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Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $4,650 offset by the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department, to provide contributions of:
· $450 to Long Beach Camerata Singers to support an
Opening Night Gala: Save the Magic on Thursday,
September 21, 2023;
· $400 to Food Chain Workers Alliance, Inc. to support their
Black Job Fair on Saturday, September 16, 2023;
· $3,500 to Cambodia Town Inc. to support the
re-establishment of Long Beach Khmer Kickboxing;
· $300 to Long Beach Forward to support their Welcome Back
to School Celebration on Wednesday, August 30, 2023; and
Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $4,650 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
DISCUSSION
Food Chain Workers Alliance, Inc. is a coalition of worker-based organizations whose members plant, harvest, process, pack, transport, prepare, serve, and sell food, organizing to improve wages and working conditions for all workers along the food chain. On September 16, 2023, in partnership with Black Agency, the organization is hosting Black Job Fair at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park (1950 Lemon Ave.). Contributions to Food Chain Workers Alliance, Inc. will go towards support of the job fair.
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Long Beach Forward, in partnership with AOC7 Neighborhood Association and DAYS Long Beach, hosted a Welcome Back to School event for Franklin Middle School students and parents to welcome and celebrate the first day of school. Long Beach Forward is a community-based organization dedicated to working with Long Beach residents and partners to tackle institutional issues stemming from racial and income inequity. Their mission is to create a healthy Long Beach with low-income communities of color by building community knowledge, leadership, and power.
Cambodia Town Inc. pr...
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