Celebrating the California Dream:
A Look at Forgotten Stories and Other Musings
Alison Rose Jefferson
Greetings from Los Angeles, California and Cheers for the New Year!
I hope for all of you, 2015 was a year of accomplishments, memorable moments, inspiration and a few adventures. Often this time of year promotes reflection on ones activities of the past year, and how to...
Travel, Adventure, Learning, Exploration and Renewed Inspiration
Also, this past summer I managed to squeeze in a little travel and adventure that was inspirational and educational. I made a presentation at the 2015 Collegium for African American Research (CAAR)...
Accomplishments and New Life Opportunities
For me it was a busy year of finishing up a phase of investment in knowledge attainment to explore new life directions and enhanced career opportunities. To those of you who do not know, yes, in December...
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...
Save the Date: Coastal Cleanup Day 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014 • 9:00 A.M.–Noon Join Heal the Bay, Santa Monica College, the Santa Monica Conservancy, the Black Surfers Collective, the California Historical Society, Los Angeles Black...
Heritage Conservation and Nature Environmental Movements Must Diversify Or Die
My title of this article plays off an article title by Brentin Mock, the justice editor for Grist.com. He offers some really thought provoking commentaries on a variety of issues around the natural and...
African Americans, Women and Beach Culture in the News!
Over the last few months several articles appeared about African Americans’ and women’s history of enjoying the beach culture of California. First up, Ryan Reft's three articles written for KCET’s...