Water Replenishment District’s (WRD) Board President John D. S. Allen, Director Vera Robles DeWitt, and Director Joy Langford proudly welcomed California Attorney General Rob Bonta at the Albert Robles Center (ARC). This momentous occasion celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA) which became law on October 18, 1972.
Sam Lewis was a teenager, a high school drop-out and had been sentenced to a life sentence in prison. He gained an education while incarcerated, even though college programs weren’t offered at the time. Then, after 24 years in prison and nine trips made to the parole board, he was finally released in 2012.
“I won him!” Those were words shared with me by a young mother who had been fighting to regain custody of her son for four years.
The Biden-Harris Administration announced plans to expand federal job opportunities and loan programs, expand access to health care and housing, and develop and amplify educational opportunities for the formerly and currently incarcerated.
Nonprofit organizations like Anti-Recidivism Coalition and The Midnight Mission stand out for their forward-thinking approach to service.
Imagine the concept of a piñata, many people attempt to make contact in hopes of releasing the goodies inside but it only takes that one person with just enough force and precise measurement to be rewarded. Author, Stephanie Ike, has proven with her new book release of Moving Forward that she has the perfect bat capable of revealing just what the modern day followers of Christ need in order to keep pressing. Her precise depiction of the testaments God has set for us is the surprise nuggets we all expect to receive when we step up for that swing at the big piñata called Life.