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L.A. Care Commits More Than $500,000 to Projects Reducing Health Disparities and Promoting Systemic Justice

L.A. Care Health Plan recently announced awards of up to $516,000 to projects that support the healthcare safety net, reduce health disparities, and empower social service organizations to address systemic racism and promote systemic justice, which means helping marginalized communities fight for racial, social and economic justice.

Vietnam Veteran Thomas Carroll Fought Two Fights: One Overseas, One at Home

  Vietnam veteran Thomas Carroll faced two fights: one for his country and one for civil rights. Serving during this era, he grappled with fighting for freedoms abroad while freedom wasn’t fully available at home. Like many Black service members, his experience included resisting injustices that followed him and the Black community at large. Carroll enlisted in the Navy in 1964, studying avionics and aviation firefighting in Memphis, Tennessee. Traveling with a White-passing Navy recruit revealed the contrast in treatment. “We took a cab to the YMCA. They gave him a room, but told me they didn’t have any,” recalls

Cool LA Heat Relief for Seniors Brings Free Air Conditioners and Utility Bill Discounts to LADWP Customers

Over 430 Angelenos attended the Cool LA Heat Relief for Seniors events on Oct. 30 and 31 for a chance to receive a free portable air conditioner courtesy of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the Los Angeles Department of Aging, in partnership with the Offices of Los Angeles City Councilwoman Heather Hutt, 10th District, and Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, 8th District, respectively.

Kyle Patterson Builds Community with His Purpose

Kyle Patterson is the regional manager for the Local 323 of the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, a union representing 12 states west of Colorado with a little over 90,000 members.