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@aneedywilmington, a volunteer-ran organization in Wilmington, pairs generous donors with Wilmington families in need, providing these families with a Christmas they cannot afford themselves. In 2017, A Needy Wilmington helped 26 families have a special Christmas. This year, you can help bring joy to a family in need. Donations of any size will make a BIG difference in the life of a person in need. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/aneedywilmington for more information. #wilmingtonca (at Wilmington, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrMGKd6FsLx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1whtkiymvia5s

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Repost @wilmingtonartwalk ・・・ Join us Nov 2nd as we celebrate Dia de los Muertos! Vendor spaces still available. Registration link in bio. Want to display an altar for your loved ones? Email [email protected] to sign up. Interested in being an Art Walk sponsor? Email [email protected] for sponsorship opportunities #wilmingtonartwalk #diadelosmuertos #vendors #artist #craft #wilmingtonca (at Wilmington, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnm7hIwFA6H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mxbfie4vqcg2

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Repost @fallintoliteracy ・・・ Fall into Literacy 2018 is here!! Join us October 13th from 10am-2pm for a “dia de los libros” celebration💀📚 #bookfest #fallintoliteracy #wilmingtonCA (at Wilmington, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXDG3ZlkGn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y3bfmqob1dxp

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Repost @wilmingtonartwalk ・・・ Don’t forget to get your submissions in for our 2019 calendar. Now accepting Wilmington photos as well as business ads!! 2019calendar.avalonaca.org or [email protected] #wilmingtonca (at Wilmington, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnH9gXhFtIr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uaezm3z4z7zf

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Repost @wilmingtoncfm ・・・ Local artists, crafters, & small business owners - let the new Tuesday @wilmingtoncfm be your go-to for sharing your products & art! ✨ We have spots available for people in the Wilmington community, email us from our profile if interested or to share your recommendations #WilmingtonCA #FarmersMarket

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Repost @wilmingtonartwalk ・・・ Last call for vendors!!!! We were able to open some additional space for vendors and now have a few spaces open. First come first serve. Link in bio! #wilmingtonartwalk #lastcall #artist or #craftvendors #wilmingtonca (at Wilmington, California)

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Repost @wilmingtoncfm ・・・ 🚀🎉 LAUNCHING TUESDAY AUGUST 7th at the Providence Community Health & Wellness Center #WilmingtonCA #WFM (at Wilmington, California)

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Harbor-UCLA Health Summit: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 from 12:00 pm to 2:00pm at Banning High School. Health data collected in Wilmington over the summer will be presented by UCLA medical students. #WilmingtonCA (at Phineas Banning Senior High)

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Repost @wilmingtonbranchlibrary_lapl ・・・ It’s that time again!! Please join us for our annual #DIA celebration, Saturday April 28 at 2pm! Crafts! Snacks! FREE BOOKS for kids, and a visit from storyteller/author @antoniosacre #diadelosninos #diadeloslibros #diatogether #sharebookjoy #wilmingtonca (at Wilmington Branch - Los Angeles Public Library)

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Do you have original pre-1970 photos of #WilmingtonCA? Share your photos with the Wilmington Historical Society at the Wilmington Library on March 31. Photos will be displayed in an exhibit at Banning's Landing on June 3. #WilmingtonCA (at Wilmington Branch - Los Angeles Public Library)

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Repost @vargas325: Congratulations to Rocio Palacios, senior student at Banning High School, who just received a full scholarship to CalArts in Valencia. #wilmingtonexcellence #wearewilmington #wilmingtonca (at Phineas Banning Senior High)

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“My love for real estate and business made my vision possible,” said first generation Salvadorian, Heber Jobany Martinez . Heber was born and raised in Wilmington and remains a Wilmington resident and entrepreneur. He invested in Wilmington in 2016 and opened up his own Mexican taco shop called “Quiero Más Tacos. “ “I was always surrounded by the Mexican culture, I even married a Mexican native from Michoacan (Mexico)." His mother in-law’s authentic homemade cooking inspired the menu. “I believe Wilmington has a lot of great people that come out of here, I don’t know anything else but Wilmington.” His love for Wilmington made him seek success as a restaurant owner. “Putting up a business is risky, I have a family, I have a mortgage and bills to pay. I’m willing to take this risk because I want to hand my kid a job. I’m a first generation Salvadorian here in the United States. My parents came from El Salvador and like many of us, they they came here for a better future. They got a job and they did what they had to do in order to survive. I don’t want to do the same for my kids, I don’t just want to work all the time and not have time for them." Photo and story by Berenice Moreno, Wilmington Wire Correspondent. @berenice_morenotv @quiero_mas_tacos #wilmingtonexcellence #wearewilmington (at Q.M.T -Quiero Mas Tacos-)

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“My mom would get up very early. She was disciplined & very meticulous. She started working at the canneries when she was 16 & worked her way up. I remember seeing the newspaper clipping about her retiring after 50 years. I remember going to this cannery. It smelt so bad because it’s a cannery. It doesn’t smell good. That shows dedication. The thing I remember that made me very proud...when my mom walked into this cannery there were 300 women at tables. You know when you see the president walking into a room, it was kind of like that feeling. All of the women had these big knives that they were cleaning the fish with. And when my mom came into the room they started hitting the knives under the table like a salute.” Story from son of Lucie Villalva Ponce Garcia. Lucie was born in 1927 and worked at Pan Pacific Tuna for 50 years where she supervised 300 cannery workers. Post WWII tuna canning in the LA harbor was the largest in the world & the canneries employed thousands of Wilmington workers. In the 80s-90s large canneries started to shut down & move abroad leading to massive job loss in the region. B&W photo by Bryce Aguilar. #WeAreWilmington #OurStoriesOfWilmington #wilmingtonCA (at Wilmington, California)

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"I was about 8 or 9 I think when I started learning how to speak Caló. That is what they call Pachuco language —Caloismo. They had their own language because the police were always giving them a bad time. You see, the police were always trying to prevent them from speaking Spanish so Caloismo started with Pachucos like in the 40s. Can you imagine? You know that was their identity. It started in east LA. I was in San Fernando and my cousins that were older than I was, that was all they spoke. But I learned it shining shoes and it was a good thing it payed off for me 10 years later. Sure enough when I got into doing therapy I ran into a lot of people who speak Caló. So I was really thankful. When I started to work for the city I had a lot of Pachucos coming in and they wouldn’t speak to me if I didn’t understand Caló. “Ése vato loco ése” and that is the way they would speak when they wanted to commit suicide. If I didn’t speak Caló, he wouldn’t have opened up about nothing but if I say, “Carnal como ta carnal ongale pues” then they open up and I can get them in treatment. I really liked that job, that was a good job. It’s beautiful stuff, let me tell you. It’s great to learn different languages, different dialects. It's beautiful stuff but it’s gotten away from me. Of course I lost it because I have nobody to speak to. Sometimes I run into people in their 80s and 90s and they still speak Caló. It's a beautiful thing." Story by Ricardo Valdez #WeAreWilmington #OurStoriesOfWilmington #wilmingtonca

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The recent Tesoro explosion is evidence that we need better regulations to protect our community health and safety. The California Environmental Protection Agency and Governor’s Office of Emergency Services are hosting a public meeting TONIGHT to get community input on the proposed changes to the current regulations. Represent our community Tonight from 5-7:30 at Banning's Landing.

Help pass SB 1000 today! This important piece of legislation will directly benefit Wilmington and other communities affected by pollution and low resources in California. The Assembly Floor vote could happen today or tomorrow. If you have a few minutes to spare, please call today! Assemblymember Mike Gipson: (916) 319-2064 (South LA) Sample script: Hello my name is _________ from Wilmington and I’m calling today to urge Assemblymember Gibson to vote YES on SB 1000 when it reaches the Assembly floor this week. SB 1000 will require cities and counties to have environmental justice goals and policies in their land use plans. In Wilmington we see the direct negative effects of pollution in our community and SB 1000 is important to addressing these environmental inequities. (Or tell a personal story of how inappropriate land use decisions have negatively impacted your neighborhood/city or your family/friends health. Talk about experiences with asthma, bad smells, etc.) It is critical that Assemblymember Gibson vote YES on SB 1000 when it reaches the Assembly floor this week. Thank you for your time.

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