Richmond Leadership Academy, June 2025
(Full Event Details) You’re invited to join Communities for a Better Environment for our 2025 Richmond Leadership Academy! This academy will create a new wave of community organizers and advocates empowered with knowledge about environmental justice and environmental racism in Richmond.
ACADEMY SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 5: Know your History, Know Yourself
Friday, June 6: Environmental Racism + Environmental justice 101
Saturday, June 7: Toxic Tour
Thursday, June 12: Just Transition pt. 1
Friday, June 13: Organizing 101 + Just Transition pt. 2
Saturday, June 14: Watershed Field Trip + Picnic
Friday, June 20: Graduation
Academia de Liderazgo de Richmond, junio del 2025
¡Te invitamos a unirte a nuestra Academia de Liderazgo de Richmond del 2025! Esta academia creará una nueva generación de organizadores y defensores comunitarios, empoderados con conocimientos sobre justicia ambiental y racismo ambiental en Richmond.
HORARIO DE LA ACADEMIA
Jueves, 5 de junio: Conoce tu historia, Conócese a ti mismo
Viernes, 6 de junio: Racismo Ambiental + Justicia Ambiental 101
Sábado, 7 de junio: Tour tóxico
Jueves, 12 de junio: Transición Justa Parte 1
Viernes, 13 de junio: Organización Comunitaria 101 + Transición Justa Parte 2
Sábado, 14 de junio: Excursión a la cuenca y picnic
Viernes, 20 de junio: Graduación
LA County: Tenant Rights Workshop & Legal Clinic, Friday, May 2nd, 5-8pm
(Full Event Details) Join our Tenant Legal Workshops! Are you having problems with your landlord? Are you being harassed? Do you want to know what your protections are? ¡Únase a nuestro taller legal! ¿Tiene problemas con su arrendador? ¿Estás siendo acosado? ¿Quieres saber cuáles son tus protecciones?
Friday, May 2nd, 5-8pm
Bell Gardens Veteran’s Park
6662 Loveland St, Bell Gardens, CA 90201
Los Angeles: Tenant Legal Workshops, Thursdays, May 8 & 22 + June 5 & 26, 2025 at 5-7pm
(Full Event Details) Join our Tenant Legal Workshops! Are you having problems with your landlord? Are you being harassed? Do you want to know what your protections are? ¡Únase a nuestro taller legal! ¿Tiene problemas con su arrendador? ¿Estás siendo acosado? ¿Quieres saber cuáles son tus protecciones?
Registrate en stayhousedla.org/es
East Oakland Castlemont Farm Volunteer Day, April 27, 2025, 10am-1pm
(Full Event Details) Join us at Castlemont High School’s organic 1-acre farm in Deep East Oakland for a volunteer day to love on the land! Snacks and drinks will be provided. Bring a hat, sunscreen, comfortable shoes and a water bottle.
Castlemont Farm Día de Servicio, domingo, 27 de abril de 2025, 10am-1pm
¡Únete a nosotros en la granja de la preparatoria Castlemont en East Oakland para cuidar la tierra! Se ofrecerán bocadillos y bebidas. ¡Trae sombrero, protector solar, zapatos cómodos y una botella de agua!
Richmond Member Meeting: CARE & Resilience Kit Making, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 6:30-8:00pm
(Full Event Details) CARE stands for Climate Adaptation & Resiliency Enhancement. Join CBE in Richmond — online or in-person — to learn about our work to support frontline communities in developing climate resilience and solutions.
In this session, we will discuss the main climate threats Californians must prepare for. Folks who are able to join us in person will create Resilience Kits that will be distributed as a part of our mutual aid efforts. We hope to see you there!
WHAT: Richmond Member Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, April 23, 6:30-8:00pm
WHERE: 340 Marina Way, Richmond, CA or on zoom via bit.ly/cbe0423
As always, translation, food, transportation, and childcare (upon request) will be provided.
CBE/CBE Action Statewide Member Virtual Meeting April 13, 2025, 5:30-7pm
(Full Event Details) April Membership Meeting: Earth Day, AB617, Wellness, and Political Landscape of SELA.
Spring is here, and so is our April Membership Meeting! This month, we honor Earth Day as a time to reaffirm our fight for environmental justice and liberation! Last year, our East Oakland members used Earth Day to uplift the voices of incarcerated people, recognizing that those behind bars are on the frontlines of environmental racism and the climate crisis. From occupied Palestine, to the Bay, to LA mass incarceration is deeply connected to environmental harm! Register here: bit.ly/cbeaction
In addition, we will take a deep dive into AB617, a California law aimed at reducing toxic air pollution in frontline communities. Poor air quality is a public health crisis, contributing to respiratory illnesses, cancer, and strokes, disproportionately harming children and elders. AB617 provides funding and community-led solutions to address this crisis—join us to learn the harms of air pollution and how you can take action by joining an AB617 Steering Committee!
We will turn inward, focusing on our emotional wellness as we continue this important work. Together, we will explore tools for grounding and healing, including a guided breathing exercise and accessible wellness resources to help us return to our bodies and mend our spirits.
Finally, we are launching a political education series to strengthen civic engagement across the communities we serve. This month, we will focus on Southeast Los Angeles, breaking down its political landscape, upcoming elections, current representation, and ways to build power locally!
Reunion Estatal de Miembros de CBE Acción-13 de abril de 2025, 5:30-7pm
Inscríbete: bit.ly/cbeaction
Este mes, celebramos el Día de la Tierra como un momento para reafirmar nuestra lucha por la justicia y la liberación ambiental. Analizaremos a fondo cómo la ley AB617 puede proteger nuestra salud de la contaminación tóxica, exploraremos herramientas para conectar con la tierra y sanar, ¡y mucho más!
Los Angeles: Webinar- From Smoke to Solutions, March 27, 5:30pm-7pm
(Full Event Details) The STAND-LA Coalition has a number of exciting opportunities coming up to engage in the campaign to end neighborhood oil drilling throughout the City of Los Angeles!
Join us on March 27th at 5:30 PM for a webinar entitled “From Smoke to Solutions: Neighborhood Oil Drilling and Climate Disasters in LA”. Participants will learn about the issue of neighborhood oil drilling, the connection between local oil drilling and the recent LA wildfires, and about what the LA City Council can do this year to end this toxic practice!
The panel of experts includes:
- Ashley Hernandez – Youth Organizer at Communities for a Better Environment
- Maya Golden-Krasner: Deputy Director and Senior Attorney at the Climate Law Institute, Center for Biological Diversity
- Bhavna Shamasunder – Professor & Mellichamp Chair at UC Santa Barbara
- Moderated by Rabeya Sen – Director of Policy at Esperanza Community Housing
You can register for the webinar here or at bit.ly/STANDwebinar!
In the meantime, please sign our petition calling for the LA City Council to end neighborhood oil drilling in the City of Los Angeles and re-pass the phaseout ordinance that was struck down by a judge last year!
CBE/CBE Action Statewide Member Virtual Meeting February 23, 2025, 5:30-7pm
(Full Event Details) Join Communities for a Better Environment & CBE Action for our February statewide meeting to honor Black EJ leaders who have been at the forefront of environmental justice movements. We will share their stories of combatting environmental racism and the unequal vulnerabilities they face – pollution, unsafe drinking water and toxic land – while also paving the way to safety and liberation.
We’ll also share updates from Oakland’s upcoming special election season and explore ways to apply lessons to municipal races statewide, while focusing on engaging communities most impacted by environmental issues to make sure our leaders are accountable and trustworthy.
Finally, hear from past Congreso participants who lobbied in Sacramento for Environmental Justice and learn how you can join this year! It’s never too late to start planning for a trip to visit our state capital and make your voices heard. Together, in Sacramento, we will push for progressive legislation that will improve the quality of our lives and take strides towards a Just Transition.
CBE Presents: Black History, Resilience, and Legacy in Richmond, Entire month of February, Thursday- Sunday, 1-4pm
(Full Event Details) Richmond Black History Exhibit Open All of February OPEN NOW: FREE! A free, public, community-sourced exhibit exploring the history and legacy of radical Black activism in Richmond and North Richmond!
Open all February, Thursdays through Sundays, from 1-4 PM
Where: Richmond Museum of History & Culture400 Nevin Ave, Richmond, CA 94801
RSVP HERE for our Closing Reception on February 22
Wilmington: “District 15” Film Screening, February 27th, 2025, 5:30pm-8pm
(Full Event Details) Join us for an evening with community as we gather to watch our documentary, “District 15” that we created in partnership with Patagonia. Save the date for February 27th, 2025 and spread the love!
This documentary highlights the the fight to end neighborhood oil drilling and we are happy to announce that we will finally be able to screen it in Wilmington! We hope to see you there!
Acompañenos para una Noche de Cine Comunitario GRATIS de la película “District 15” – un documental que sigue a jóvenes activistas de Comunidades por un medio ambiente mejor (CBE) y su lucha para poner fin a la perforación petrolera en Wilmington.
¡Disfrute de comida gratis y entretenimiento en vivo mientras nos reunimos para celebrar la resiliencia y la esperanza de nuestra comunidad!
Reserve su lugar: https://bit.ly/district15film
JUEVES 27 DE FEBRERO DE 2025 5:30- 8:00PM
1371 Eubank Ave, Wilmington , CA 90744 US
*¡Comida, rifa y recursos GRATIS! Si no puedes asistir pero quieres apoyar nuestro trabajo, ¡haz una donación en www.cbecal.org/donate!