesticides are applied
by Nayamin Martinez On November 10th, in a small northern Tulare County town known as Orosi, over a hundred residents from various counties across the San Joaquin Valley gathered to raised their voices and demanded to the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) the right to know full transparency of when pesticides are applied or used.…
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Setback zones from oil and gas were approved. A victory for EJ communities!
by Cesar Aguirre and Nayamin Martinez As Mexicans, we have always celebrated September 16 because it is Mexican’s Independence Day. But September 16, 2022, has a new meaning for us and for other 3 million residents in California. Why? Because Governor Newsom signed into law SB 1137 a bill that will mandate a 3,200-foot setback…
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