Board member Juliana Serrano at The Armory Center for the Arts, making space for folks to collage their thoughts and feelings in a very heavy season for some creating their own beauty a great night of resistance and rest.

Last night each The Institute Cohort 4 brought their A game and presented with excellence their vision to bring to our community project after project that will bring great impact into our community! Thanks to Hutch’s Barbecue of delicious food. The Institute is a community-driven approach to creating sustainable solutions that prevent community violence. Thank you to the facilitators for the past 10 weeks for investing your expertise. The Institute provides leadership development and training that empowers participants to understand community violence and its root causes. To empower and equip the leader from within to create networks and relationships that create community power. Big shout out to Core PCC! Thank you to the City of Pasadena for recognizing each cohort with a certificate.

Today, after 5 months, in another great Learning Cohort! Huge thanks to Liberty Hill Foundation and Tres Lunas Consulting. “Healing Organizational Culture” -- such great information today on boundaries in life, community and work spaces, then also to go outside and remember that even though there is so much work to be done let us not forget ourselves let the rhythm of the drums bring us peace as the seasons change.

POP Board Member and Commissioner Crystal Aceves with The Status of Women as they held their second gathering to honor and remember victims of domestic violence.  A time to hear the many stories of DV journeys, of lives cut short, and others who stand tall and rooted to tell their stories and other whose tears speak loudly. In collaboration with Peace Over Violence, YMCA of the Foothills, and  Shepherd Door. 

It was a great night for our “Let’s Talk Let’s Listen” community series explaining the ballot measures for Pasadena and beyond at the Pasadena Job Center. We had a great panel with board member Rick Cole, Co-Chair Pablo Alvarado, and a huge thanks to Dominick Correy and Phlunte Riddle for stepping in at the last minute.

The ladies from the League of Women Voters Pasadena Area met up with some of the Pasadena Job Center workers who have begun canvassing the NW area.  Our collaboration with the League is vital to increasing voter turnout this Nov 5th.  Your VOTE matters please register and VOTE! 

Lead organizer Florence Annang with Susan and Amy of League of Women Voters of California discussing increasing voter turnout in NW Pasadena. TOGETHER we are stronger.

“Housing as a Solution.” Great meeting with Bert Newton from Making Housing and Community Happen team as we plan and prepare.

One of our Co-Chairs Pablo Alverado with new board member Jose Madera and one of our founder board members Julieta Aragon (Northwest Commissioner) at the Pasadena Job Center today as they launched a video series to combat disinformation. The campaign aims to debunk myths and falsehoods about immigrants through short, shareable content.

Congratulation to our very own Board Member Crystal Aceves, who was sworn in today at City Council as Status of Women Commissioner!