Photos: The Trashy Divas are Cleaning Up "A" Mountain in Tucson
Connie Brannock bikes up "A" mountain with her wife and friends and got tired of complaining about the trash they would see. She decided to form a group, contact Tucson Clean and Beautiful and officially adopted "A" Mountain. Now on the first Monday of each month the Trashy Divas can be seen filling up garbage bags. The group started in September 2019.
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C.J. Pulliam, left, and Rose Lady, members of the Trashy Divas, pick up trash in Sentinel Peak Park on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Connie Brannock, left, explains to her fellow Trashy Divas where the group will be picking up garbage along Sentinel Peak on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Over a dozen women and one man with the Trashy Divas prepare the pick up trash along along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Julie Jones, far left, and Amy Weintraub, members of the Trashy Divas, talk while walking up Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Julie Jones, left, and Amy Weintraub, members of the Trashy Divas, talk while walking up Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Sandra Kinet, a member of the Trashy Divas, uses a picker to fill up her garbage bag with trash in Sentinel Peak Park on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Connie Brannock, founder of the Trashy Divas, carries a garbage bag full of trash along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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Amy Weintraub, a member of the Trashy Divas, fills up a garbage bag full of trash dumped along Sentinel Peak Road on January 04, 2021 in Tucson, Ariz.
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This group of mostly women, many of whom are in their 60s or older, meet once a month to pick up litter on 'A' Mountain. They've dubbed themselves the "Trashy Divas."