Rashidi Jones

Get Ready for 2023 Leimert Park Summer Event Series

Three South L.A. stakeholders are uniting to present the 2023 Leimert Park Summer Event Series. The summer series comprises three highly regarded annual events – Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival, Leimert Park Jazz Festival, and TEC Leimert Conference

School Busing: Does it Help or Harm Black Students?

Desegregation and school busing has always been a complex and controversial issue in the Black community of Los Angeles.  Since the LAUSD instituted school busing, magnet and integration programs in the 1970s, many Black parents have felt that they needed to have their children bused to predominantly White areas to receive a better quality of education or to learn in a safer environment.   

Taste of Soul ’s Digital World Highlights Wellness and Education

At Taste of Soul’s dynamic, new Microsoft-sponsored Digital World this year, founders of the tech- and entertainment-centered non-profit TecLeimert recorded live podcasts that featured interviews with a host of thought leaders and industry experts, among them changemakers creating significant impacts in the critical areas of wellness and education.   One such panelist present on at the festival on October 15 was former record executive Shanti Das, an entrepreneur with an impactful story that led to the launch of the mental health nonprofit Silence the Shame. Amid the boisterousness literally bubbling at the 360 photo booth, and the virtual reality and gaming

TecLeimert Brings Taste of the Future to Taste of Soul’s Digital World

TecLeimert joined Taste of Soul’s Digital World on October 15, just three weeks after the nonprofit’s innovative Black to the Future Conference. Their station was alight with live podcast recordings of panel discussions with industry experts, immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences, a 360 photo booth machine complete with bubble gun fun, and multiple gaming stations, all highlighting the creative side of technology.

3rd Annual TEC Leimert Entertainment and Technology Conference

Entertainment Industry Creatives Converge on Leimert Park Village for the 3rd Annual TEC Leimert Entertainment and Technology Conference The TEC Leimert conference brings music, film and technology influencers to South L.A. to showcase new industry trends and to educate the community about the future of entertainment technology The 3rd Annual Technology Entertainment Convergence (TEC) Conference presented by the TEC Leimert organization returns to Leimert Park Village on Saturday, April 27, 2019, from Noon to 6:00 p.m. The TEC Leimert Conference brings cutting-edge thought leaders, entrepreneurs and young professionals together to network, share information and build future organic collaborations with influencers