Carron Brown knows her power and lives her purpose. She is the Vice President of Branding, Strategy, and Operations at […more…]

Adrian wakes up early while it’s still hushed and dark outside. Perfect. He tucks himself under the covers and flicks […more…]

PUENTE Learning Center began over 35 years ago in Boyle Heights. They realized that the children struggling the most in […more…]

On Sunday, February 5th, Holocaust Museum LA’s staff members and curators of the traveling exhibition “Hidden History: Recounting the Shanghai […more…]

On Saturday, December 17th, Everybody Dance LA! hosted family and friends for the annual Winter Raffle Performance. This event celebrated […more…]

The classroom lights are turned off. The blinds are drawn low. J3 Cozy Reading Club is about to start at […more…]

When the grim results of the National Assessment of Education Progress report came out, teachers across the country were not […more…]

In the summer of 2022, Don Howard, the President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, penned an essay for […more…]

We are thrilled to present you with this year’s edition of The Giving List Los Angeles. Los Angeles is a […more…]

We launched The Giving List to help the nonprofit organizations featured in this book spend less time fundraising and more […more…]

Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […more…]

The Bail Project, a national nonprofit based in Los Angeles, provides free bail assistance and pretrial support to low-income people […more…]

Bayan Islamic Graduate School, operating since 2011 in partnership with a leading Christian theological seminary, is the United States’ first […more…]

The long tail of the pandemic has students still struggling to catch up. Isolation and fitful reintegration have led to […more…]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, education advocate Kristina Brittenham was searching for free college counseling services for LAUSD students. Her friend […more…]

Pauline, a 19-year-old in Los Angeles’ extended foster care program and a new mother, drew the unwanted attention of the […more…]

In elementary school, Jennifer knew she was a smart kid. But, admittedly, she liked to talk back to teachers and […more…]

Abused children can grow up believing that violence is a solution. Childhood trauma can lead to imprisonment. When a child […more…]

When a Metro light rail line running through Crenshaw Boulevard was announced years ago, it sparked fears of displacement and […more…]

Leo* heard about free pizza after school. The middle schooler happily got a slice and listened to a pitch about […more…]

At 13, Sophia Vasquez moved from Mexico to Los Angeles with her family. Sophia struggled to assimilate into the new […more…]