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Los Angeles is poised to establish itself as the nation’s capital for green energy and clean technology. The city is […more…]

The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles exclusively focused on serving and empowering women experiencing […more…]

Everybody Dance LA! is proud to share that their story was featured on MeTV’s California and Me show with host, Mike Kaufman! […more…]

J3 Foundation and Bark Dogs are two non-profits that have joined forces to help children increase their reading skills and […more…]

In 2022, Brady launched a statewide End Family Fire campaign in partnership with the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) to […more…]

The Emily Shane Foundation’s SEA Program was featured on CBS KCAL 9 News on Thursday, March 9, with additional airings that […more…]

This Year’s Honorees Include Actor and Producer, Octavia Spencer and L.A. Rams COO, Kevin Demoff  When it comes to the […more…]

Carron Brown knows her power and lives her purpose. She is the Vice President of Branding, Strategy, and Operations at […more…]

The Emily Shane Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity foundation dedicated to empowering underserved, disadvantaged middle schoolers at risk of […more…]

Adrian wakes up early while it’s still hushed and dark outside. Perfect. He tucks himself under the covers and flicks […more…]

PUENTE Learning Center began over 35 years ago in Boyle Heights. They realized that the children struggling the most in […more…]

On Sunday, February 5th, Holocaust Museum LA’s staff members and curators of the traveling exhibition “Hidden History: Recounting the Shanghai […more…]

On Saturday, December 17th, Everybody Dance LA! hosted family and friends for the annual Winter Raffle Performance. This event celebrated […more…]

The classroom lights are turned off. The blinds are drawn low. J3 Cozy Reading Club is about to start at […more…]

When the grim results of the National Assessment of Education Progress report came out, teachers across the country were not […more…]

Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […more…]

The Bail Project, a national nonprofit based in Los Angeles, provides free bail assistance and pretrial support to low-income people […more…]

Bayan Islamic Graduate School, operating since 2011 in partnership with a leading Christian theological seminary, is the United States’ first […more…]

As news deserts expand across the country, the tight-knit historic immigrant community of Boyle Heights is home to a groundbreaking […more…]

The long tail of the pandemic has students still struggling to catch up. Isolation and fitful reintegration have led to […more…]

In contemplating the scope and destruction wrought by gun violence, it is understandable to despair. But inaction won’t save your […more…]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, education advocate Kristina Brittenham was searching for free college counseling services for LAUSD students. Her friend […more…]

Pauline, a 19-year-old in Los Angeles’ extended foster care program and a new mother, drew the unwanted attention of the […more…]

In elementary school, Jennifer knew she was a smart kid. But, admittedly, she liked to talk back to teachers and […more…]

Abused children can grow up believing that violence is a solution. Childhood trauma can lead to imprisonment. When a child […more…]

When a Metro light rail line running through Crenshaw Boulevard was announced years ago, it sparked fears of displacement and […more…]

Leo* heard about free pizza after school. The middle schooler happily got a slice and listened to a pitch about […more…]

Of the more than 66,000 unhoused people living on Los Angeles County’s streets, over 20,000 are women.  One of them […more…]

“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.”  This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]

Yasmin Delahoussaye grew up in kinship care, which is as close to foster care as you can get. The relatives […more…]

Forty years ago, Liz Herrera was studying to become a social worker at UCLA. Herrera told her field advisor that […more…]

On the night their 13-year-old daughter Emily was murdered, Michel and Ellen Shane thought of a way to memorialize her […more…]

At 13, Sophia Vasquez moved from Mexico to Los Angeles with her family. Sophia struggled to assimilate into the new […more…]

As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]

For most kids, summer equals fun. Vacations. Camp. Exciting adventures with families and friends.  But that is often not true […more…]

Well before Silicon Valley’s diversity problem routinely made headlines, The Hidden Genius Project began to tap into the talents of […more…]

In spite of the tragic outcomes that impact the majority of children raised in foster care, Serita Cox beat the […more…]

As a boy, Spencer Hawk loved school field trips to a playground where he could soar on the swings, slip […more…]