Last week, Chris visited the mutual aid group Memories of El Monte's bi-weekly food distribution at the Klingerman Apartment projects in South El Monte to interview group members and get an update on the construction of their physical location, The People's Cafe. The regular food distribution gives the community the opportunity to receive $200 worth of groceries for $5, according to Memories of El Monte. For those interested in receiving groceries or volunteering with set-up and tear-down, the distributions take place on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, with ticketing at 8am and distribution at 10am. The drives are held behind the meat market at 2313 Mt. View Road, just off Peck Road, adjacent to the Klingerman Apartments. Click on this link to read transcripts of the interviews with Georgina Flores, Carlos Ortega, Cassandra Flores, and Aron Montenegro.

(Note: this week's SGV Connect podcast is being broken into two parts. Part 1 with Habib Balian can be found here.)