Community Action
Amid funding cuts and deportation threats, Westwood prioritizes community and culture
The Safe Summer Kick Off is a Westwood tradition. It almost didn’t happen this year because of funding and attendance concerns.
Mexico’s Isla Holbox
Islands Without Cars, the unique independent travel series hosted by Kira Cook, is back for a second season! In six whimsical half-hour installments, Kira shows us what life is like on islands in the Western Hemisphere’s developed world that have managed to keep a well-worn foot in the past by restricting or forbidding the use of motorized vehicles.
Mexico’s Isla Holbox
Season 3 Episode 305 | 26m 46s | CC
Accessible by a twenty-minute ferry through calm waters, Holbox is an outdoor lover’s paradise comprised of a series of beaches, a protected nature reserve, and a tiny town dotted with restaurants and shops. Its charm…is its undeveloped authenticity…and ability to see and swim with the largest sharks in the world: the massive (but friendly and plankton-eating) whale sharks.
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Durango students celebrate Indigenous culture through traditional games
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Culture, kimchi and community at 9,000 feet
The Korean Cultural Heritage Camp offers adopted children from South Korean and their adoptive families a chance to learn more about South Korean culture and community.
