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Compton Community Garden
Trust for Public Land
Nike x Undefeated
Sky High Farm
Usal
LA Compost
Denim Tears
Arc’teryx
CultivaLA
LA Neighborhood Land Trust
Watts Labor Community Action Committee 
No Nonsense Records
Foot Locker
Garrett Leight
Pink Siifu


Connecting diverse communities, orgs & subcultures with ecology at their core.

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Compton Community Garden
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A communal effort to address ecological & social inequalities in Compton & beyond. CCG provides free food & resources to our immediate community in South LA. Successfully led a campaign fundraising $750K in 1 week to acquire & protect Compton Community Garden as a community land trust in partnership with the LA Neighborhood Land Trust.

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Collaborated with Trust for Public Land's Black History and Culture initiative - led by Dr. Jocelyn Imani - to support the Black History and Culture Jawn, a gathering bringing together a diverse cohort of Black and green leaders from across the nation at the annual Land Trust Alliance rally.  The gathering was aimed at strengthening networks within the ecosystem of advocates using public land for the benefit of Black & Brown communities.

Nike x Undefeated
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To celebrate the launch of the Undefeated x Nike Air Force 1, UNDFTD and Nike teamed up with two Los Angeles organizations making an impact in their communities - Compton Community Garden & Feed The Streets - to uplift their mission and extend their reach in the city and beyond.

earthside led community planning, event programming, and campaign direction for a special edition of Community Volunteer Day at Compton Community Garden - including soil science, local businesses (Straight Up Fast Food) & native plant medicine classes for Compton/Long Beach residents.

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Connected NY urban farm & fashion label Sky High Farm (in partnership with Comme des Garçons) with Compton Community Garden to host the Earth Day Compton Cookout - a free communal meal and celebration for the Los Angeles community in celebration of Earth Day & with resources + information on community land trusts (CLT’s) & local organizations.
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Connected with outdoor community Usal to host a special Community Volunteer Day with the org’s core LA community - including soil science classes, seedling planting stations, a guided group  meditation, and garden bed building classes with wood & tools donated by local hardware businesses.

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Supported LA Compost in raising $500K+ for the organization’s soil science and community education programs through the GreenLatinos Urban Greening Initiative. Traveled with the LA Compost team to meet with  officials from key federal agencies (HUD, HHS) & state representatives/senators to advocate for urban greening & localized food systems in South/East Los Angeles.


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Collaborated w/ Denim Tears creative team to bring a campaign to life celebrating foods from the African Diaspora including okra, collard greens, black eyed peas, and black diamond watermelon.  

earthside guided the Denim Tears creative direction team to capture authenticity in their representation of community garden spaces & harvesting organic foods, connecting Denim Tears with the gardens, community members & spaces uplifting local food systems in Los Angeles.