Mujeres de la Tierra

part·ner·ship (pärt nr-shp) n.

1.  the state of being a partner; participation

2.  the relationship of partners; joint interest; association

3.  a relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal.

Mujeres de la Tierra recognizes the importance of partnerships in finding lasting solutions to issues facing our communities.

Eco Tribe

Founded in 2008 by Jade Lockhart, Eco Tribe is a 501(c)3 dedicated to building and sustaining healthy communities (villages) through the empowerment of youth, promoting cultural diversity and eco-involvement. Eco Tribe aims to involve underserved youth in community-based activities to participate in the design, planning, and implementation of sustainable communities (eco-villages). 

http://ecotribe.us/

The National Latino Children's Institute

The National Latino Children’s Institute (NLCI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to focus the nation’s attention on Latino children and empower communities for the full and healthy development of young Latinos in a culturally relevant environment. Founded in 1997, it is the only national Latino organization with a primary focus on children.NLCI has as its foundation the National Latino Children’s Agenda, a statement of principles essential for the healthy development of Latino children. It was developed in 1994 by 48 national organizations and endorsed by hundreds of individuals and organizations since then.

The City Project

The mission of The City Project is to achieve equal justice, democracy, and livability by influencing the investment of public resources to achieve results that are equitable, enhance human health and the environment, and promote economic vitality for all communities.

http://cityprojectca.org/

Community Health Councils, Inc.

Community Health Councils (CHC) is a non-profit community-based health promotion, advocacy and policy organization. CHC was established in 1992 in response to the growing healthcare crisis. Our mission is to improve health and increase access to quality healthcare for uninsured, under-resourced and underserved populations. CHC works to strengthen community participation in defining state and local policies that impact healthcare access and quality and to increase access for uninsured, economically-disadvantaged and underserved populations.

http://www.chc-inc.org/index.cfm

Coalition for Clean Air

The Coalition for Clean Air is committed to restoring clean, healthy air to all of California and strengthening the environmental movement by promoting broad-based community involvement, advocating responsible public policy and providing technical expertise.

http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/

The Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance

The Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance (GBHA) is a working group within the Community Health Councils (CHC), that consists of neighbors and homeowners associations from neighborhoods that flank the Baldwin Hills Oil Fields, united in their goal to ensure that the new regulations regarding the oil fields are the best possible.

http://www.chc-inc.org/chcRegionalLB.cfm

Trust for Public Land

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national, nonprofit, land conservation organization that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic sites, rural lands, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come.

http://www.tpl.org/

Rivers and Mountains Conservancy

The San Gabriel and Lower Los
Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy was created by the California legislature in 1999. They are one of nine conservancies within the California Resources Agency. Their mission is to preserve open space and habitat in order to provide for low-impact recreation and educational uses, wildlife habitat restoration and protection, and watershed improvements within our jurisdiction. Their territory covers eastern Los Angeles County and western Orange County. This vast and varied area includes mountains, valleys, rivers, coastal plain, and coastline.

http://www.rmc.ca.gov/

Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio

The Alianza formed in 2005 when its leaders decided that the development of the L.A. River was a symbolic and literal convergence of a myriad of issues confronting L.A.’s Latino population. To be left out of the discussion was to be left high and dry, as the river shifts directions into the future. Instead, the Alianza, which includes The City Project at the Center for Law in the Public Interest, the Anahuak Youth Soccer Association, Mujeres de la Tierra, and the William C. Velásquez Institute, has spearheaded river meetings and community outreach that is growing into a comprehensive new platform of urban Latino environmentalism. Part legal strategy, part organizing principle, this “green movement en español” has put people--immigrants and poor people, mostly--at the center of an issue traditionally focused on flora and fauna.

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/alianza/index.php/Home

It was 1985, and a handful of people learned that the City of Los Angeles was dumping barely treated sewage into Santa Monica Bay. They learned that the pollution from sewage and storm drains had led to a decrease in the number and quality of fish in the Bay, dolphins that had reproductive problems and were full of tumors, a large patch of the bottom of the Bay was essentially lifeless, and people who swam and surfed in the Bay complained about infections and other illnesses. This handful of people, led by founding president Dorothy Green, got angry and they got organized. Heal the Bay was born.

http://www.healthebay.org/