One Love: Human Interconnectedness

Went to see an amazing live music performance last night by Balkan Beat Box (BBB).

WOW. Beautiful music.

BBB in many ways embodies the idea of 'local to global'. Their music fuses sounds from so many different places, cultures and times. They perform all over the world. And their music deals with issues and themes faced in many places in the world - police brutality, constant war and how it can be ended, political violence and lack of freedom, interconnectedness of humans everywhere.

I am pasting some of their music below. Please check them out! Enjoy!


Part of the Glory:




Kabulectro:






War Again:




Political F***:

Pop culture moment: Whitney Houston, the Grammys, and Common's rap for LA

The video above is of famous hip hop artist Common (who performed for President Obama last year at the White House) rhyming some love for Los Angeles. I filmed the video at a Grammy after-party at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles.

The Grammy's are working on minimizing waste generation from their event and involving themselves in some environmentally sustainable practices to raise awareness about the need for such changes on the global scale. Click here for more information.  Also, please be sure to check in soon with green LA girl, where I will be posting an article on the Grammy Greening Summit, which I was able to attend.

Finally, here is a beautiful story on Zocalo Public Square about what Whitney Houston meant to a young lady of color growing up in South Los Angeles.

Peace and enjoy,

Nisha Namorando Vida
Local to Global Life Works founder/director

TODAY! // The City as a Canvas for Creative Envisioning: Generating GOOD Growth!

TODAY!

Local to Global Life Works

cordially invites you to:

The City as a Canvas for Creative Envisioning: 

Generating GOOD Growth!

Tonight, Wednesday, August 24, 2011

6:00 - 9:30 pm

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Hosted as GOOD Magazine Los Angeles' 

August Monthly Meetup.

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Located at The Last Bookstore

453 S. Spring Street, Ground Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013

*Click here for map*

To RSVP, go to the event page:

http://www.meetup.com/GOOD/Los-Angeles-CA/322551/

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* We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children *
- Native American proverb

"Cultural Equity: It is not our differences that divide us, it is
our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences."
~ Audre Lorde

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Dear friends and colleagues:

This month's Local to Global Life Works event is being held in conjunction with GOOD Magazine Los Angeles as a part of the GOOD LA Monthly Meetup series. This event explores "The City as a Canvas for Creative Envisioning," focusing on how to generate good growth, specifically in downtown Los Angeles.  The goal of the event is to discuss: positive things being done to create community within the rapidly burgeoning heart of Los Angeles; more things that can be done by individuals, businesses and elected officials to foster good growth initiatives downtown; challenges to generating good growth; and how such challenges can be overcome.  We will have some light snacks available and will give a free mini cupcake donated by Big Man Bakes especially for this event to the first 48 registrants!  Come prepared to brainstorm and share your visions for the future of downtown Los Angeles! 

The evening program is as follows:

6:00 - 6:15 pm // Welcome and opening meditation

6:15 - 6:45 pm // Plenary session panel featuring:

• Allison Mannos of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition;
• LaTanya Spann, Property Manager for Old Bank District Lofts, Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk board member and downtown Los Angeles resident;
• Deanna Maria Weakly, Community Master Gardener, gardener in the LA CAN Rooftop Garden in Skid Row and hopeful future founder of the Angel's Flight Community Farm; 

6:45 - 7:35 // Individual group breakout and discussion session

7:35 - 7:50 // Group reconvening and sharing of results from individual discussions

7:50 - 8:00 // Closing meditation and short intermission

8:05 - 9:30 // Open networking and live music from Los Angeles culture changers: 

• Waberi Jordan
• Kris Escajeda
• Nola Darling
• Icy Lytes

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Lastly, a downtown community member, Coach Ron, is collecting donations for the kids he works with as founder/director of Funzone Kids Reading Club for Skid Row youth. So if you can, please bring something from the list below: 

- Jump ropes

- Dot markers
- Paper

- Cereal
- Markers

- Clip boards
- Cornmeal

- Playdough
- Crayons

- Large paint brushes
- Puzzles

- Small table
- Mirrors

- Blank cds