We Are Stronger Together
Guadalupe Zapata and Margaret Webb, gardeners from Fellowship Garden of Love at Holmes.
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust Partnerships
Developing parks and gardens cannot be done alone. It takes a village!
Our vital work requires collaboration and partnerships. In addition to the strong partnerships we develop with our community members, the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust is involved in several community-based coalitions that help advance larger policy goals, address inequity in green space planning, and bring new parks and gardens to life in the communities that need them most.
Here is just a sampling of these partnerships and the work we’re doing together:
Living Schoolyards Coalition
The Neighborhood Land Trust co-founded and chairs this coalition of allies including The Trust for Public Land, NRDC, TreePeople, Kounkuey Design Initiative, Cal Poly Pomona and many others working to develop model policies and implement joint-use agreements that provide community access to green space on public school campuses.
South LA Building Healthy Communities
The Neighborhood Land Trust serves as a Steering Committee member of this diverse group of partners convened by the California Endowment —including Community Health Councils, SCOPE, CD Tech, LA Commons, CADRE-LA and more—working together to make South Los Angeles a healthier place to live, work, and play. Everyone should read about the Drivers of Disparity in our report, South Central Rooted.
Los Angeles Regional Open Space and Affordable Housing collaborative
Known as LA ROSAH, this coalition brings together community-based organizations such as Enterprise Community Partners, The Trust for Public Land, SEACA-LA, and TRUST South LA, to develop policies and strategies that advance affordable housing and green space development without gentrification and displacement.
United Neighbors In Defense Against Displacement
UNIDAD is a broad coalition led by SAJE and comprised of community-based organizations, housing and political advocacy groups, labor, and residents fighting to resist displacement and promote health and economic well-being in South Central LA. Partners include Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, Public Counsel, Black Workers Center, Watts Labor Committee Action Committee, LA County Bicycle Coalition and more.
Healthy LA
A coalition of over 330 advocacy organizations, worker centers, affordable housing developers, public health and safety organizations, public interest lawyers and more, Healthy LA united to propose concrete solutions to the many hardships caused by the pandemic. Read here what we’ve accomplished!
South LA Climate Commons Transformative Climate Communities
Funded by a CA Strategic Growth Council grant and led by SLATE-Z, this broad coalition connects community-based organizations and LA City Planning to develop the South LA Climate Commons Plan, a climate resiliency community plan addressing sustainable development and revitalization around the Slauson Corridor.
Healthy, Equitable, Active Land Use Network
Convened by the Prevention Institute, the HEALU (“Heal you”) network assembles partners in affordable housing, active transportation, food justice, public interest law, education, and green space development to promote policies, strategies and practices that support health equity in Los Angeles land use planning.
Through partnerships like these we achieve our vision of a world where health and justice is rooted in community parks and gardens.
We look ahead to opportunities to cultivate new collaborative partnerships in service of our communities.
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