The Compton High School Alumni Association (CHSAA) and the Compton Unified School District Governing Board of Trustees will host the 21st Annual Alumni Family Reunion on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Benjamin O. Davis Middle School, located at 621 W. Poplar in Compton.
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Community members gathered in Leimert Park on August 10, to celebrate the life and legacy of Sika Dwimfo. Sika was known as the “Master Jeweler,” “Baba” or “Godfather of Leimert Park.”
Zaya Campbell is the winner of the 30th Annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant, announced Lisa Ruffin, LMAA founder and the judges.
In a monumental move to address the underrepresentation of Black physicians in the United States, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $600 million donation to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools.
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (GSGLA) announced that Girl Scout Kennedy W., a recent high school graduate from Da Vinci Communication High School, and Girl Scout Mishari P., a recent high school graduate from Morningside High School, have earned Girl Scouting’s highest honor, the Gold Award.
The organization Tea Party 4 Black Girls hosted a private screening of the Amazon Prime documentary “Power of the Dream.” The documentary focuses on the social justice efforts the WNBA took from 2016 to 2020 and how their efforts aided Raphael Warnock get a seat in the U.S. Senate.
The financial threat facing Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Healthcare has been reduced, thanks to state supplemental funding secured after local elected officials sounded the alarm of a possible closure, which would have negatively impacted residents throughout South L.A. and surrounding neighborhoods.
The Regalettes and SIILK are hosting the 2024 Teen Leadership Conference: Stepping Into Your Success for girls ages 11-17 next Saturday, July 13.
A new Juneteenth tradition has emerged in the South, the Miss Juneteenth America Pageant presented by the Maynard 4 Foundation. The Maynard 4 Foundation is a national organization extending various resources in the interest of furthering education, health equity, culture, and social justice.
Pulsations L.A., celebrated Make Music Day with a free outdoor concert event that featured artists identified as Cultural Treasures.
Our Authors Study Club (OASC), an organization dedicated to making the world more aware of, connected to, and invested in the African American and African diaspora experience, announced today the launch of a new initiative.
Robin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden’s rare, inherited immune deficiency. But it’s not available to him.
For the third year running, the Bessie Morris Foundation, a local non-profit organization, awarded 10 scholarships.