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Join us for two great upcoming events:

 

 

SB CAN Oscar Party February 26

 

 

North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner April 29

 

 

Click on the events above or the Events Tab for more information

 

 

 

 

 

This year SB CAN celebrates 10 years of community activism and advocacy on behalf of you, your friends and neighbors. We are asking for your financial support to continue this important work.

 

Our lives are affected by what happens at each level of government in our county, but most local government hearings and decisions occur while you are at work, and there’s no way that most of us can make our voices heard in the many arenas that matter.

 

Who can represent the progressive view that decision makers need to hear? SB CAN can!

 

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished this year:

  • Our “Bailey Avenue” lawsuit achieved protection of precious agricultural land in Lompoc;
  • We led the SUN (Sustainable University Now) Coalition’s effort to achieve major community serving changes in UCSB’s long-range development plan;
  • We lobbied at every level to support workforce/low-income housing, renters’ rights, public transit, and safe routes to school;
  • We helped raise awareness about fracking and other oil-related environmental threats;
  • Our regular columns in north county newspapers make sure that progressive perspectives are going where they haven’t been heard before;
  • We’ve promoted ongoing community coalitions in north and south counties through our H.O.T. (Housing, Open Space and Transportation) Committee meetings and other networking;
  • Our annual banquets in the north and south honor our community leaders and nourish the spirit of activists in hard times.

 

We need your help to strengthen our efforts in the coming year. The larger your contribution, the less time we’ll have to spend on fundraising. With your help, we hope to build our staff work in the south coast area, improve our online capacity for outreach and information, and strengthen the watchdogging, education and advocacy that is our hallmark.

 

Click here to make an online contribution.

 

Click here to download a contribution form you can print and mail to us.