Amidst the ongoing attack on Gaza, the Berkeley-based Middle East Children’s Alliance and its partners are providing emergency assistance to families who have fled their homes to seek shelter with relatives as well as procuring emergency medical supplies for hospitals and clinics.Every single person in Gaza is desperately hungry. Children and babies are the most vulnerable, and at least 27 have starved to death.
Food is scarce, expensive, and vanishes quickly. MECA must keep raising funds so that whenever something is available we can buy it. Please make the most generous contribution you can online atTHIMBY, or Tiny House in My Backyard, in collaboration with TentMakers Inc., seeks to pilot Richmond’s “Tiny House on Wheels” ordinance to provide permanent homes for unhoused folk. Accordingly, we’re constructing a mobile accessory dwelling unit to be placed on a property with existing housing.
The ADU is equipped with solar panels and consumes less water, energy and space than larger homes. If you’re interested in hosting the ADU, please fill out our survey online atCelebrate Earth Day this weekend on Saturday! Each year in April, the city of El Cerrito celebrates Earth Day with a morning of volunteerism and work parties. This year will be no different, as El Cerrito on April 20 will feature citywide work parties from 9 a.m. to noon.
As El Cerrito’s poet laureate this year, Taylor says she intends to use her position to enhance opportunities for El Cerrito students and the wider community by fostering creativity, building skills and establishing valuable connections. Taylor received her master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Boston University and holds a master of arts degree in journalism from New York University and a bachelor of arts in English and urban studies from Amherst College.
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