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  • Overlooking Anza-Borrego Desert State Park at sunset. Blooming yellow brittlebrush, ocotillo, and agave in foreground on the hillside. Mountain range in the distance.

    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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  • Street sign pointing the way to Black Miners Bar Park Access. Folsom Lake State Recreation Area.

    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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  • Black Miners Bar at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area

    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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  • People march through San Francisco's Financial District during a climate protest on September 20, 2020. Eric Risberg, AP.

    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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  • Robins sculpted by Yon Chambers

    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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  • First Proceeding of the First State Convention of the Colored Citizens of the State of California. Credit California State Library Foundation, Number 126, 2020.

    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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  • Site visit with representatives from local tribes to create 4 new interpretive panels at MacKerricher State Park featuring stories from local tribes. MacKerricher currently has no educational materials or acknowledgement of local tribes in spite of the fact that the park is the site of the former Mendocino Indian Reservation. Pictured: Michelle Levesque, Elizabeth Cameron, Tina Sutherland, Eddie Knight, Erica Fielder, Katherine Gabrielson, CSP Interpreter.

    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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  • Vintage nautical compass. Old world map on vector paper texture with grunge border frame. Wind rose. With CALPA logo.

    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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