We continue to urge the legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom to secure funding to ensure equitable access for all Californians to water affordability assistance with #SB222. Every person deserves the right to affordable water. The time to act is now!

Oswaldo Hidalgo Otamendi from Madera, CA became an attorney to help serve his community ⚖️ Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley w/ parents who faced #immigration challenges, the ‘CA Immigration Legal Fellowship’ affords him the opportunity to help other families like his own 🙌🏼

“We have been successful in our radio programming because we are an honest & trustworthy platform that broadcasts in a language our community understands. They, in turn, act on & share the information they get w/ friends & family.” - Hugo Morales of Radio Bilingue🎙 #EOM2022

“Having more medical schools in the San Joaquin Valley is critical and important in providing opportunities for more healthcare professionals.” —Rep. Jim Costa

Thank you Nora Zaragoza-Yanez, Education and Leadership Foundation Education and Leadership Foundation for the interactive and incredibly informative presentation! Loved being a part of the different polls! 🙌

“77% of Central Valley residents support an individual’s right to access safe & legal abortions” - Education and Leadership Foundation Thank you for educating us all on the numbers 🙌

Noe Paramo, Sustainable Rural Communities Project CRLAFoundation- Currently letting us know how to support federal efforts in comprehensive immigration reform with pathways to citizenship and eligibility for federal benefits 🙌

The need for our undocumented community to have food security is critical! CRLAFoundation

“Health isn’t just the absence of disease. It intersects so many areas.” -Nora Zaragoza-Yáñez & Noe Paramo Education and Leadership Foundation CRLAFoundation

Big shout out to Perfecto Munoz of West Modesto Community Collaborative for asking the other panelists so many great questions. Eileen, Nora, & Noe had amazing and informative presentations. Children Now, CRLAFoundation, Education and Leadership Foundation

“1 in 37 people die of chronic respiratory disease in Kern County. That’s 12x more than the average in CA.” -Genevieve Amsalem CCEJN

“Mendota does not have a hospital and has only one ambulance.”-Rocio Madrigal CCEJN We are all shocked by the numbers. If Mendota residents have to go to the hospital they have to travel 50+ miles to the closest one. We need solutions.

Thank you Sarah Aird of Californians for Pesticide Reform CaliPesticideReform for giving us such an illuminating presentation! We are learning so much & the information is incredibly interesting!

“We need to see where climate and Justice intersect.” - Gustavo Aguirre, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment

So grateful for our panel. Implementation is key! Thank you Gustavo, Pedro, Rocio, Lupe, Nayamin, Sarah, Genevieve, & Ellie. We love the work you are doing! Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment CVAQ - Central Valley Air Quality Coalition CCEJN CaliPesticideReform

Thank you Sergio Cuellar for doing such an amazing job the last two days! What another great EOM. #EOM2022

Today there was a resolution presented on the floor to affirm Foster Care Month… Being the only adopted State Assemblymember in California, I felt compelled to speak on it.

The murder of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police & other recent lives lost to police violence are evidence much work remains to achieve true justice. Rad our statement on how even amid grief we can work together to reimagine systems that harm our communities. bit.ly/3YmXk1c

Please join us in welcoming our newest member, ECMC Foundation! The Los Angeles-based, nationally focused foundation works to improve higher education for career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation. Learn more. bit.ly/3VJiUNj

The declining quality of K-12 education for Black students & economic disparities are causing the college degree gap between Black & white Americans to grow, according to The Hechinger Report. Read why this has wide-reaching implications for equity in the U.S. bit.ly/3Wu1g05