We hope you’ll come to our North County Roundtable to hear about an exciting new project SBCAN is likely to get involved in – the Santa Maria River Healthy Watershed Initiative. 

Steph Wald from Creek Lands Conservation has asked SBCAN to become involved with the project. She will tell us what CLC has been doing and their desire to add new partners and get funding through a CalEPA Environmental Justice grant. She will ask us what we are most interested in doing. Come with your ideas for participating.

Learn more about Creek Lands Conservation here: https://creeklands.org
Learn more about the CalEPA Environmental Justice grant here: https://calepa.ca.gov/envjustice/funding/

WHO: The Society of Fearless Grandmothers-Santa Barbara, Sunrise Movement-Santa Barbara, 350-Santa Barbara, Women’s March-Santa Barbara, Standing Rock Coalition-Santa Barbara, Democratic Socialists of America-Santa Barbara, Extinction Rebellion-Santa Barbara, Standing Rock Coalition-
Santa Barbara.

WHAT: STOP LINE 3 PROTEST - A nonviolent demonstration, part of the global movement to “#Stop the Money Pipeline”

WHEN: Friday, June 4 at noon

WHERE: Beginning at Wells Fargo Bank at 3804 State St., Santa Barbara, then marching to nearby Bank of America and Chase Bank, Santa Barbara

WHY: Elders join with Youth to tell banks to stop funding fossil fuel projects contributing to climate chaos. This protest focuses on banks funding the Enbridge “Line 3” project, a pipeline that violates treaty rights and threatens Indigenous lands in northern Minnesota. The Grandmothers will deliver letters to CEOs of these three banks to inform them of the damage being done by their funding and to demand that they stop contributing to the climate crisis.

Please mark your calendar and watch for more information we'll be putting out soon!

There is still time to sponsor the event! Please email our Events Director at [email protected] if you or your organization would like to sponsor our event. 

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We recognize individuals or organizations that work to protect our environment and the rights of our county’s residents. These awards help encourage this good work to continue and to raise the funds we need to keep doing our part.

This year’s award recipients are:

• Yasmin Dawson, “Looking Forward” Award
• Lorraine and Wally Waldau, Giving Back Award
• Larry Bishop, Environmental Protection & Sustainability Award
• Zulema Aleman, Working Families Award
• Pam Gates and Cliff Solomon, Social Justice Award
• Juliana Neel, Youth Activist Award
• Art Hibbits, Lifetime Achievement

Because of the extenuating circumstances of the past year, we are giving special recognitions this year to:

• Dr. Melissa Smith and Dr. Van Do-Reynoso for their county public health work during the pandemic
• The Racial Justice Committee of the Santa Barbara County Public Defender’s Office and the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, both for advancing racial justice
• UFCW Local 770 for their essential work during the pandemic
• Jane Baxter for volunteer work with SBCAN and other organizations