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...
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...
“12 Miles North: The Nick Gabaldón Story” Documentary Screening Kicks Off Pilgrim School’s Black History Month Programs
February 6th, 2014 –– A screening of the documentary, "12 Miles North: The Nick Gabaldón Story" kicked off Black History Month at Pilgrim School in Los Angeles. Carmen Wolf has organized a whole month of...
Check it out! What’s Out There Weekend Los Angeles, October 26-27, 2013
I was honored to be a leader in the first ever tour programming in Southern California sponsored by The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Participants explored and discovered two-dozen historical...
Black Surfers Made the Claremont Colleges New Student Retreat 2013-14 A Standout Success!
Members of the Black Surfer Collective (BSC) and their compatriots were featured guest speakers and instructors in segments of the Claremont University Consortium (CUC)/Office of Black Student Affairs’...
Volunteers Took Action and Gained Knowledge on Coastal Cleanup Day 2013 at Santa Monica’s Historical African American, Jim Crow Era Beach Site
The Santa Monica site derogatorily called the “Inkwell” was a popular beach hangout for African Americans from the 1920s to the early 1960s, where they challenged racial hierarchies to enjoy beach public...





