Valley Improvement Projects (VIP)
Advocating for Social and Environmental Justice in Stanislaus County and the Central Valley
ATTENTION V.I.P. SUPPORTERS!! We are currently awaiting future grant funding and may NEED TO COVER ONE MONTH OF RENT on our own and hopefully with HELP FROM YOU!! OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE $900 BY JULY 1ST so that we can KEEP V.I.P. OPEN until we receive expected grant funding in July. ANY SMALL OR … Continue reading Your Donation Can Help V.I.P. Stay Open!
Originally posted on The Revolutionary Hip-Hop Report:
Revolutionary Indigenous/Xican@ Hip-Hop artists Zro-Prophet (of X-Vandals, New York), Savage Family (Washington), Shining Soul (Arizona), Alas (SoCal), and local opener Tre Lif (Modesto/Santa Cruz) will be performing at the Valley Improvement Projects Community Center for Social and Environmental Justice as part of their West Coast Tour! Join us on THURSDAY, MAY… Continue reading Warrior Hip-Hop Tour Comes to Modesto/RHHR’s 5th Year: MAY 15TH!
Originally posted on CCEJN:
Guadalupe Leal Alvarez December 19, 1923–March 27, 2014 Guadalupe “Lupe” Alvarez, 90 of Turlock passed away at Central Valley Specialty Hospital in Modesto. Lupe was born in Amarillo Texas to Jose and Sabina Leal. Lupe was born into a family of migrant farmworkers. She worked for over 60 years and was picking cotton… Continue reading CCEJN Unity Council Member: Guadalupe Leal Alvarez, May She Rest In Peace
1 – Environmental Justice and Public Health: VIP works to promote the good health of people and the planet by emphasizing natural and sustainable agriculture and environmental practices. – Participates in national, state-wide, regional, and local environmental justice movements and organizations that advocate for clean air, water, and soil as well as more efficient and … Continue reading VIP’s 5 Point Platform
Originally posted on The Revolutionary Hip-Hop Report:
The Modesto Syringe Exchange was set up to help stop the spread of communicable diseases associated with intravenous drug use such as HIV and Hepatitis C. The exchange first began in 2008, but was operating outside the law after the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted no not allow it. In… Continue reading Video: Support the Modesto Syringe Exchange
As the Valley Improvement Projects Community Center for Social and Environmental Justice goes into its sixth month we look back on 2013 as the year that an idea became a reality. Creating a social space near downtown Modesto that could act as a central location for under-represented community members to organize and educate themselves on the issues that … Continue reading Donate and Help V.I.P. Grow in 2014!
Originally posted on The Revolutionary Hip-Hop Report:
With the start of 2013 a group of Modesto community organizers (including a few RHHReporters) came together under the name Valley Improvement Projects, or V.I.P., with the mission of improving the quality of life of underrepresented and marginalized residents of California’s Central Valley by promoting social and environmental issues through… Continue reading Valley Improvement Projects (V.I.P.) Opens Community Center for Social & Environmental Justice in Modesto
On FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH at 7pm Valley Improvement Project’s “Dinner & a Movie Night” will feature the new documentary from Eugene Jarecki (Reagan, Freakanomics, Why We Fight, The Trails of Henry Kissinger) and was executive produced by Danny Glover, Brad Pitt, John Legend, and Russell Simmons. From thehouseilivein.org: “As America remains embroiled in conflict overseas, a … Continue reading “The House I Live In” Drug War Documentary Screening THIS FRIDAY at V.I.P
Valley Improvement Projects will be holding its 1st monthly (and eventually weekly) General Assembly open to the public to discuss and identify needs in the community and ideas for projects and actions to fulfill those needs. Where: 400 12th Street Suite 14 Modesto, CA When: SUNDAY, AUGUST 25th – 3pm A few items we will be discussing … Continue reading V.I.P.’s 1st General Assembly THIS SUNDAY!!
Check-out some of the events V.I.P. has coming up in August and check-in at our new “Events” page on the menu below for additions and updates. Continue reading Upcoming in August at V.I.P. and New Events Page
Valley Improvement Projects (VIP) 