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Belinda Smith Walker
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"America's promise - opportunity - is the best hope for mankind's future. For all to survive, we each must bring opportunity to those who have it least."
Gail Farber
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"Inspiration is born of passion and I am passionate about inspiring women to seek and succeed in non-traditional roles."
Coach Bartee. | Photo: Douglas MuCulloh
"I've come to believe that there are two kinds of us here on earth -- people who stay and people who leave..."
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What does it mean to be black in L.A.? Not what it used to mean -- and therein lies the challenge for the future.
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Here are some newsworthy items about murals and street art in Los Angeles for February 2013.
The warm smell of jasmine flowers in the evening attracted her to Los Angeles, where she found community within a writers group she founded.
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Misty Iwatsu has served as the executive director for the past eleven years of the North Figueroa Association, Highland Park's Business Improvement District founded in 2001.
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A stroll along Metro's future light rail spur from Pasadena to Azusa, through the foothill communities below the San Gabriel Mountains.
L.A. Leadership Academy Youth Voices Producers
How do we break the ice and begin to get to know one another while simultaneously developing a safe space to launch a multi-media community exploration?
Michael Rubio. | Photo: State of California
Following State Senator Michael Rubio's surprise resignation a special election will be held to fill his seat. Many will be watching to see if this coveted seat changes party hands and Democrats lose their supermajority in the state senate.
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Foliage growing out of the roof of a five-story downtown building became inspiration for an art exhibition.
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On March 5, I will raise my glass to Channel Islands National Park and my friend James, who have both reminded me of a simple but infinitely valuable lesson.
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