Roots Run Deep

Welcome back to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! I'm your host Rafa and I am excited to be back in this space. There has been a lot of great work happening in North Richmond and today we are covering the Not For Us, Without Us! campaign.

North Richmond residents had the opportunity to learn and vote on Just Transition oriented projects. We will go over the community engagement process and where we are at with the campaign.

We hope this episode makes you feel EMPOWERED!

Full Campaign Report: https://urbantilth.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NFUWU-Full-Eng.-Report.pdfWebsite:https://urbantilth.org/activate/north-richmond-at-the-table/IG: https://www.instagram.com/urbantilth/FB: https://www.facebook.com/urbantilth

Thank you for listening.

Time Stamps

00:37 Announcement 

01:23 We are Back

01:57 Not For Us, Without us!

03:20 Where Did We Meet?

04:21 Workshops #1

05:11 Workshop #2

06:40 Community Vote and Celebration

08:11 Results  

10:10 Community Feedback

12:41 Thank You North Richmond

13:40 Closing out

Welcome back to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! In this episode, we are joined by Luna Angulo from Rich City Rays! The Rich City Rays are a group of organizers that hold actions on the water with kayaks. This conversation explores the importance of grounding and connecting to our environment to participate in actions that play a significant role in Richmond’s vision for a Just Transition. We hope this episode makes you feel EMPOWERED! Thank you for listening.Website: https://www.richcityrays.com/Mission: https://www.richcityrays.com/aboutInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/richcityrays/Visit:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urbantilth/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urbantilth/Learn more from our Blog! https://urbantilth.org/category/news/activate/rootsrundeep/

Welcome back to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! We welcome this episode's guest, Rico and Carlos from Rich City Rides! They express the importance of community and how Rich City reflects that. In Richmond we face a lot of injustices and we address those issues in this episode. From community, Pollution and an E-bike lending library they play a huge role in Richmond’s vision for a Just Transition. We hope this episode makes you feel EMPOWERED! Thank you for listening.

Website:https://richcityrides.org/

Mission: https://richcityrides.org/about-us/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richcityrides/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.cityrides

Time Stamps

00:12 Intro

00:49 Guest Introduction

01:29 Rich City Rides Mission

03:39 Struggles working with youth  

05:40 Rich City empowers community

08:40 E-Bike Lending Library 

09:43 What is Rich City

15:32 Richmond is Beautiful  

24:41 Richmond Will Keep Changing  

25:35 North Richmond Bike Bus

30:00 It takes a village  

32:16 Community is in our roots

42:00 We have a calling!

50:16 Save SRS Bridge 

59:08 Need more solutions

1:03:12 RCR Events 

1:06:14 Closing out

Welcome back to the Roots Run Deep Podcast! In this episode we are talking about the wonderful work being done in our community by the Basins of Relations Watershed Restoration Program at Urban Tilth. Our guests Paola, Nathan and Solwazi share their Knowledge on restoring creeks and our watershed! From the importance of removing invasive species and the natural relationship our native plants have with fire. We hope that this episode reflects the ongoing work being done in our communities to fight the bad and build the new. Thank you for listening!

More info:

Mission-https://urbantilth.org/learn/basinsofrelations/

Water Conservation -https://urbantilth.org/learn/basinsofrelations/water-conservation-project/

In this episode, we are talking about Intersectionality and how it makes us feel in addition to how we see it in our COMMUNITY. We as a community know what our community needs! We hope that this episode reflects the ongoing conversations our community has regarding the environmental impacts and politics. Please feel free to leave a comment on anything you believe we might have missed or if you have any questions.

In this episode, we are talking about Environmental Racism and how it makes us feel in addition to how we see it in our COMMUNITY. We as a community know what our community needs! We hope that this episode reflects the ongoing conversations our community has regarding the environmental impacts and politics. Please feel free to leave a comment on anything you believe we might have missed or if you have any questions.