2025 Impact Report

Dear Friends and Partners,

This year our work has continued to grow through faith, justice, and relationship. Community Partners 4 Innovation remains grounded in our five pillars: alternative economy, food access, education, radical partnership, and free space access. Each pillar reflects our belief that true community power comes from shared care, cultural connection, and collective responsibility.

We are deeply dedicated to uplifting the legacy of Ignacio Lopez, founder of El Espectador and civil rights leader from Pomona, California. His vision for equality and access continues to guide our work at Lopez Urban Farm, where we nurture spaces for learning, nourishment, and transformation.

Thank you to every partner, volunteer, and neighbor who joins us in this movement. Together we are building a model of community wellness rooted in justice, sustained by faith, and strengthened through relationship.

Letter From Community Partners 4 Innovation Leadership

Our Mission

Lopez Urban Farm is a community wellness project rooted in Pomona and powered by partnership with PUSD. We cultivate green space as a sanctuary for learning, healing, and connection. Through accessible food systems, hands-on education, and radical community partnerships, we grow resilience and nourish belonging. Guided by an alternative economy based on mutual aid and shared abundance, we strive to create a thriving future where everyone has access to land, knowledge, and wellness.

Our Five Pillars

Green Space

Education

Food Access

Radical Partnerships

Alternative Economy

Ongoing Programs

Jr. Farmers

11 sessions | ~190 total visits

Poetry Circle

Weekly (Wednesdays)

Skate Ramp Activation

Monthly

Juanita’s Gardening Classes

Monthly

El Puestecito

Weekly (52) | ~1,250 total visits

Open Mic

Monthly

QTBIPOC Circle

Monthly

Cyanotype Workshops

8 classes so far

Indigenous Beading

Weekly (Wednesdays)

ILL Quarterly Anthology

2 releases so far

Family-Friendly Bilingual Yoga

Weekly (Sundays)

Events & Activities (with Attendance)

  • Día de los Muertos (w/ Latina Latino Round Table)

    Attendance: 532

  • Posada (w/ Latina Latino Round Table)

    Attendance: 694

  • Lopez Urban Art Fest

    Attendance: 1,500

  • Pomona Independent Book Fair

    Attendance: 107

  • Dark Harvest

    Attendance: 500

  • ILL Anthology Release Party

    Attendance: 47

  • Goat Ramp Ribbon Cutting

    Attendance: 48

  • Ignacio Lopez Day

    Attendance: 47

  • Movie Nights

    Attendance: 100+

  • Concert Series (38 Live Performances)

    Attendance: 2,200

By the Numbers

  • 60,000lbs

    of produce grown and shared freely

  • 3,100+

    self-harvest visits to garden beds

  • 9,600+

    mutual aid market visits (Bodega, Fridge, Pet Pantry). Operates 5 days/week. All items shared through in-kind donations and a mutual aid system. No barriers to access.

  • 1,250

    El Puestecito visits

  • 190

    Jr. Farmers participants

  • 630

    Goat Ramp visits since December 2024

On-the-Grounds Partners

  • Alicia Valle

    Urban Butterfly Garden

  • Bodega Comunitaria

    Mutual Aid Infrastructure

  • Chris Lewis & S.O.O.N.

    Alkebulan African Diasporic Garden

  • Curious Publishing, Ceasar Avelar, & Peter Lechuga

    Obsidian Tongues, Poetry Circle, and ILL Anthology

  • Indy Rishi

    Cosmic Living Labyrinth Project

  • Jam-A-Lot Larry Darling

    Farm Fresh Pickles

  • Juanita Rivas-Raymer

    Yoga, Gardening, Meditation

  • Julian Ibanez Mandujano

    Indigeknowledge - Southwest N8TV Jardin

  • Latina/Latino Roundtable

    Annual Cultural Events

  • Nate Alton & Pawnshop Skate Shop

    Skate Ramp

  • Nourished for Purpose

    ½ Acre Expansion

  • Pomona Fridge & Hope Esperanza Food Box Distribution

    1,040 CSA boxes in a year

  • Rebecca Ustrell

    Cyanotype Workshops

  • Rooted Connections

    Healing & Earth-Based Practice

  • Western University

    Pet Pantry, Jr. Farmers. & Husky Days

  • Indian Diasporic Garden