Los Angeles from Griffith
September 20, 2018
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
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- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- Chargers Thwart Divisional Foe on Thursday Night
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
Griffith Park
5k Scholarship Fundraiser Uplifts Young Men, Promotes HBCUs
March 4, 2016
The Jerome Alston Memorial Foundation hosted a 5k run at Griffith Park in late February to raise money for college scholarships. “People like to support education, children, and—more importantly—young men,” said founder and executive director of the foundation Whitney Alston. Alston created the foundation to honor her late father, Jerome Alston. Jerome was a teacher and mentored a group of boys, naming them ‘Men of Distinction.’ “What the foundation is doing is keeping his legacy alive,” said Alston. “The foundation focuses on youth development,” Participants paid $35 and the proceeds went to the scholarship. “This year, we ended up bringing