The Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI), based in Inglewood, has taken a three-pronged approach to fighting the inequity since it was founded in 2008. By empowering young people through education, creating thriving communities, and – importantly – driving change to public policy and systems, SJLI has leveraged its success in South Los Angeles to drive broader, statewide reforms. “The Social Justice Learning Institute exists to improve the overall education, health, and well-being of youth in [...more...]
Judging from the number of skills and hours Andre T. Moore, Sr. contributes to the well-being of our Los Angeles communities — from counseling foster youth, leading a vibrant church in Lancaster, and working on [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Accessing Higher Education
Imagine it’s your senior year of high school. You are excited to apply to college. But, you don’t have a […more…]
Makes history as Friends LA’s largest gift ever from individual donor Friends LA is thrilled to announce that it has […more…]
Anne was a senior at Hollywood High School hoping to become a veterinarian. But the daughter of a single mom […more…]
Animals to the Rescue
Criminal Justice
In the wake of horrifying—and horrifyingly common—gun violence tragedies like those in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, our basic […more…]
Born and raised in Oakland, California, David Muhammad faced his fair share of challenges, finding himself both in the juvenile […more…]
Environment
The cosmetics industry generates approximately US$ 341.1 billion annually—and 120 billion units of plastic packaging, most of which are not […more…]
In what is being heralded as a historic win for advocates working to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, parties to […more…]
The White House announced today that the Department of the Interior will reduce and eventually phase out the sale of […more…]
EVENTS
We’re sharing news about our recent in-person event held at the Microsoft Lounge in Los Angeles. The event was hosted […more…]
Family Ties
Inspired by their experiences adopting children and visiting Russian and Kazakhstani orphanages in the early 1990s, Randi Thompson and her […more…]
The Violence Intervention Program (VIP) was founded in 1984, as the Center for the Vulnerable Child, the first Child Advocacy […more…]
Evacuees in Ukraine call Kidsave’s team there “Angels of Hope.” What started as a small, rag-tag group of civilians, orphan […more…]
For the Children
In 1979, an article appeared in the Los Angeles Times depicting how unsupervised children growing up on Skid Row were […more…]
17-year-old Nicole T. was facing felony weapons charges when referred to CYS by LA County Sheriff’s deputies for assessment and […more…]
GRACE, End Child Poverty in California and Liberation in a Generation Urge Lawmakers to Pass the Bill, Which Would Pave […more…]
For the Youth
Franco Vega knows the hardships kids in South Central Los Angeles often face, because he himself went through it. Growing […more…]
Crystal was in the foster care system since she was a little girl, after being removed from her home due […more…]
Larry is 19 years old. Smart and motivated, he is a foster youth, touched by the criminal justice system when […more…]
Fostering Care
Margaret Coyne and Jan Sherwood were both attorneys working in California’s juvenile dependency system when they met in the early […more…]
We’re thrilled to invite you to our next free Community Workshopon Thursday, August 24th from 10am-12pm PDT featuring keynote speaker […more…]
Please join us for our next free Continuing Education event! Did you know that when you volunteer with A Home […more…]
Giving Challenges
Imagine it’s your senior year of high school. You are excited to apply to college. But, you don’t have a […more…]
“Being part of this collective really just validated my feelings that us youth matter,” said Adria Marin, a 17-year-old photographer […more…]
Fernando Pullum was always told he’d end up in prison. But the trumpet player, raised by his great-grandmother, discovered music […more…]
Health Specialties
The University of Southern California’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) is using research and analysis to slow the ever-growing Alzheimer’s […more…]
Some 37 million people – more than 15 percent of the adult population – suffer from chronic kidney disease, according […more…]
Homelessness and Workforce
Human Rights
For more than 40 years, Human Rights Watch has investigated human rights abuses, exposed the facts, and demanded change in […more…]
HIAS, founded in the 1880s as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to assist Jewish refugees arriving in the United States, […more…]
Jewish World Watch (JWW) envisions a future without genocide and mass atrocities; a world that does not stand idly by […more…]
Justice for All
After years of negative portrayals of Muslims in American entertainment, a growing number of young American Muslims are heading to […more…]
The Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI), based in Inglewood, has taken a three-pronged approach to fighting the inequity since it […more…]
Liz Vogel’s least favorite class while growing up in New Jersey was history. Memorizing facts and dates from the past […more…]
Leading the Way, Social Change
Preventing gun violence] is the number one issue for me.” — Coach Steve Kerr Thirty-six years ago, Golden State Warriors […more…]
The largest database of ATF gun store inspection reports ever released to the public, exposing gun stores cited for breaking […more…]
A stunning one in 10 households in the United States currently faces hunger. MAZON’s focus is to expose this reality, […more…]
Legal Advocacy
Founded by attorney Frederick Nicholas in Los Angeles in 1970, Public Counsel has grown to become the nation’s largest public […more…]
In the fraught world of child welfare, the 30-year-old Alliance for Children’s Rights has always found a way to discover […more…]
The mental health and wellness app offers digital tools to manage stress, build resilience, and combat the unprecedented mental health […more…]
Nonprofit Partners
In 1979, an article appeared in the Los Angeles Times depicting how unsupervised children growing up on Skid Row were […more…]
The Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI), based in Inglewood, has taken a three-pronged approach to fighting the inequity since it […more…]
The University of Southern California’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) is using research and analysis to slow the ever-growing Alzheimer’s […more…]
Social and Emotional Wellness
In the 1960s, there were few services available to parents who were raising children with Down syndrome. Refusing to accept […more…]
As a volunteer for the first hospice team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the early 1990s, Jo-Ann Lautman comforted patients […more…]
Social Sector Leaders
It didn’t take long for Darrell Booker to impact one of the largest tech corporations in the world: Microsoft. In […more…]
City National has always been about doing business differently, one relationship at a time. The company always places people and […more…]
When John Armour joined Capital Group Private Client Services more than 20 years ago, one of his first assignments was […more…]
South Los Angeles
In the wake of horrifying—and horrifyingly common—gun violence tragedies like those in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, our basic […more…]
Destination Crenshaw, is a potential game changer for South Los Angeles. Once complete, the 1.3 miles of Destination Crenshaw will […more…]
The young Black man with the ear-length dreads is wearing a brand new, white sweatshirt with MOREHOUSE emblazoned across his […more…]
Teach the Children Well
When Robin Detterman took a job 15 years ago as a special education teacher at Pathfinder Academy – a school […more…]
Mentors 4 College, a unique, one-to-one college mentoring program for high school students and their parents, announced today that it […more…]
TGL Features
Foundation CFO Valerie Red-Horse Mohl is on a Mission to Change the Energy of Money While at UCLA undergrad, Valerie […more…]
The Arts
When John Armour joined Capital Group Private Client Services more than 20 years ago, one of his first assignments was […more…]
Opera is a timeless art form. Each night as the lights dim and the curtain rises, audiences share in a […more…]
The Fourth Estate
The government running the world’s fifth largest economy spends more than $300 billion a year and disburses billions more in […more…]
For the past 11 years, Boyle Heights Beat has offered a unique brand of bilingual journalism in an often neglected, […more…]
The best journalism often tells the stories that no one else sees. Stories that have the power to change minds, […more…]
To Your Health
In spring 2020, the University of Southern California’s Keck Medicine of USC launched a comprehensive program called Care for the […more…]
When John Armour joined Capital Group Private Client Services more than 20 years ago, one of his first assignments was […more…]
One of Southern California’s oldest and most innovative hospitals, Adventist Health Glendale (formerly Glendale Adventist Medical Center) was founded in […more…]