Education

The Los Angeles Urban League (South) Youth Community Development Council is dedicated to creating programs available to those less fortunate by utilizing the funds allocated to us. This Committee is responsible for awarding $1,000 in grant funds for community service learning projects to organizations that serve the south Los Angeles Area.

We are looking to fund education/youth programs offering tutorials, job and college prep services, in addition to performing and visual art components. Also, programs meeting the critical needs of the homeless by supplying shelter, healthy food, and employment opportunities.

For more information on how you can apply please contact Candice Black or Juvie Gonzalez at 323-292-8111 between 9:00AM-5:00PM March.4th-March 18th 2010.

More information after the break.

The report for Year 2 of the Los Angeles Urban League's Neighborhoods@Work initative is now available. From Chief Neighborhood Officer Pamela Bakewell:

The Neighborhoods@Work Report for Year Two includes an overview of our work from July 2008 through June 2009. We are proud to report our key accomplishments and key learnings to date, which demonstrate how we are “moving the needle”—the theme of this report. In Year One, we concentrated our efforts on infrastructure development; in Year Two, we implemented integrated activities and programs to achieve measurable impact in each of the five disciplines—Education, Employment, Health, Housing and Safety. In Year Two, we also moved further into the evaluation process of our model. We engaged experts who helped design intricate logic models for each discipline. We are excited to share a key learning of our work which indicated the need to develop a strategic approach to outreach. This resulted in the decision to add a sixth discipline in Year Three—Community Engagement and Outreach.

Two years ago, civic leaders in south Los Angeles started an integrated social service program for improving literacy and job-career readiness in an impoverished neighborhood of about 10,000 people.

Today, program sponsors are looking to close a key gap in coverage – a lack of broadband and internet access that not only inhibits adults getting and retaining good jobs but also presents big educational challenges to the area’s youth.

“There’s a technology access gap that continues to persist today in urban communities across America,” said Blair Taylor, president of the L.A. Urban League, which launched the Neighborhoods@Work program in 2006. “We are convinced that a large part of the income disparity and educational issues can be bridged, if we are able to get timely information to people in low-income communities,” he said.

League President Blair H. Taylor, community leaders and educators join Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to support Race to the Top in Education. Press conference Thursday at 6th Avenue Elementary in LA. Everyone is going to have to pull together to get the legislation passed that will render CA eligible to apply for millions of dollars for education reform. Community, don't sleep on this one! The Governor and Taylor address the press and children of 6th Avenue Elementary.

Blair Taylor's remarks:

The report for Year 1 of the Los Angeles Urban League's Neighborhoods@Work initative is now available. From Chief Neighborhood Officer Pamela Bakewell:

As Chief Neighborhood Officer, I am excited to be part of an innovative and creative initiative that allows me to serve this community in groundbreaking new ways. The authority and success of this initiative lies with the residents of the targeted 70- blocks of the Park Mesa Heights community. The mission of Neighborhoods@Work is to provide access and opportunity in the five disciplines, creating pathways of maximum potential to each man, woman and child who lives in this community.