A quinceañera, a mild case of COVID, Friends of the Inyo’s partnerships and more! We have lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! Read all about it in the combined October/November Issue of The Juniper.
Spanish Media/Outreach
Earth Law, a new partnership to defend Hot Creek from mining, other collaborations, and lots and lots of events! But if you don’t read the August issue of The Juniper, you’ll never know! Happy reading…And if you like what you read, happy sharing!
Our fair city’s first ever Hispanic immigrant Councilman, now Mayor Pro Tem, Jose Garcia, is a steadfast supporter of Latino Conservation Week and our local “Nature, Connectivity and Credit” (“Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito“) resource fair, which is taking place Sat., July 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot of AltaOne Federal Credit Union, at 462 N. Main Steet in Bishop. Councilman Garcia will deliver a greeting in English and Spanish to the community during the event, which is being organized by Friends of the Inyo together with AltaOne, the National Park Service, Cerro Coso Community College, and…
Friends of the Inyo’s Lou Medina was a guest on KMMT-FM’s “Arts, Culture & Entertainment” (ACE) Show Friday, where he discussed FOI’s upcoming Latino Conservation Week Bilingual Outreach, “Nature, Connectivity and Credit,” to be held at AltaOne Federal Credit Union in Bishop (462 N. Main Street) on Sat., July 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. Tell and bring your amigos who are unbanked or lack a credit/debit card so they can apply for one from AltaOne. There will also be lots of other information, 2 FREE TACOS EACH for the first 200 attendees, courtesy of AltaOne. See you there!
If you don’t read Friends of the Inyo’s Juniper E-Newsletter, you’ll never know all that we have coming up this month! And you might miss out on our Latino Conservation Week Outreach Event, Nature Connectivity and Credit, in Downtown Bishop Saturday afternoon/evening, July 15. There will be Latin music, raffles and FREE FOOD: Two tacos to the first 200 attendees, courtesy of AltaOne Federal Credit Union. Tell your amigos who don’t have credit – the primary aim of this event is to try to help people who are unbanked establish credit so they can access our National Parks, which are…
The idea behind this FREE 4-7 p.m. event Sat., July 15 (2 FREE tacos to the first 200 attendees!) at AltaOne Federal Credit Union, 426 N. Main St. in Bishop, is to have the local Latino and other underrepresented communities come and learn about credit, apply for a credit/debit card with AltaOne, learn to navigate national park websites, and get information on other resources: how to recreate responsibly in nature, how to strengthen their home against wildfires, how to enroll at Cerro Coso Community College, how to find local jobs, and more. Read our full media release.
Caring for the Eastern Sierra also means caring for the people who live in the Eastern Sierra. Which is why, as part of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, Friends of the Inyo’s column, “Amigos de Nuestras Tierras” (“Friends of Our Lands”), which publishes in local Spanish-language weekly, El Sol de la Sierra, looks to highlight news that can help improve the quality of life for members of our local Hispanic community. In the latest two issue of El Sol, our column has been focusing on Cerro Coso Community College’s Associate Teacher Certificate of Achievement Program, a 12-unit course taught online, in Spanish,…
Many national parks now require entry fees to be paid via credit or debit card. With access to nature—a costly affair—already a challenge for Latinos, cashless access to national parks represents still another barrier for ubanked Latinos to enjoy the great outdoors. In response to this, Friends of the Inyo is hosting a FREE bilingual outreach event called “Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito” (“Nature, Connectivity and Credit”) in Bishop on July 15, as part of Latino Conservation Week. In partnership with AltaOne Federal Credit Union, Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito aims to help local Latinos and others apply for credit to facilitate…
Caring for the Eastern Sierra also means caring for the people who live in the Eastern Sierra. Which is why, as part of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, Friends of the Inyo’s column, “Amigos de Nuestras Tierras” (“Friends of Our Lands”), which publishes in local Spanish-language weekly, El Sol de la Sierra, looks to highlight news that can help improve the quality of life for members of our local Hispanic community. In the latest issue of El Sol, our column focuses on Cerro Coso Community College’s Associate Teacher Certificate of Achievement Program, a 12-unit course taught online, in Spanish,…
In mid-March of this year, Friends of the Inyo’s Louis (Lou) Medina visited Manzanar National Historic Site for a private archeological tour arranged by our friends at the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest. It was truly an eye-opening experience led by Manzanar’s Cultural Resources Program Manager Jeff Burton. Lou wrote about the experience in English for this week’s issue of The Sierra Reader, and in Spanish for El Sol de la Sierra. His front-page story also reminds readers of the upcoming Manzanar Pilgrimage scheduled to take place April 29. Download a pdf version of The Sierra Reader by clicking here. Download…