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California Climate Action Corps volunteers staff Pasadena City College recovery center after fires
Summary
Doug Wilson, a member of the California Climate Action Corps, said CCAC volunteers are staffing a disaster recovery center at Pasadena City College to help residents connect with resources after recent fires and that members have been deployed elsewhere in Los Angeles.
Doug Wilson, a member of the California Climate Action Corps, said volunteers from the corps were staffing a disaster recovery center at Pasadena City College to help residents affected by recent fires connect with resources.
Wilson said the California Climate Action Corps, which he identified by its acronym CCAC, has deployed members to Pasadena and "other parts of LA" to provide mutual aid and assistance during the current disaster response and in other climate-related incidents.
"It really is heartwarming, and it really gives me hope," Wilson said, describing the turnout of volunteers and neighbors.
Wilson said volunteers will "be helping people, connect with resources, especially those who've been affected by the fires the most," and emphasized that members see themselves as both representatives of the organization and as members of the affected communities.
The remarks were made at a disaster recovery center hosted at Pasadena City College. No formal actions, funding amounts, or requests for specific policy changes were recorded in the transcript of these remarks.
City, county or state agencies and specific resource providers referenced by Wilson were not named in the transcript.
