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Colorado Desert District Tribal Affairs 101 Training: Developing and Improving Relationships with Local Tribes and Tribal Members

Posted by Tom Stratton on August 16, 2022

Overlooking Anza-Borrego Desert State Park at sunset. Blooming yellow brittlebrush, ocotillo, and agave. Author: Jaime Purinton, Anza-Borrego Foundation Communications Manager California State Parks, Cultural Resources Division presented Tribal Affairs…

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More About Healing Than Holidays and Heroes

Posted by Tom Stratton on August 3, 2022

Black Miners Bar, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area More About Healing Than Holidays and Heroes by Thomas Stratton, CALPA Board Member A follow up to our successful…

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Juneteenth U.S.A. 2022 at Black Miners Bar

Posted by Tom Stratton on June 23, 2022

Entry sign at Black Miners Bar Folsom Lake State Recreation Area — Juneteenth U.S.A. 2022 at Black Miners Bar by Thomas Stratton, CALPA Board Member Our…

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Tending the Garden: Social Justice as Environmental Justice

Posted by Tom Stratton on February 16, 2022

photo credit: People march through San Francisco's Financial District during a climate protest, September 20, 2020, Eric Risberg/AP https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/03/im-black-climate-scientist-racism-derails-our-efforts-save-planet/” — Tending the Garden: Social Justice as Environmental Justice Elizabeth Cameron, MendoParks…

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Rebuilding the “Three Senses Trail” at Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Posted by Tom Stratton on November 30, 2021

Rebuilding the “Three Senses Trail” at Calaveras Big Trees State Park By Rod Smith The last five and a half years has been a learning experience for me that I would…

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Understanding Race as a Myth

Posted by Tom Stratton on November 16, 2021

First Proceeding of the First State Convention of the Colored Citizens of the State of California. Credit California State Library Foundation, Bulletin Number 126, 2020. Understanding Race as a…

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Relationships, Reciprocity, and Repatriations: A conversation on how Park-Partners Can Support California Natives

Posted by Tom Stratton on September 20, 2021

Site visit at MacKerricher State Park in March 2020 with Tribal Historic Preservation Officers Tina Sutherland (Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians) and Eddie Knight (Coyote Valley…

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Launching a Blog on Social Change from CALPA

Posted by Tom Stratton on August 9, 2021

By George Loyer, President, CALPA I’m pleased to write the first in a series of blogs for CALPA and its newly formed Social Change Committee. This blog aims to bring…

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