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In 1979, the Los Angeles Times published an article about the children of Skid Row. They were hardened by their […more…]
Ready To Succeed, which has set countless youth exiting the turbulence of foster care on their paths to career stability […more…]
For years, Los Angeles police have been challenged by how to respond to calls about unhoused Angelenos. Then came CIRCLE, […more…]
If you find your way to Cortney Lofton’s workshop in Northridge, California, you will be transported to a functional winter-wonderland; […more…]
Five-year-old Noah was almost legally blind, pressing his nose against the page to make sense of the words. Then a […more…]
Alma Castillo was a rising junior in high school in South Los Angeles. A time when students begin making their […more…]
Long before Allan Pineda Lindo, better known as Apl.de.Ap, would co-found the Black Eyed Peas with William James Adams, aka […more…]
Marc Cohen knows just how catastrophic an incorrectly installed car seat can be. On an otherwise ordinary day, his 21-year-old […more…]
In addition to her innate style and fashion sense, Elizabeth Faraut is perhaps best known for two things: Her Los […more…]
The 2013 murder of an 8-year-old named Gabriel Fernandez at the hands of his mother and her partner, dominated the […more…]
Los Angeles is rife with challenges. Meeting those challenges requires people and institutions willing to step up. For the Annenberg […more…]
It’s a long way from Calcutta (now called Kolkata) for Mona Sinha, Board Chair of Women Moving Millions. Growing up […more…]
In his childhood, Milton Valera lived near the airport on the Garden Island of Kauai, where at a young age, […more…]
Wallis Annenberg never set out to be a public person. Even today, as the head of a legendary family foundation […more…]
When Herb Scannell took the helm at Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) nearly four years ago, he found himself scribbling […more…]
While you will often see him in the “pit” right in front of the stage at L.A.’s top nonprofit galas […more…]
In recent years, as racism, antisemitism, and bigotry have exploded around the world, the lessons of the Holocaust seem increasingly […more…]
Years ago, I was incredibly fortunate to attend a wonderful college in Northern California. I got a stellar education that […more…]
Makes history as Friends LA’s largest gift ever from individual donor Friends LA is thrilled to announce that it has […more…]
We’re thrilled to invite you to our next free Community Workshopon Thursday, August 24th from 10am-12pm PDT featuring keynote speaker […more…]