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April 2024

EBALDC’s Avalon Tenants Advocates (ATA) Amplify Community Needs Through its Newsletter and Local Organizing at EBALDC Senior Residence

For years, residents at EBALDC’s Avalon Senior Housing complex successfully advocated for themselves and their community, incorporating a newsletter publication into their efforts. How It All Began: Organizing for Traffic Safety Beth Esperanza Rosales, Avalon Senior Housing resident and Avalon Tenants Advocates co-founder says that the seniors there began speaking out on behalf of their community approximately 7 years ago: “We at Avalon started advocating…for a crosswalk right outside our gate. There is a Pak ‘N Save across the way, seniors were jaywalking and falling with carts right outside.” Beth described... Read more