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On Saturday, March 11th, Comunidades hosted its second annual International Women's Day event themed Essential Women of the Gorge.

Comunidades commemorated with the community of the Gorge, The International Immigrant Day.

Comunidades held the Day of the Dead celebration at the community library in Stevenson, WA.

Comunidades celebró junto con la comunidad el pasado 16 de octubre, el fin de la cosecha y las raíces culturales.

Ophelia Noble from the Noble Foundation brought us her story and taught us about the historical significance of Juneteenth.

This year, Communidades along with other organizations formed a coalition to present a bill to the Oregon State Congress regarding overtime pay for farmworkers. A year prior, such legislation had already been passed in the states of Washington, California and New York.

More than 60 Hispanic women, the majority working in the agricultural sector, were honored in a celebration of their work and community involvement with dinner, music, and more.

Group Health Foundation awarded a game-changing three-year operating grant to Comunidades, a new collaborative project that provides space for more Latinos and people of color to get involved in social justice and environmental issues in the Columbia River Gorge.

Comunidades volunteers and organizers have been working to pass three bills centering energy justice through the Oregon legislature. To learn more about Oregon Clean Energy Opportunity Campaign go to their webpage: https://cleanenergyoregon.org/

Justice, community, and representation were just a few of the words scribbled on a sheet of paper. Those words would be the basis of a mission statement and a name. The name? Comunidades. The mission? To amplify Latino voices in environmental and social justice