Swim to Me: 30 Years of Making Waves in Los Angeles
For nearly 30 years, Conrad Cooper and his wife, Londa Parks, have run Swim to Me, a swimming instruction program that has taught over 35,000 children and adults.
For nearly 30 years, Conrad Cooper and his wife, Londa Parks, have run Swim to Me, a swimming instruction program that has taught over 35,000 children and adults.
James Coats shares his journey from marketing graduate to purpose-driven poet, revealing how he overcame public speaking fears and strategically combined art with business to transform his poetry into a vehicle for social change.
Pushing boundaries and limits has been an undercurrent of the Rev. Dr. Michael J. Fisher’s pastorship both inside and outside of the church.
With a voice that’s taken her across the world and the talent to stand on her own, Chimmy Patrice is carving her place in music, honoring her roots while building a dream.
Diaspora Groceries is not just a grocery store; it’s a way of life, connecting people back to the land and building a legacy of opportunity for future generations.
After 25 years as a medical doctor, Dr. Vanessa Gavin-Headen is realizing her lifelong dream of being a fashion designer by creating scrubs for curvy women.
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
Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.
The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and domestic violence service providers collaborated on a new study examining the ongoing trauma impacting survivors of domestic violence (DV) and their children in the Antelope Valley (AV).