Join us for the kick-off celebration for the second annual
Takaape’ Waashut Northeast Los Angeles Black Walnut Day
Alternative Field is proud to sponsor the WEAVING WORDS COLLECTIVE WRITING WORKSHOP facilitated by Vida-Sylvestre and Yulu Fuentes
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Participate in a collective writing practice by T relani Michelle and Fireweed Collective. A walking meditation will guide us to our breakfast writing space to weave a poem that will be part of the NBWD Zine. Final collective poems will be read at the culmination. Facilitated by Vida-Sylvestre and Yulu Fuentes*.
The Southern California Black Walnut tree or Juglans californica continues to teach us many things about ourselves and our environment. The Northeast Los Angeles Black Walnut Day (NBWD) organizing committee welcomes you to its kick-off celebration at Ascot Hills Park, ’Ochuunga-El Sereno, Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) and 2023’s month-long events’ schedule.
This year we remember the Black Walnut’s ability to uplift us in land use and housing stability but also recognize its diversity, the tree’s multiple sexes, and resilience. The endemic tree to the Southland shows us what it is to survive under threat in an environment where 31% of its habitat(01) has been destroyed by urban development. NELA residents have felt the gut punch of gentrification, where nearly 60% of the population(02) are renters and have suffered housing instability in part from luxury hillside development. The Black Walnut has fought against these projects, such as the Eastern-Lombardy development of forty-two, one million dollar homes(03). Meanwhile, the Supreme Court and state governments dismantle the rights we have fought hard for, and the Republicans wage a culture war on LGBTQ people, among others, the Black Walnut teaches us how nature works and how to transform in its environment and survive. Celebrate the Black Walnut with us!
northeast LA black walnut day
celebration kick off
sunday
september 17
8:00 am — 2:00 pm
Ascot Hills Park
4371 Multnomah Street
COVID protocols when visiting. If you are feeling symptoms, please stay home and stay healthy. This is an outdoor event, staff will be masked and we ask that you practice social distancing.
