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Message in a Bottle

Members of Team Marine install a giant plastic bottle sculpture entitled, "Message in a Bottle," at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, October 9, 2021. The interactive 11-foot sculpture is made from more than 600 plastic bottles. Team Marine is an enviornmental advocacy organization from Santa Monica High School. They focus on plastic pollution, climate change, and ocean acidification. @teammarinesamohi

Posted on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 09:26AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Happy Nick Gabaldón Day!

Highlights from Nick Gabaldón Day at Inkwell Beach in Santa Monica on Saturday, October 9, 2021. Nick Gabaldón Day introduces young and old from inland communities to the magic of the coast through free surf and ocean safety lessons, beach ecology exploration, and a history lesson about a man who followed his passion and a community who challenged anti-Black discrimination to enjoy the beach. The Black Surfers Collective, Heal the Bay, Surf Bus Foundation, and the Santa Monica Conservancy collaborate for Nick Gabaldón Day to reach families in resource-challenged communities and connect them to meaningful educational programming. Together, we are helping build personal experiences with cultural, historical, natural heritage, and civic engagement that make up the foundation of stewardship, and the development of the next generation of heritage conservation and environmental leaders. The shoreline and waters at Bay Street in Santa Monica were an active hub of African American beach life during the Jim Crow era. This beach was popular from the 1900s to early 1960s among African American people, who sought to avoid hostile and racial discrimination they might experience at other southland beaches. Racial discrimination and restrictive covenants prevented African Americans from buying property throughout the Los Angeles region, but their community’s presence and agency sustained their oceanfront usage in Santa Monica. In 2008, the City of Santa Monica officially recognized the “Inkwell” and Nick Gabaldón with a landmark monument at Bay Street and the Oceanfront Walk. In 2019, this same beach was listed as the Bay Street Beach Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in the African American experience and American history. SOURCE: https://healthebay.org/nick-gabaldon-day-2021/

 

Posted on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 09:23AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Fiber Optics Santa Monica

Allen Lighting Services, Inc. Technitians lay conduit for fiber optics along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Posted on Friday, October 8, 2021 at 08:11AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

ROBOT ON THE GO

A Tortoise delivery robot rolls along Downtown Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Tortoise delivery robots are teleoperated by remote “drivers” (Not-Autonomous) across the world who can also perform remote ID verification. Robots are designed to power same-day delivery within 3 miles of a store or hub. They are 100% electric with top speed of 8MPH. “Pick up truck” style robot can hold up to 150+ pounds of groceries & goods in secure containers. Modular lockable container system supports batched deliveries and ambient, frozen and warm items.

Posted on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 08:03AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Blessing of the. Animals

Rev. Patricia Farris blesses pets at First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica during "Blessing of the. Animals" service on Saturday, October 2, 2021.

Posted on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 08:05AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Santa Monica Cruisin' Classics 

A lowrider hops at Santa Monica Cruisin' Classics (@santamonica_cruisinclassics) meetup at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, October 1, 2021. The car club meets-up every Friday night at Santa Monica Beach.

Posted on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 08:08AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

National Love People Day

Santa Monica Police officers help distribute gift packages to local schools during Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi (MTO) ShahmaghsoudiⓇ School of Islamic SufismⓇ celebration of National Love People Day at the Santa Monica Pier Beach Parking on Thursday, September 30, 2021.

The local Santa Monica event is part of a global celebration of the birthday of Sufi Master Professor Nader Angha, being celebrated in dozens of cities across the globe. “For our community, September 30th is the day of celebrating the practical teachings of Professor Nader Angha, who has continuously shown us and millions of others the true meaning of love, devotion and unity for over five decades,” said Ed Selbe, M.T.O. Los Angeles.

At the same time, in celebration of the Coastal Cleanup Month, the MTO SustainabilityⓇ volunteers participated in the solution-to-ocean-pollution by partnering with Heal the Bay’s Adopt-A-Beach program -sponsored by the California Coastal Commission- in cleaning up the most crowded portion of the North Side of the Santa Monica Beach.

Santa Monica Police Department’s frontline heroes were honored. The Police Deputy Chief was presented with an Islamic Sufi artwork gift, a specially handcrafted, three-dimensional mirror mosaic.

In attendance was MTO’s LA City District 3 Councilmember Bob Blumenfield's official representative, along with 20 members of the Santa Monica Police Department's three Special Units of “Homeless Outreach”, “Neighborhood Resource” and “School Resource” officers, joining MTOⓇ student volunteers in delivering their donated items.

Organizations receiving MTOⓇ donations include: Children Lifesaving Foundation: Helping 85,000+ primarily underserved/homeless Latinx youth since 1993; Salvation Army & People Concern: Homelessness service providers; 10 different Santa Monica City’s Elementary & Middle Schools via SMPD “School Resource Unit” and Los Robles, Simi Valley and other local Hospitals.

MTO Shahmaghsoudi® School of Islamic Sufism® is an international non-profit organization spanning five continents. The teachings of the school, through an unbroken lineage of 42 Sufi Teachers, bring the message of knowledge, love, peace, tranquility, and survival to the lives of the true seekers. The PPE and care packages represent the global efforts of MTO branches across dozens of cities. MTO centers worldwide have made and delivered well over 100 thousand food packages, school supplies, facemasks, face-shields, and medical gowns throughout Europe, Australia and North America for the past 17 months. MTO has also been offering free daily Tamarkoz® meditation and relaxation Instagram Live sessions to help people around the globe cope with the crisis. To accompany the meditation practice, the Zendeh Delan® ensemble has partnered with the TamarkozApp team to create music to quiet the mind, relax the body and awaken the soul. Another MTO affiliate, the Sufi Psychology Association®, launched two new initiatives: Coping with the COVID Crisis course which is available to the public for free and Caring 4 Our Caregivers, which targets healthcare worker burnout.

The MTO School of Islamic Sufism® students represent a cross section of humanity. Students from all walks of life, from different cultures and religions come to study at centers throughout the world.

For actual numbers of items donated see: www.mtocharity.org/community-support/

 

Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 05:19PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

𝘾𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙥

The Santa Monica Police Mobile Command Center was deployed for “Coffee with a Cop" at Pete's Coffee at Montana Avenue on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Prevention Coordinators, Neighborhood Resource Officers, Command Staff and Police Officers met with members of the community over a Cup of Jo. The majority of law enforcement contacts with the public occur during emergencies or emotional situations. Those situations are not always the most effective time to build relationships. Coffee with a Cop aims to break down barriers and allow for relaxed interaction. Coffee with a Cop events are designed to provide an opportunity for the community to ask questions, voice concerns, and get to know their Police Department. The relaxed nature of this event is intended to allow Police Department to get to know the community, and for community members to get to know the officers who serve Santa Monica. The goal is to strengthen the relationship between the Santa Monica Police Department and the community. Coffee with a Cop events are now held in all 50 states and is one of the most successful community oriented policing programs across the country. The program has also expanded to outside the Unites States to Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Latin America. The key to Coffee with a Cop’s growing success is that it opens the door for interactions outside of the crisis situations that typically bring law enforcement officers and community members together.

Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 06:12AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint