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🦋Here is our updated schedule for our 2026 Stewardship Saturday Event series for our work at Chollas Creekside Park, a community asset!🌳 🎨Tomorrow is our next Stewardship Saturday, May 9th from 9am-11am. Join us for stewardship, rock painting, and pizza! 👏 This is the perfect opportunity for you to contribute some time to volunteering and supporting the Southeastern San Diego community and building the comunity you want to see. 🤍🌎 🗣️We look forward to having more of you at our stewardship events. Please share this post with your friends, your family, your schools, or your collegaues to bond together after a work week by stewarding the land. 🏫🫂 Sign up using this link: bit.ly/SS_CCP_S26 OR email us at [email protected] for more information! See you all there!🌱 #ChollasCreeksidePark #Stewardship #communityservice #volunteersd

🌱 Dream with us and help shape what you want to see in your community 👉🏾RSVP: bit.ly/visionwsrsvp Your voice shapes what comes next for Reconnecting Southeast San Diego & National City. Join us for our Visioning Workshops and help guide the future of our neighborhood through community-led urban planning. Let’s keep planting and cultivating the seeds together. All are welcome, and Southeast San Diego and National City residents are especially encouraged to come. 📅 Session 1.1 Wednesday, April 29, 2026 5 to 8 PM Jackie Robinson YMCA, 151 YMCA Way, San Diego 📅 Session 1.2 Saturday, May 2, 2026 11 AM to 2 PM Southcrest Park, 1297 S 40th St., San Diego 🎶 Music. Danza Azteca. Art. ✨ Free event. Refreshments provided. Gift card for the first 30 attendees. What do you want to see in your community? Come share your ideas. 👉🏽RSVP: bit.ly/visionwsrsvp 📞 619.988.4392 📧 [email protected] ———— 🌱 Sueña con nosotros y ayuda a dar forma a lo que quieres ver en tu comunidad. 👉🏾RSVP: bit.ly/visionwsrsvp Tu voz da forma a lo que viene para Reconectando el Sureste de San Diego y National City. Acompáñanos en nuestros Talleres de Visión Comunitaria y ayuda a guiar el futuro de nuestro vecindario a través de una planificación urbana liderada por la comunidad. Sigamos sembrando y cultivando las semillas juntos. Todos son bienvenidos, y animamos especialmente a los residentes del Sureste de San Diego y National City a participar. 📅 Sesión 1.1 Miércoles, 29 de abril de 2026 5 a 8 PM Jackie Robinson YMCA, 151 YMCA Way, San Diego 📅 Sesión 1.2 Sábado, 2 de mayo de 2026 11 AM a 2 PM Parque Southcrest, 1297 S 40th St., San Diego 🎶 Música. Danza Azteca. Arte. ✨ Evento gratuito. Refrigerios incluidos. Tarjeta de regalo para los primeros 30 asistentes. ¿Qué quieres ver en tu comunidad? Ven y comparte tus ideas. 👉🏼 RSVP: bit.ly/visionwsrsvp 📞 619.988.4392 📧 [email protected] #MundoGardens #SoutheastSanDiego #NationalCity #CommunityLedPlanning #GreenCorridor

Rocks have been painted, green waste + litter has been picked up, and more memories at the park were made. 🫂💫 ⭐️This summer we have a stack of Stewardship Saturday events lined up and we want you at the park with us!🌞 🌈We hope to see you at the next event on June 9th, 2026.🧚🏽‍♂️ #ChollasCreeksidePark #Stewardship #communityservice #VolunteerSD #summeractivities 619

Looking for some relaxing plans this Saturday Morning? 🌅 Come back to Chollas Creekside Park, here’s your opportunity to come volunteer with us again🦋 Saturday. May 9th 9am-11am 💫Click here to volunteer: bit.ly/ss_ccp_s26 Activities: 🚮litter pick up 🌱invasive plant removal 💧watering plants 🎨rock painting #volunteersandiego #619 #chollascreeksidepark #environmentalstewardship

🌎Earth Day extravaganza was more beautiful than we could have ever imagined🌅 100+ volunteers, recording breaking stewardship at ccp!💫 600+ lbs worth of invasive plants, litter, ⚖️and bulky waste removed🌳 And so many new faces that came to our park and shared space with us was incredible 🌞 Thank you to our vendors + exhibitors that came through: @groundworksandiego for the educational booths shared🍎 @grindsandgrooves for the delicious coffee☕️ @xocalore for the live music 🎸 @fresheria for the aguafrescas and smoothie cards See you at our next stewardship event.🍍 🗓️⏱️📍 May 9th 9am-11am Chollas Creekside Park #volunteersandiego #619 #environment #environmentalhealth #cleancalifornia

🌎✨ Earth Month in action. Last weekend, we joined an incredible community in San Diego for the Earth Day Extravaganza, a high-energy day of stewardship, learning, and connection. We were proud to support our Environmental Justice Project grantee Euclid Corridor Community Stewards of @ucprojectcdc for a hands-on day of caring for Chollas Creekside Park in Southeastern San Diego. From tree planting and habitat restoration to art, music, and local resources, the day brought people together around a shared goal: restoring ecosystems, improving community health, and investing in neighborhoods most impacted by environmental inequities. This work goes beyond a single day. It’s about long-term commitment to environmental justice, community stewardship, and building spaces where people and ecosystems can thrive together. 💚 Thank you to everyone who showed up, got their hands dirty, and made it happen. #EnvironmentalJustice #CommunityStewardship #SanDiego #ClimateAction

We are still on cloud nine from the 5th Annual Transportation Justice Expo 🥰💭 For the fifth consecutive year, the Urban Collaborative Project brought together our region's communities, organizations, advocates, and leaders around a shared vision for equitable, people-centered transportation. What started as a neighborhood event born from the voices of young people demanding safer streets has grown into one of the most vibrant cross-regional gatherings in San Diego. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🚊💌 To every sponsor, exhibitor, partner, volunteer, elected official, and community member who showed up, thank you. This event is yours as much as it is ours. We cannot wait to bring it back next spring. Year 6 is already on our minds. 🙏 This event is supported by the California Strategic Growth Council's Transformative Climate Communities Program in partnership with the California Department of Conservation. Photos by @thevitography

🌍Earth Day Extravaganza is 2 days away! All we want is for you to come and hangout at the park with us🕺🏻 Here are some things to look forward to: 🌳🚮🌱Park Stewardship (Trash pickup, invasive plant removal, mulch dispersal) led by: UCP, Greenteam, & @harveyboy45 ! 🎸🥁 Music 🤍Danza Azteca 🧠educational booths by Green Teamers from @groundworksandiego ☕️🎵Coffee by @grindsandgrooves 🫟🪨rock painting Event Details: April 18th, 2026 Chollas Creekside Park 9AM-1PM #earthmonth2026 #VolunteerSanDiego #sandiego #southeasternsandiego #chollascreeksidepark

Thank you @inewsource and @crystalniebla_media for covering Reconnecting Southeast San Diego and National City. We appreciate the 100 people who joined us at First Friday Land Use Task Force meeting. At this event, we hosted the Regional Reconnecting Communities workshop with SANDAG and Caltrans D11. 🌱Let’s continue the work to reconnect Southeast San Diego National at our upcoming Visioning Workshop 📅 Wednesday, April 29 | Visioning Workshop NC/SESD 1.1 | 5-8pm | Jackie Robinson Family YMCA Or 📅 Saturday, May 2 | Visioning Workshop NC/SESD 1.2 | 5-8pm | Southcrest Park🎨🎶 ✨Questions? Contact 619-988-4392 [email protected] #Landback #GreenCorridor #MaatMataaYum #Sandiego —— Gracias a @inewsource y @crystalniebla_media por cubrir Reconectando el Sureste de San Diego y National City. Agradecemos a las 100 personas que nos acompañaron en la reunión del Primer Viernes del Grupo de Trabajo de Uso de Suelo. En este evento, organizamos el Taller Regional de Comunidades Reconectadas junto con SANDAG y Caltrans D11. 🌱 Continuemos el trabajo para reconectar el Sureste de San Diego y National City en nuestro próximo Taller de Visión 📅 Miércoles, 29 de abril | Taller de Visión NC/SESD 1.1 | 5–8pm | Jackie Robinson Family YMCA O 📅 Sábado, 2 de mayo | Taller de Visión NC/SESD 1.2 | 5–8pm | Southcrest Park 🎨🎶 ✨ ¿Preguntas? Contáctanos al 619-988-4392 [email protected] 📸 @thevitography @tipeyjoa @visionculturefoundation @ucprojectcdc @sandagregion @d11caltrans @cmjoserodriguez @sandiegofc @sdfc_community

Freeways divided us. Infrastructure displaced us. Culture was criminalized. 🛣️ This Saturday, community is coming together to tell stories of resistance and reclamation. The Histories of Transportation Justice in San Diego Exhibit brings together the Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center, Mundo Gardens, Vision Culture Foundation, City Heights CDC, and the San Diego History Center to bring these stories to life. All this, in one place, for one day only. Come learn about the organizing for Chicano Park. The 40-year organizing battle along SR-15. The movement that lifted the lowrider ban statewide. The reclamation of 57 acres into Maat Mataayum, “Where the People Come Together.” These aren’t just history lessons. They’re instructions. 📍 Market Creek Plaza | 310 Euclid Ave 🕙 Saturday, April 11 | 10 AM – 2 PM | Free RSVP: bit.ly/ucpexpo5

FREE BIKE OPPORTUNITY DRAWINGS AT THE EXPO! 🚲 Come out this Saturday, April 11 from 10 AM to 2 PM at Market Creek Plaza (310 Euclid Ave) and you could ride home on a brand new bike for FREE. Over 30 bikes available including 2 e-bikes. Something for every rider. Already have a bike? Bring it for free repair services on the spot. Big thank you to San Diego Bicycle Collective, Bikes del Pueblo, REI Co-op, and Re-Bike San Diego for making this possible. 🙌 RSVP: bit.ly/ucpexpo5

It’s always an honor to donate bikes to our partner @ucprojectcdc . This week, we donated 10 bikes and 10 @ride100percent helmets to be given away to the community for free. We love seeing these bikes go to good homes. We’ll be donating more this Sunday! Thank you Carmina and Barry from urban collaborative project @ucprojectcdc for picking up the bikes. Thank you to all our volunteers, donors, and supporters for making this possible, we couldn’t do it without you! #sdbicyclecollective #barriologanbikeshop #communitybikeshop #love #missionofaction nonprofit ucprojectcdc community