Taking Responsibility for What is Precious to Us: A Day in the Life of Magdalena Valderrama

Photo Credit: Broom Buster Day along CA State Highway 175. Magdalena sitting front center in green vest. Photo by Maya Leonard.

“Following the 2015 Valley Fire in Lake County, California, we began our nonprofit, Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association (SSCRA), to assist with relief and recovery efforts, and convene support groups and large neighborhood meetings. Having lost our own house in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods, we also inaugurated the development of a cooperative housing model to replace some of that housing. I convened the group of community leaders that led to the establishment of a municipal advisory council, giving the community its own voice in disaster recovery. Then in the process of looking for ways to further organize around wildfire readiness, I discovered an entire world, at first of fire prevention, and then FAC Net for fire adaptation.”

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