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Back Issue
August 2003 |
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Lights, Camera, Incorporation!
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Film Festival and Cable Series Celebrate 20 Years of Incorporation
The East Palo Alto 20th Anniversary Film Festival takes
place on the weekend of September 13th and 14th as part
of the 20th anniversary celebration of the incorporation
of the City of East Palo Alto. Close to 20 films will be
shown, reflecting dramatic changes of the past two decades.
The variety of programs provide a set of perspectives as
never assembled before on the diversity, creativity, challenges
and successes of the City and people of East Palo Alto.
The films will also be shown as a weekly program on The
Media Center's Channel 27 and 28.
The Festival and the Cable Series are
part of a larger
celebration of twenty years of cityhood. The celebration
began on July 1st, the actual day of incorporation, and
concludes with an outdoors weekend celebration on September
13th and 14th. The Festival and Media Center series are
the first time an array of films on the city will be shown
together as a program, revealing different takes on the
complex and sometimes controversial city. The Festival is
free of charge to all attendees.
Volunteers Still Needed to Help With Event
More films have been made in and about East Palo Alto than
one might suspect for a small city of 30,000. Review and
selection of films is in progress by a group residents who
form a subcommittee that is part of the larger
20th Anniversary General Committee. City Director of Community
Services Meda Okelo is guiding the overall celebration and
community activist William Webster is chairing the Festival
subcommittee. However, there is a still a great need for
volunteers
to make the Festival happen. Help is needed with publicity,
outreach and on the day of the Festival itself.
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Report on the Review and Approval Process for the
2003-2004 Budget
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Malonga Casquelourd
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By Dennis Parker,
Community Advocate
Between June 2 and June 17th the City of East Palo Alto met five times to review the proposed new budget and hear comments from the public. Final approval was made at the June 17 meeting. Like most cities in California, East Palo Alto had to tighten the belt this year to adjust for reduced income. We are fortunate that Community Advocate Dennis Parker was able to attend and report on the final three meetings so residents can better understand the issues at hand and the hard choices to be made.
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November 5, 1947 - June 15, 2003
"A wonderful friend who freely, joyfully and expertly taught us all how to dance."
Please email your thoughts and reflections to memory@epa.net to create a Memory Book for the Casquelourd family.
Dear friends,
I knew Malonga Casquelourd for over 25 years since he first came to East Palo Alto
and taught Congolese dance and drums. I was there when we used the abandoned Ravenswood High School from 1977-1979. He was a very dear man and a wonderful friend who freely, joyfully and expertly taught us all how to dance.
Sheila Bostic
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Renaissance Man:
The Story of Diego Perez
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Seeking Candidates for the EPA.net Community Advisory Board
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By: Diego N. Perez and
Victor L. Perez
I am an artist who grew up in East Palo Alto during the time when drugs, murder, gangs and violence were at an all-time high. Growing up in EPA was not easy for any young person. The city seemed like an unsettled war zone. Drug dealing on corners brought addicts and gang into our neighborhoods. The sound of gunshots, sirens, and screeching cars from all corners of the city was a nightly event. Growing up with these sounds and images had an effect on me. I think it made me grow up sooner and my childhood passed me by more quickly than the normal child. The sights and sounds of poverty and violence had become commonplace in my mind.
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EPA.net is an online community resource center that provides East Palo Alto with relevant, up-to-date, and general information. The EPA.net Community Advisory Board will consist of seven people charged with working with the EPA.net Content Manager and Executive Producer to build a vibrant, dynamic, and engaged online culture for EPA.net by inspiring ideas, building community, and amplifying new voices from East Palo Alto.
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