Paso People’s Action and Paso Robles High School Black Student Union held a joint clean up on Saturday, August 14th. Both groups have taken on the task of adopting a street on the North end of Paso Robles. This entails a monthly commitment where volunteers pick up trash along their adopted street. Paso People’s Action has adopted Park Street between 28th and 36th street and the PRHS BSU has adopted Oak Street starting near the Paso Youth Arts Foundation and ending near Georgia Brown Elementary School.
The mission of Paso People’s Action (PPA) is to invest in the diversity of the community in northern San Luis Obispo County. PPA aims to support, amplify, and empower the historically marginalized voices of the community, and works to disrupt the systems that push neighbors to the margins of society. PPA’s vision is to create a community where every person can live and thrive.
Elena Garcia, founding member of Paso People’s Action and creator of the PPA Adopt-a-Street team has been leading trash clean-ups for nearly a year. While advocacy and direct engagement are critical, Elena believes that tangible community service cannot be overlooked or undervalued. “We need to take direct action in order to see positive changes within our community.” PPA’s Adopt-a-Street team has had a positive response during their street clean-ups and often have neighbors stop to say hello and give thanks as well as greetings from energetic children waving hello from their apartment windows. PPA’s Adopt-a-Street team is looking to add volunteers with hopes of adopting additional streets throughout Paso Robles. For more information on Paso People’s Action or their Adopt-a-Street team please email – pasopeoplesaction@gmail.com

Clean ups will alternate between Saturdays and Sundays on the 2nd weekend of every month. Below is our schedule through the end of 2021.

• Sunday, September 12th
• Saturday, October 9th
• Sunday, November 14th
• Saturday, December 11th

Kelen Macharia, president of PRHS Black Student Union has been an admirable leader for students and is looking ahead to a great year ahead as a PRHS Senior. Kelen’s vision for BSU is to educate and promote diversity within the club, Paso Robles High School, and outwards to the community. As PRHS BSU heads into a new school year, their club is looking forward to expanding their reach and welcomes new member engagement. Connect with PRHS BSU on their Instagram page at – https://www.instagram.com/prhsbsu/?hl=en