Author: Danielle Potter Dague

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Long Beach Climate Action & Adaptation Plan

The City has released a working draft of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan! This draft includes the mitigations and adaptations included in the plan, along with some of the supporting information such as the CAAP overview, greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and GHG reduction target. The GHG inventory includes a supplemental research memo on oil…

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Nonprofit Spotlight: Long Beach Forward

The mission of Long Beach Forward is to create a healthy Long Beach with low-income communities of color by building community knowledge, leadership, and power. We asked Long Beach Forward team members Cynthia Howell, Strategic Initiatives Manager and Sevly Sngoun, Research and Policy Analyst the following questions: Why is working within neighborhoods important? “Our team…

Nonprofit Spotlight: Power4Youth

(Pictured: Power4Youth student shaking hands with Long Beach Mayor Garcia, including Long Beach mentoring programs and council members). Power4Youth is a nonprofit organization that provides site-based academic mentoring for students. We asked Samana Budhathoki, Power4Youth Match Supervisor the following questions: Why is working with your neighborhood important? At the simplest level, mentoring and working with…