What is the California Federation?

The California Block Club Federation Inc. is a non-profit community based organization that consisted of individual Block Clubs that merged in 1978. Now known as The California Federation Inc. we serve as the umbrella body of the neighborhood. Our mission is to unite neighborhood groups, residents, churches, and businesses owners together for a clean environment, crime prevention, and neighborhood improvements, thereby promoting self help activities for all residents.

In 2009, the Federation accomplished the following:

• Neighborhood meetings on the first Tuesday of every month.
• Jewelry Making every week to promote neighborhood togetherness and micro-enterprise.
• Our 7th Annual Back 2 School Bash, to support families with useful information and start our children off to a successful school year.
• The 2nd Annual Victory Park Day.
• Support of the California Collaborative  in its effort to bring together the California Residents. Our California Neighborhood is becoming a “green and wireless community moving to an arts beat” and we want to make it a neighborhood of choice.  
• Making Connections Network Nites and activities, a way to build the social networks that we all need for support as we go about our daily lives.

In 2010, the Federation has continued to do the above and accomplishing the following:

• Hosted 4 health  dialogs to hear the voices of our community around health issues.
• The 3rd Annual Victory Park Day
• The California Farmer's Market and The Mobile Bike Market
• Hosted 2 Brightside Neighborhood clean-up days
• Along with Metro United Way and the California Collaborative we worked with parents to filled out "Ages and Stages" a tool to track their children's milestones
• Builded partnerships with Friendship Baptist Church and Midwest Church of Christ

The Federation is looking forward in 2011 to our "Block to Block"initiative, the forming of more Block Clubs to raise resident engagement in the improvement of our neighborhood.

We are growing in 2012. Please come out the first Tuesday of every month to hear and plan for activities that will build "Unity in Our Community"