Wonderful day you and [all] planned. My daughter Asha has repeated the Nick story over and over to friends and family. -Louis Emile Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor Santa Monica, California, Email/6...
Reclamation of History for Community Engagement and Social Action, Now and in the Future
Check out my commentary on Heal the Bay’s, Around the Bay Blog – “Reclaiming L.A.'s Beaches as Communities of Color.” Here I discuss the layered cultural complexities and significance of surfer Nick...
Check out the Selective Media Coverage of Nick Gabaldón Day!
Commemorating a Surfing Pioneer Blog, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Second District Wednesday, June 5, 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barrier-Breaking Surfer's Legacy A...
“When Little Tokyo Went Bronze,” Don’t Miss the Project Bronzeville Symposium, Saturday, June 22, 2013
Join Historians Christopher Jimenez y West, Ph.D., Hillary Jenks, Ph.D. and Anthony Macias, Ph.D. in a discussion about the Bronzeville period on Saturday, June 22, 2.00 p.m. at the Downtown Independent...
Sonya Clark’s Material Reflex Exhibition Debuts at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, May 26–September, 8, 2013
Artist Sonya Clark will discuss her new solo exhibition at CAFAM on Sunday, June 23, 3.00 p.m. As quoted from the CAFAM website, “drawing from her African-American, Scottish, and Caribbean roots, Clark...
Save the Date!
Nick Gabaldon Day — Saturday, June 1, 2013 Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, the Black Surfers Collective, the Santa Monica Conservancy, Surf Bus, Sierra Club Outdoors and other groups will...





