The Angel City Football Club (ACFC) recently partnered with PNC Bank to host a panel titled “Insights from and for LA Leaders: Accelerating Women’ Financial Equality.” The panel featured ACFC forward Jasmyne Spencer, who also created the lifestyle brand Jas It Up.
“In a Session,” premieres on Revolt TV March 18. The show is an invitation to join locally sourced artists on their journey to being discovered.
State Senator Steven Bradford (35th District) helped secure a donation of $25,000 to the Gardena Carson Family YMCA through a grant from the Crisis Response Community Relief Project of Phillips 66. The check presentation occurred at the YMCA food giveaway today. Senator Bradford and over 20 volunteers handed out food and fresh produce to hundreds of residents while practicing safe social distancing.
Last spring, Frederick K.C. Price school hired Chans Smyth as head coach of the high school boys basketball team. With his passion to improve players and attention to detail, he led the Knights to the Division 3A championship game.
While businesses around the city, state and nation close their doors and “Shelter in Place,” community-based organizations like Brotherhood Crusade, YWCA of Greater Los Angeles, the Jenesse Center for battered women, and other non-profits remain open, operating and serving a community that was already in desperate need of resources, long before COVID-19. Charisse Bremond-Weaver, president of the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, has been “Sheltered in Office” ever since Mayor Garcetti and Governor Newsom announced the “Stay at Home” order on March 19, 2020. “Our doors remain open, providing the essential services that our community needs. We have a responsibility to
More Than 1,200 Educational Resources and School Supplies Distributed at Annual Back to School Jams Throughout the month of August, the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) hosted its annual series of Back to School Jams at the Carmelitos, Harbor Hills, Nueva Maravilla, South County (Scattered Sites), and Sundance Vista public housing developments. For 19 consecutive years, these events have put public housing youth and their families in good spirits for the new school year. The LACDA was honored to have Congresswoman Maxine Waters celebrate her birthday by participating at the Harbor Hills event in Lomita. She spent time visiting
In August 2018, Okeke was elected to serve as Los Angeles Unified School District’s(LAUSD)student board member for the 2018-19 school year.
The Tournament of Roses® announced the seven members of the 2019 Royal Court. Applicants from 24 Pasadena area schools participated in the interview process. Volunteer members of the Tournament of Roses’ Queen and Court Committee made its selections based on a number of criteria including public speaking ability, academic achievement, youth leadership, and community and school involvement.
Ms. Lozano has served on the boards of numerous nonprofit and philanthropic organizations including the Weingart Foundation, the Aspen Institute, and the University of California, Board of Regents
Garcetti applauded the new Achieve LA partnership and Cal State LA’s success in transforming students’ lives.
Los Angeles Clippers Head coach Glenn “Doc” Rivers received the Brotherhood Award from the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles and delivered the keynote address during the organization’s 45th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Brotherhood Breakfast on Friday. YMCA presented Rivers with this award for his service to marginalized youth in the Los Angeles Area. The Los Angeles Clippers Foundation recently donated $1 million and made a five-year commitment to the organization. The funding and commitment also includes the implementation of the Jr. Clippers Youth Basketball Program, beginning this Spring. The basketball program will be available in 26 locations across