How is it September Already?

This month I secured a partnership between SELAH and the Echo Park Trash Club (EPTC). The EPTC has been leading community pickups across Echo Park for a year now, filling the gaps where the city is struggling to manage waste. This incredible group of volunteers are providing such a necessary service, and with the encampment familiarity of SELAH's outreach team, together we can ensure healthier and cleaner spaces for both housed and unhoused Angelenos.

On July 18, a reading of The Peace of Home by Mildred Inez Lewis aired on YouTube as part of the Road Theatre Company's 2021 Summer Playwrights Festival. I'm so honored to be a part of this one-act, directed by Jonathan Munoz-Proulx, set amid the pandemic, that depicts an interracial couple grappling to understand each other's points of view on their seven-week anniversary.

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I am ecstatic to have been admitted into USC Price School of Public Policy's Master of Public Administration program. This is a dream achievement of mine. Classes begin in August, and this degree will work in good conjunction with my service on the Echo Park Neighborhood Council.
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SELAH Neighborhood Homelessness Coalition promoted me to the position of Organizer for 2021. I now sit on SELAH's Engagement Committee and have more resources to access in service of Echo Park's houseless.