The Ramaytush Ohlone
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Staff Announcements
On Hiatus from Nov 18 to Jan 7
The ARO will be on hiatus from November 18 to January 7 to work on our infrastructure.
Announcements
Mapping Los Angeles LandscapeJonathan Cordero and other Native and non-Native scholars just completed mapping the Indigenous Landscape of Los Angeles. A similar effort is underway in San Francisco led by Jonathan Cordero, the ARO, and the San Francisco Estuary Institute. You can read the story in the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times article Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History One More Grant!The City of San Francisco, with the support of the ARO, received $12 million "to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat and climate change, create green jobs and improve access to nature in the City." It is "the largest single award among California recipients to grow urban tree canopies under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. " Read more HERE. Yet Another Big GrantThe ARO is a 2023 recipient of the San Francisco Soda Tax Initiative Award! The funds will support the ARO's work in developing a Community Garden/Urban Farm in San Francisco in coordination with the Friendship House and The Cultural Conservancy. Click here for more information on the grant. Click here for information on the Urban Farm. Another (Big) Project GrantIn partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and Potrero Nuevo Farm, the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District has received $5.5 million to increase stream flow and fish passage in Pilarcitos creek and to increase water storage at Potrero Nuevo Farm, which serves the homeless and Latinx population in and around Half Moon Bay. Congrats to us all! Forbes Interview
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Recent News and EventsSeptember and October
July and August 2023During the months of July and August, the ARO gave a number of openings, presentations, and/or workshops for the following organizations: Presidio Trust California Academy of Sciences Presidio Theater San Francisco State University Exporatorium Peninsula International Dance Festival in San Mateo American Indian Cultural District May and June 2023During the months of July and August, the ARO gave a number of openings, presentations, and/or workshops for the following organizations:
South Skyline Community Preparedness Day Yerba Buena Center for the Arts California Institute of Intregal Studies American Indian Cultural District De Young California Academy of Sciences AIANTA State Coastal Conservancy Surfrider Foundation March and April 2023During the months of March and April, the ARO gave a number of openings, presentations, and/or workshops for the following organizations: Mid-Peninsula Opens Space Trust Society for California Archaeology Exploratorium Bioneers Southern Exposure California Institute for Integral Studies Central Coast Indigenous Documentation Project California Preservation Conference California Academy of Sciences January and February 2023During the months of November and December, the ARO gave a number of openings, presentations, and/or workshops for the following organizations: Bartimeaus Kinsler Institute The Village SF Lega Aid Society of San Mateo County Ophthalmology Department at UCSF EcoFarm Conference in Monterey Marin Estate Planning Council Central Subway in San Francisco Non-Profit Partnerships Summit (San Mateo County and Thrive Alliance) Millbrae Mayor Ann Schneider University of San Francisco Notre Dame de Namur University |