Wednesday, March 20, Redwood Voice’s Bryce Evans, Ethan Caudill-DeRego, and Monique Camarena went to Del Norte High School to cover the community resource fair, which was an event held as part of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Celebration Week. This event was held to promote awareness of resources available to the community through Del Norte organizations, such as the Wonderbus and the Del Norte Child Care Council.
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Klamath Promise Neighborhood: Culture Sharing & Salmon Hatching
On Monday, March 18, as part of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Week Of Celebration & to commemorate the new Salmon Hatching Program at Crescent Elk Middle School, True North held a Family Resource and Cultural Sharing event with guest speakers from the Yurok and Tolowa Tribes. Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena and Ethan Caudill-DeRego covered the event.
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: Seed to Supper Workshop Series
On March 21, the Del Norte and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council hosted the first class of their Seed to Supper Workshop Series. Through this in-person class, a handy guidebook, and 2 hands-on classes held at the Crescent City Food Forest, participants learn about each step of the vegetable gardening process in a matter of 6 weeks!
This workshop was taught by both Master Gardener Angela Gray and DNATL Community Food Council Program Manager Iya Mahan, who invited gardeners of all shades of thumb into the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods to go through Chapter 1 of the guidebook.
Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena and Ethan Caudill-DeRego covered the first class of the series!
Thank you Iya and Angela for talking to us throughout the KPN Celebration week! To find out what the Community Food Council is doing next, visit: https://www.dnatlfood.com/
To learn from the Seed to Supper Workshop online, you can find all the resources on: https://www.dnatlfood.com/seed-to-supper-resources.html
Other resources that Angela mentioned:
- Planting Calendar for Crescent City – https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/zipcode/95531
- The Humboldt Kitchen Gardener – https://www.northtownbooks.com/local-book/9780615209005
- The Week by Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook – https://www.amazon.com/Week-Week-Vegetable-Gardeners-Handbook/dp/1603426949
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: Community Celebration Dinner
March 22nd, 2024, the community was invited to the Betty Green Event Center in the Elk Valley Casino in Crescent City. The reason for the festive evening was the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Grant Initiative.
The Klamath Promise Neighborhood – KPN – hosted the community dinner as the culminating event of a weeklong series of open houses, celebrations and grand-openings that focused attention on the work of more than a dozen KPN Community Partners. Those partners – from the School District and Workforce Center to First Five and Gateway Education – were all represented, and joined in celebrating the community collaborations that define the Klamath Promise Neighborhood.
In 2021, the Yurok Tribe was awarded a $30 million Promise Neighborhood Grant from the US Department of Education. Since then, through the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Initiative, the tribe has sought to partner with and provide funding to a ton of local organizations, all striving toward the collective goal of making Del Norte a healthier, happier, more resilient place – a Promise Neighborhood.
Award-winning Indigenous Hip Hop Artist Sten Joddi – best known for his role in the FX production Reservation Dogs – was present and performed, as well.
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: First Day of Spring Garden Party
March 19th of this year was the vernal equinox, the arrival of Spring! And what better way to celebrate the abundance Spring brings than by gardening! During the Klamath Promise Neighborhood’s weeklong celebration of their many community partnerships, the Del Norte and Adjacent Tribal Lands Community Food Council held its own celebration for the First Day of Spring with a garden party at the Food Forest in Crescent City.
Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena and Bryce Evans were on the ground to find out more about the Food Forest, and talk to Master Gardener Angela Gray and Program Manager Iya Mahan!
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: NCIDC Cultural Sharing
The Del Norte Indian Education Center, in conjunction with the Klamath Promise Neighborhood week of events, held a cultural sharing event where people could make jewelry, and discuss tobacco use prevention. Redwood Voice’s Monique Camarena and Sebastian Monroe were in attendance and spoke with Program Coordinator Angela Davis about the Education Center and how KPN can help them expand their efforts.
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: Seed & Plant Exchange
On Saturday, March 16, The Del Norte and Tribal Lands Food Council held a Seed & Plant Exchange as part of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood Week Of Celebration. Redwood Voice’s Rory McCain and Ethan Caudill-DeRego were tasked with covering the event.
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: FRCR Open House
Join Redwood Voice’s Rory McCain and Ethan Caudill-DeRego as they cover the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods’ open house event, which was held as part of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood celebration week.
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: Elk Creek Float & Yoga
On Sunday, March 17th, Klamath Promise Neighborhood in collaboration with Dirt n’ Glitter and Redwood Rides hosted a Community Float/Creekside Yoga Practice. Redwood Voice’s Sebastian Monroe and Bryce Evans went to the event, as part of our larger coverage of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood week of events.
Klamath Promise Neighborhood: Epicenter Open House
On March 21st, the Epicenter opened in Crescent City California. We talked to the minds at work at this new DNUSD facility, and what one can expect to find when they go there.
This is part of our larger coverage of the Klamath Promise Neighborhood’s week of events.