Nick Gabaldón Day, a celebration of African American beach culture heritage with introductory surf lessons and experiences with ocean stewardship was held this year on Saturday, June 4. The Bay...
Global Event for Social Action and More Inclusive American History, CCD, Sat., September 17
This year’s global Coastal Cleanup Day takes place on Saturday, September 17. Santa Monica College, the Santa Monica Conservancy, Heal the Bay, the L.A. Black Underwater Explorers and other...
Facilitating Knowledge and Community Pride Through Cutting Edge Programming at SAMO High
To encourage awareness of local history and civic engagement with Nick Gabaldón Day 2016 as a focal point, myself, Alison Rose Jefferson, Ph.D. (historian and Santa Monica Conservancy member), Sara Wan...
See you at the Int’l Coastal Cleanup Day 2015 at the Bay Street/Inkwell Monument in Santa Monica
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 9.00 AM to 12.00 PM Local organizations join together in the worldwide annual beach cleanup at the Bay Street/Inkwell monument. The historical African American beach...
Innovative Programming and Partnerships to Engage Learning, New Experiences, and a Broader Vision of History and Cultural Inclusiveness
There are a few new activities that have occurred over the last few months of 2015 that I wanted to share with my community of interest. This means folks like you, whom I share information with from time...
Alison Rose Jefferson, Keynote Speaker, Santa Monica Conservancy Annual Meeting and Awards on Feb. 8, 2015
I have the honor of being the keynote speaker at the Santa Monica Conservancy's Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards program on February 8. I will discuss the layered Santa Monica history of the...





