Marcus Newsome is living the dream.  A dream he didn’t even know was possible.  Growing up in Compton, he never […more…]

The library of Watts Learning Center in Compton was lined with twinkle lights and colorful canopies hung over individual reading […more…]

Her eyelids grew heavy. She was irritable. The number of words on the page was overwhelming. This is what it […more…]

Kathy Macaraeg, a credentialed California teacher with a busy family, was looking for an opportunity, a place where she could […more…]

Imagine that you could invest $1,500 to prevent a house fire. Without that investment, the cost to rebuild this hypothetical […more…]

Exciting changes are happening in J3 Foundation’s Cozy Reading Club. The non-profit is expanding their free literacy program to reach […more…]

The first time Jolonne heard “I Am Every Good Thing” by Derrick Barnes in J3’s Cozy Reading Club, he was […more…]

J3 Foundation understands the special and powerful relationship between teacher and student.       That’s why this literacy non-profit empowers local […more…]

When Austin Beutner was appointed first deputy mayor and “Jobs Czar” of Los Angeles in 2010, skeptics groused that the […more…]