Charlene Muhammad | LA Sentinel For visitors like Camille Samuels, LA"s Kenneth Hahn Park is “a classroom, a healing ground and a battlefield for environmental justice.”
Excelsior San Diego | Carlos Aviles Hazard Park in Boyle Heights is filled with laughter, community events, kids playing. Where once there was fear, now there is hope.
Brenda Verano | LA Blade South LA Park, one of the oldest parks in Historic South Central, has brought multi-generational Angelenos together for more than a century.
Swe Swe Aye | Myanmar Gazette In a city as diverse and dynamic as Los Angeles, parks transcend their role as mere green spaces; they become essential catalysts for community building.
Fatmeh A. Bakhit | Al Enteshar NewspaperPacific Park is a place where faith is practiced openly, community ties are strengthened, and children see their cultures celebrated under the open sky.
Alireza Hekmatshoar | Radio Iran KIRN Despite migrating from Iran to Los Angeles, many Iranian families remains committed to the ancient Persian cultural bond between people and green spaces.
One outgrowth of climate change is that it narrows the distance, connecting otherwise disparate regions and peoples through a sense of shared vulnerability.