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Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week celebrated its first annual virtual film festival from October 12 to October 15 with 29 films and interactive discussions between artists, communities, and decision-makers on environmental topics. The award winning films and honorable mentions all told powerful stories from the eyes of Latino, Black, Indigenous and other people of color with roots in nature, reminding us to uplift the nexus between human communities and the lands, waterways, and ocean we call home.

Today, President Joe Biden took executive action to restore protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments. In response to the order, Hispanic Access Foundation’s President and CEO Maite Arce released the following statement:

Films Will Highlight the Intersection of People of Color, Culture and the Environment    

Today, Hispanic Access Foundation announced the full selection of films being shown during Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week. Featuring 29 films, the virtual festival will celebrate life through the stories of Latino, Black, Indigenous and other people of color with roots in nature – learning, experiencing, and uplifting the nexus between human communities and the lands, waterways, and ocean we call home. It will be held in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, following Indigenous People’s Day from Tuesday, October 12 to Friday, October 15, 2021, with FREE tickets available at https://bit.ly/OHOPRegister. 

After a disheartening, long 18-months since the beginning of the pandemic, Latino Conservation Week sparked a sense of hope in local communities throughout the United States by giving them a reason to celebrate and spend time outdoors. Various of our Hispanic Leadership Network members who are leaders in their communities knew the importance of celebrating mother nature and this year leveraged Latino Conservation Week to organize activities that brought their communities outside to learn about the need to conserve our environment. 

Today, the Hispanic Access Foundation and the Outdoor Advocacy Project launched a online campaign and petition calling on President Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to restore Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments and use their power to protect all public lands.

 Last week, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Tracy Stone-Manning as director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. In response to the confirmation, Hispanic Access Foundation’s President and CEO Maite Arce released the following statement: 

Virginia Latinos are welcomed to attend Vamos a Pescar Virginia this Sunday, September 19 to not only learn the fundamentals of fishing but also the importance of environmental stewardship in sponsorship with Hispanic Access Foundation and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. 

Festival Will Highlight the Intersection of People of Color, Culture and the Environment    

Today, Hispanic Access Foundation announced free tickets are now available for the inaugural Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week, which will be held in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, following Indigenous People’s Day from Tuesday, October 12 to Friday, October 15, 2021. During this week, come and celebrate life through the stories of Latino, Black, Indigenous and other people of color with roots in nature – learning, experiencing, and uplifting the nexus between human communities and the lands, waterways, and ocean we call home.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Chesapeake Bay area survey of voters, commissioned by Hispanic Access Foundation and the Chesapeake Conservancy , and conducted by David Binder Research, finds that Latinos in Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia strongly support increasing public access to the bay and helping secure funding for its restoration. In fact, 84 percent of Latino voters would support creating a Chesapeake National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service, which would unite new and existing parks in the Chesapeake Bay area, increase public access to the bay and help fund its restoration. 

The National Park Service (NPS) is expected to finalize a General Management Plan Amendment for the Point Reyes National Seashore today, extending ranch leases in the park for another 20 years and perpetuating an abhorrent example of environmental injustice and history of racism in the park.