For underperforming public schools across the country, the myriad challenges are plain to see. Too often, for students in those […more…]
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Every Saturday, a then-five-year-old Ghuan Featherstone would put on his cowboy outfit, sit in front of the TV, and tune […more…]
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Susan Dempsey’s son Mark was in college when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The illness changed his life, causing him […more…]
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The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
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Former film executive and entrepreneur Romi Lassally’s children were in high school when she began envisioning a career mentorship program […more…]
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Anyone who doubts the benefit, nay, necessity of the arts in public schools should meet Dr. Kristen Paglia. Within minutes, […more…]
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When Point Foundation’s founders, longtime friends, got together in 2001, one alarming statistic rang out: Nearly one-third of all lesbian, […more…]
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Although you’ll seldom see them in comic books, search dogs are the closest thing to real life superheroes. Not only […more…]
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The mission of LA Family Housing can be summed up in one sentence, according to President and CEO Stephanie Klasky-Gamer: […more…]
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From its roots as a shelter for adolescent Latinos in 1989, Jovenes has become a leading provider of support services […more…]
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“Helping kids in foster care reach their full potential.” The lightbulb went off, as it often does, during a walk. […more…]
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There’s no secret that there’s power in music. At the Los Angeles-based Harmony Project, giving children the power to play […more…]
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For the millions of American kids who get to go year after year, summer camp exists on its own special […more…]
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For more than a century, Goodwill Southern California has educated, trained, and helped find work for more than one million […more…]
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Joanne Reyes knows firsthand how important a college education is in building opportunity and wealth in immigrant and disadvantaged communities. […more…]
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Mayra E. Alvarez – who leads The Children’s Partnership (TCP), where she works to put California’s children front and center […more…]
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When Jessica Ellis explains why she works at Centinela Youth Services (CYS), she can’t shake the memory of an 11-year-old […more…]
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Charity Chandler-Cole was locked up in juvenile hall twice – once for stealing underwear for her baby sister and again […more…]
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CalMatters was founded to fill the gap left by a shrinking press corps in order to empower people to engage […more…]
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Like many teens, 15-year-old Stephan Abrams was devastated by the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. […more…]
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The racial wealth gap isn’t just a problem for individual African Americans, but for Black-led organizations (BLOs) as well. “Black-led […more…]
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