About this Event
WHAT
On the 13th editon of the award winning Americas Latino Eco Festival (ALEF) we celebrate the 15th year anniversary of our mother nonprofit Americas for Conservation and the Arts (AFC+A) and invite you to join us in a one-day tree equity summit hosted and led by Latinos. We are convening an impactful intersectional and diverse coalition of leaders to explore together how best to advance tree equity in urban forestry through a climate justice lens.
By focusing on tree equity and the impact on marginalized communities, ALEF aims to foster collaboration, raise awareness, and inspire action.
WHY
This year's theme is anchored in our five year partnership with the City of Denver Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resilience (CASR) and our Community Tree Planting Initiative as well as on our Investing in America recently awarded IRA funding for Urban Tree Canopy efforts . For the next five years AFC+A will be planting trees in private households, businesses, and schools with the goal to increase the tree canopy in neighborhoods which are suffering from tree inequity and where communities are facing a disproportionate burden of heat island effect.
Free and Open to All. Summit Limited Registration (Venue Cap at 128)
All-day refreshments and lunch are included with registration.
CSU Spur Hydro Bldg. Confluence Theatre, National Western Drive, Denver, CO, USA
XIII ALEF BACKGROUND
This year's six month long XIII ALEF kicked off on October 22nd with our 1st LUNA (Latino Ultra Nature Adventure) followed by tree plantings, monthly community tree planting workshops, our signature annual Xmas Tree Cutting, forest bathing adventures, and culminating with this Tree Equity Summit and the grand finale on Earth Day 4/22 at The Holiday Theatre showcasing The Giving Tree Community Day with an eco film fest, performances, storytelling, colorado rewild book fair, and the festival closing concert with the magnificient La Dame Blanche
With her always expanding and singular mix of hip hop, female empowerment, dancehall, and catchy beats, singer, flautist, and percussionist Yaite Ramos Rodriguez, aka La Dame Blanche, delivers a powerful and compelling sound that summons the spirits.
« La Dame Blanche has been on a crusade to challenge genres and expectations; on her new album, she reaches her goal. Hip-hop and Cuban music are her points of reference, but Ella's mash-up power resides in La Dame Blanche's always impressive musical vision. » NPR
« La Dame Blanche makes pulsing music that merges hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. » Washington Post
ALEF & AFC+A OVERVIEW
ALEF is a Latino-hosted multicultural gathering, elevating the voices of communities of color, women in conservation, and cultural leadership by fostering collaboration to better tackle environmental problems from diverse workspaces. The festival has become a well-known and award winning event (City of Denver Office of Sustainability Community Builder & 2017 Imagine 2020) for our BIPOC ecosystem to connect, celebrate its contributions, and advance collaborations for a more equitable conservation movement.
Founded in 2008, AFC+A grows healthy communities through environmental and cultural stewardship that bridge inclusion gaps and serve the most underserved. We do this work by centering our three flagship programs on the health services that nature and the arts provide.
Americas Latino Eco-Festival (ALEF) CONGREGATES BIPOC conservation and creative leadership, hosting its 13th edition right now.
Mandel Vilar Press DOCUMENTS the needs of our community by advancing diversity and conservation in the book economy, publishing its 60th title in 2024.
Promotores Verdes Conservation Corps ACTS in partnership with with and on behalf of BIPOC communities to promote conservation through outdoor recreation, climate literacy, and human-nature health connections, planting 700 plus trees in 500 homes in 2023 between Denver and Aurora with thousands more to come through 2029.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CSU Spur, 4777 National Western Drive, Denver, United States
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