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Flint, California: More Californians Lack Safe & Affordable Drinking Water Than The Entire Population of Flint, Michigan
Our California Water Program Manager, Jennifer Clary, moderated a well-attended breakout session at the Green California Summit in Sacramento this morning on "Funding Safe and Affordable Drinking Water."
The problem being discussed: There are more residents in California whose drinking water standards are failing than the entire population of Flint, Michigan.
You can take action here now to join us in making the call for the state to create a fund to address the problem.
Max Gomberg from the State Water Resources Council, which last week released a map showing the 300 communities in
Remémbrense — In Memory of Helen Fabela Chavez, 1928 to 2016
On June 6, 2016 we said goodbye to Helen Fabela Chavez, a first generation Mexican American, wife, mother, activist, union bookkeeper and visionary, born in Brawley, California.
Not much is known or documented about women activists in the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA). History rarely cites the contributions of the mujeres, esposas, hijas, hermanas, and tias, contributors who led the grape boycott and kept the home fires burning. One thing we do know: Without Helen at his side, Cesar Chavez could not have fulfilled his dream of a union to serve farm laborers.
Helen Chavez played a