The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) was established in 1997 and was founded specifically to promote and support folk and traditional artists and their communities.
CASA 0101 is dedicated to providing vital arts, cultural, and educational programs --in theater, digital film making, art and dance-- to Boyle Heights.
Maternal and Child Health Access (MCHA), is a community based nonprofit in Los Angeles that improves the health of low income women and families through advocacy, education, training and direct services.
NLSLA provides free legal services on those legal matters which most impact the poor: housing, immigration, employment, family law and domestic violence, public benefits, access to the courts and health care.
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles collaborated with Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights to provide reproductive healthcare on-campus, including contraceptives, STD testing, pregnancy tests, communication on healthy relationships, self-love and abstinence
A UCLA Labor Center study finds that young workers are an important part of the Los Angeles labor force yet also make up a disproportionately large part of low-wage earners.
Over the years, North Hollywood (NoHo) has become a cultural destination for many Angelenos and is also home to the NoHo Senior Arts Colony, where seniors maintain their artistic edge.
Tiburcio Vasquez portrayed himself as the defender of the Californios following the American takeover of California, though he was tried as a criminal and eventually hung. The last chase of Vasquez throughout L.A. reveals a landscape in transition from...
During Gay Days, Disneyland becomes even more magical than usual. For LGBTQ visitors, it is an opportunity to fuse nostalgia with desire to rewrite the past and present. It also allows Disney to do what it perhaps does best, capitalize upon yearning.