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Saturday December 27th 2025
SPRING RENEWAL with Latino Environmental Health Begins At Home A Community Health Action Team (CHAT) of the Backyard Initiative
Bertha Medina, Latino Environmental Health Begins At Home (LEHBAH) CHAT leader talks with families about safe cleaning products outside of her beauty shop on Lake Street.
The Latino Environmental Health Begins At Home (LEHBAH) CHAT works with Latino families to learn how they can contribute to creating a healthy environment for their families and community. The first stage of the effort is to teach Latinos how to make healthy products to clean the home and to support each other to maintain a healthy environment.
LEHBAH”'s vision is to improve the health of the Latino adults and children by creating a healthier indoor environment for Latino families while building connections and community between families. We have trained over 100 people during the last several years. Through the efforts of our BYI Community Health Action Team, we have developed curriculum for the Latino community on safe household cleaners. We have also trained a team of people to become trainers who conduct a healthy home audit and clean kitchens with natural products.
Work sessions are held in people”'s home who have signed up to have their kitchen cleaned. Participants learn: 1) to create cleaning products from natural, environmentally safe ingredients; 2) where they can buy the ingredients and how to use them; 3) what the benefits (inexpensive and healthier) are for using these products instead of their usual products 4) to draw on their cultural traditions and backgrounds as healthy resources; and, 5) to reframe or redefine what “clean” means.… Read the rest “SPRING RENEWAL with Latino Environmental Health Begins At Home A Community Health Action Team (CHAT) of the Backyard Initiative”
Salud Ambiental Latino Empieza En El Hogar [A Community Health Action Team (CHAT) of the Backyard Initiative]
Latino Environmental Health Begins At Home (LEHBAH) Community Health Action Team members meet and do presentations and trainings at Jenny”'s Beauty Salon, 1108 East Lake St., Minneapolis
by Julio Martinez and Bertha Medina
Somos un grupo latino formado desde al año 2011, su principal objetivo es cuidar el medio ambiente y la salud, orientando a nuestra comunidad de como liberarnos de quimicos que nos dañan y sustituirlos por productos naturales de origen organico, principalmente los pruductos de limpieza para el hogar, parte de nuestras platicas es enseñar a elaborarlos, nuestro grupo da platicas a domicilio para lograr este fin de forma gratuita.
Otro de nuestros objetivos es enfocarnos en familias con hijos menores de edad. Contamos con muchisima mas informacion para ti ama de casa, con esto puedes ofrecer un mejor cuidado y calidad de vida. A continuación encontraras un poco de la informacion que proporcionamos en nuestras platicas.
Con solo 6 elementos puedes remplazar todos tus productos de limpieza en tu hogar-
Bicarbonato de sodio.
Vinagre destilado blanco.
Borax.
Jabón de trastes.
Aceites esenciales.
Botellas vacias (Algunas con dosificador)
Un embudo.
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Meetings since Feb., thousands of Workshop hours in Apr. & May, donated materials & dollars all year = MayDay Parade & Park Pageant for tens of thousands of participants & viewers May 7th!
43rd MayDay Parade, Ceremony and Festival
Sunday, MAY 7, 2017 -Â Save the Date!
*And check out the many
opportunities to Volunteer or get involved
Donate to the 43rd MayDay!
It takes $200,000 to fund the people, puppets, park fees, parade permits, police presence, and porta potties to support MayDay. Please give as generously as possible ”” every gift counts for the 43rd Annual MayDay Parade, Ceremony, and Festival!
11 am: Assemble
MayDay Parade participants assemble by section east of Bloomington Ave on 25th St., between Bloomington and Cedar Ave. in South Minneapolis. See map
NOON: Parade Begins
At the corner of 25th St. E. and Bloomington Ave. S., and travels south on Bloomington to 34th St. E., where the parade turns west towards Powderhorn Park.
3pm: Ceremony & Festival
The MayDay Tree of Life Ceremony begins at 3pm in Powderhorn Park. The Festival is open throughout the day.
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