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EL CHICANo Weekly

Vol 59, NO. 08

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San Manuel g rant will help fund city’s veterinar y care, parks, police

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he San Manuel Band of Mission Indians have announced that they have awarded a $2.22 million grant to the City of San Bernardino to help fund a new veterinary clinic, mobile improvements at Seccombe Lake Park, and new police vehicles. The agreement, which was recently finalized, provides $1.1 million for a new mobile veterinary clinic, $1 million for additional renovations to Seccombe Lake Park, and $120,000 for new police patrol vehicles, is the second major grant awarded to the city by the Tribe in less than a year. The Tribe awarded $1.5 million in April of 2021 to help fund improvements to the City's Animal Shelter, additional programs, services for animals, and funds to begin the work on an expanded shelter. "The City of San Bernardino deserves a safe community and Grant, cont. on next pg.

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Par ticipants sought f or I nto Light exhibit to raise awareness of substance abuse disorder

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he Anthropology Museum at Cal State San Bernardino, along with the university’s master’s degree program in counseling, is seeking participants for its next community-centered exhibit, a partnership with the national nonprofit INTO LIGHT Project, which aims to change the national conversation around addiction.

San Manuel provides grant to suppor t ab u sed an d foster children

The exhibit, set to go on display in September, is part of a nationwide effort by INTO LIGHT Project, which through its exhibit participants, aims to have an exhibit in every state to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of substance abuse disorder (SUD), which prevents the majority of those suffering from addiction to seek help.

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The agreement, which was recently finalized, provides $1.1 million for a new mobile veterinary clinic, $1 million for additional renovations to Seccombe Lake Park (pictured above), and $120,000 for new police patrol vehicles, is the second major grant awarded to the city by the Tribe in less than a year.

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Set to go on display in September, INTO LIGHT at CSUSB is part of a nationwide effort by INTO LIGHT Project, which through its exhibit participants, aims to have an exhibit in every state to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of substance abuse disorder (SUD).

Through the eyes of those who have lost loved ones to SUD, the project seeks to broaden discussions about addiction across the nation, and provide some relief

for families who have lost loved ones to the overdose epidemic. To nominate a loved one who lost their life to a drug-related overdose to be included in the California exhibit, family and friends can complete a brief online questionnaire. Individuals interested in loaning to the museum personal mementos that symbolize their own struggle with substance use disorder, or that of a loved one, can use the same form. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and have a connection to California. Since 2019, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia have hosted INTO LIGHT Project exhibits; Florida is set to open its exhibit in March. The California show, hosted by the CSUSB Anthropology Museum, will have two compoProject, cont. on next pg.


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