Transforming, Connecting and Empowering Community
Green Long Beach! hosts the 3rd annual Green Long Beach Festival at the Promenade between Broadway and 3rd street to raise environmental awareness and appreciation for eco-friendly local businesses, non-profits, educators, and the arts on Saturday, June 11th from 10 am to 8 pm. The public is invited to participate in the Celebration of Green [...]
I Am Long Beach invites the Long Beach community to join them for a Free Live Mixed Media Event!! The event will celebrate the unique experiences of Long Beach locals. Among other things, musical performances and art exhibits from the teens at Long Beach Community Action Partnership will be seen. Please join us at Expo Theater [...]
Please Join Us in a Free Community Event for Harvey Milk Day on Wednesday, May 18th, from 6pm – 8pm. An Art Exhibit & Reception to Commemorate the Legacy and Dream of Harvey Milk Exhibit [A] Gallery, 555 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802 Join a collaboration of youth & diverse social justice groups to [...]
Catalyst is launching a new Emerging Leaders Network comprised of new Executive Directors, Founders, and Business owners. This will be a relational network meaning its an informal support system for those of us passionate enough to start up (or run) our organization but we’re simply trying to figure it all out along the way! Do you [...]
by Melissa Brookman Congratulations to Mike Zeke and Tom Kelsey for leading ACE into First Place in both the Design and Build Competitions in Orange County this weekend at the HBC Design and Build Competition. There were several high schools competing in both events with ACE students coming out on top! The students are given [...]
I have 2 friends younger than me who are veterans of foreign war. Tackling 18 units a piece per semester, the discipline and character of these marines thrive in their academic success. Vinny Marsala and Eric Neyman aren’t even 25 years old yet, Vinny is 22 and Eric is 25. Far from wet behind the [...]
This Saturday, April 2nd from 3-6pm at the Expo in Bixby Knolls, hundreds of people will gather together for the Assembly of the Catalyst Network of Communities to showcase the impact of creative collaboration. The event commemorates Catalyst’s 5-year anniversary of striving to inspire our city with a greater sense of community, collaboration, and citizenship [...]
Thanks to Dan Pressburg of the Community Action Group (CAG), yesterday, I had the great opportunity to be on a panel at the North Division Police Substation, with Bill Pearl (LBReport.com), Dave Wielenga (GreaterLongBeach.com), Neena Strichart (Signal Tribune), Paul Eakins (Press Telegram), Harry Salzgaver (Uptown Gazette) and myself, Floyd Hampton Livingston “The Man“ representing Long Beach’s [...]
The Long Beach Depot for Creative ReUse is raising awareness about how one can reduce waste by celebrating the re-purposing of items destined for the trash at the first ever Pepsi Refresh Creative ReUse Day on Sunday, February, 27, 2011. This celebration is made possible by a Pepsi Refresh Project grant that was awarded to [...]
What is a Yoga-thon? You remember the jog-a-thon as a kid, where you scoured the neighborhood, going door to door to rally the neighbors together in support of your school and wonderful programs they were offering? The Infinite Yoga-thon is your chance to be young again, and to actively participate in something great for your [...]