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Youth Development
Alma Castillo was a rising junior in high school in South Los Angeles. A time when students begin making their […more…]
Well before Silicon Valley’s diversity problem routinely made headlines, The Hidden Genius Project began to tap into the talents of […more…]
The long tail of the pandemic has students still struggling to catch up. Isolation and fitful reintegration have led to […more…]
The Arts
On Saturday, December 17th, Everybody Dance LA! hosted family and friends for the annual Winter Raffle Performance. This event celebrated […more…]
Huge news! Everybody Dance LA’s gala celebration, hosted on June 12 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, was […more…]
At 13, Sophia Vasquez moved from Mexico to Los Angeles with her family. Sophia struggled to assimilate into the new […more…]
Social Justice
Abused children can grow up believing that violence is a solution. Childhood trauma can lead to imprisonment. When a child […more…]
The Bail Project, a national nonprofit based in Los Angeles, provides free bail assistance and pretrial support to low-income people […more…]
Public Square
As news deserts expand across the country, the tight-knit historic immigrant community of Boyle Heights is home to a groundbreaking […more…]
The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
Homelessness and Housing
The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles exclusively focused on serving and empowering women experiencing […more…]
Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) was honored for its outstanding leadership in addressing women’s homelessness. DWC, along with esteemed partners Angel […more…]
At Step Up, which offers permanent supportive housing to the unhoused in Los Angeles, eviction is not an option. Instead […more…]
Health
One out of every five American women has been the victim of a completed or attempted rape in her lifetime. […more…]
According to the World Health Organization, significant orthopaedic injuries account for more patient cases worldwide than cancer and HIV-AIDS combined. […more…]
Five-year-old Noah was almost legally blind, pressing his nose against the page to make sense of the words. Then a […more…]
Global Reach
“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.” This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]
Determined to make the world a better place, Dave Bauer vowed to give 10% of his net income to people […more…]
Since 2016, the U.S.-based nonprofit Kidsave has been in Ukraine working to find older kids living in orphanages and institutions, […more…]
Fostering Care
Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […more…]
In spite of the tragic outcomes that impact the majority of children raised in foster care, Serita Cox beat the […more…]
Ready To Succeed, which has set countless youth exiting the turbulence of foster care on their paths to career stability […more…]
For the Children
Adrian wakes up early while it’s still hushed and dark outside. Perfect. He tucks himself under the covers and flicks […more…]
If you find your way to Cortney Lofton’s workshop in Northridge, California, you will be transported to a functional winter-wonderland; […more…]
Stephanie M. Tombrello, LCSW, CPSTI, Executive Director Emeritus of SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. has been involved in child passenger safety since 1970. […more…]
Family Well-Being
Forty years ago, Liz Herrera was studying to become a social worker at UCLA. Herrera told her field advisor that […more…]
In 1979, the Los Angeles Times published an article about the children of Skid Row. They were hardened by their […more…]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, education advocate Kristina Brittenham was searching for free college counseling services for LAUSD students. Her friend […more…]
Emergency Services
When two children got lost during a hike in rural New York with oncoming rain commingling with the darkening night, […more…]
Los Angeles County is usually synonymous with entertainment, but the Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation is giving Silicon Valley […more…]
Education
Bayan Islamic Graduate School, operating since 2011 in partnership with a leading Christian theological seminary, is the United States’ first […more…]
This Year’s Honorees Include Actor and Producer, Octavia Spencer and L.A. Rams COO, Kevin Demoff When it comes to the […more…]
In elementary school, Jennifer knew she was a smart kid. But, admittedly, she liked to talk back to teachers and […more…]
Community Resilience
When a Metro light rail line running through Crenshaw Boulevard was announced years ago, it sparked fears of displacement and […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…]
When Los Angeles experienced its first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, Damián Diaz and Othón Nolasco wasted no time helping […more…]
Advocacy
In 2022, Brady launched a statewide End Family Fire campaign in partnership with the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) to […more…]
In contemplating the scope and destruction wrought by gun violence, it is understandable to despair. But inaction won’t save your […more…]
As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]