On the night of January 7th, the Eaton fire destroyed 60% of my entire town when a fire broke out on the mountain during a windstorm.
I banded with neighbors to save whatever we could with buckets of swimming pool water. I stayed behind for several nights with neighboring streets still on fire protecting our 10 standing homes on our street from looters.
Even after evacuating again, I did not stop. I started by transforming a message called “Altadena: Not for Sale” into a mobilized online movement organizing massive protests refusing to sell out the soul of our community. I became half responsible for putting together a massive builders fair called the “Altadena Future Fair” that drew 800 survivors. I ran a fundraiser at a convention raising $2000 for our relief fund. I even traveled to the capital in Sacramento to meet with local and state representatives to discuss the demands and grievances of Altadena. And despite all the loss, I was still able to work on a planning committee to make our fourth annual PRIDE festival still happen.
I met with survivors in coffee shops and homes to directly connect people with resources. To this day, I run two big online “info-streams” constantly sharing resources by the hour as well as solely running what is now the town’s most comprehensive calendar for recovery events. I even manage a WhatsApp community sub-divided by topic that currently has 500 survivors on it.
I’ve removed hundreds of illegal contractor signs polluting our properties, without hesitating I rented a 26’ U-Haul to bringing 200 bags of donations from a place 50 miles away when a driver was needed. To this day, I’m still serving as the “block captain” for my street guiding neighbors under an organization called “Altagether.”
As I’ve said many times, I will continue to work tirelessly and not rest until every one of my neighbors have their lives back.
I banded with neighbors to save whatever we could with buckets of swimming pool water. I stayed behind for several nights with neighboring streets still on fire protecting our 10 standing homes on our street from looters.
Even after evacuating again, I did not stop. I started by transforming a message called “Altadena: Not for Sale” into a mobilized online movement organizing massive protests refusing to sell out the soul of our community. I became half responsible for putting together a massive builders fair called the “Altadena Future Fair” that drew 800 survivors. I ran a fundraiser at a convention raising $2000 for our relief fund. I even traveled to the capital in Sacramento to meet with local and state representatives to discuss the demands and grievances of Altadena. And despite all the loss, I was still able to work on a planning committee to make our fourth annual PRIDE festival still happen.
I met with survivors in coffee shops and homes to directly connect people with resources. To this day, I run two big online “info-streams” constantly sharing resources by the hour as well as solely running what is now the town’s most comprehensive calendar for recovery events. I even manage a WhatsApp community sub-divided by topic that currently has 500 survivors on it.
I’ve removed hundreds of illegal contractor signs polluting our properties, without hesitating I rented a 26’ U-Haul to bringing 200 bags of donations from a place 50 miles away when a driver was needed. To this day, I’m still serving as the “block captain” for my street guiding neighbors under an organization called “Altagether.”
As I’ve said many times, I will continue to work tirelessly and not rest until every one of my neighbors have their lives back.