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Resident empowerment has been at the center of GREEN-MPNA from the start. In 2012, 33 community members (the majority of whom were mothers whose children attended James Madison Elementary) participated in a leadership development academy. These mothers formed a group now known as Familias en Acción and created an action plan that has since resulted in resident-driven policy and systems change.
Community advocacy wins include the Pacific Electric Park, a long-term project to increase safe recreational space; a joint-use community teaching garden at Madison Park/Madison Elementary; the Occidental-Maple Exercise Park; safe crossings along the Pacific Electric Bike Trail; traffic mitigation roundabouts on Orange Avenue; and improved lighting and safety cameras in Madison Park; and new lights on the Pacific Electric Bike trail.