Undocumented community members are locked out of affordable, quality healthcare
This semester I met Cecilia, a retired nurse and Lupus patient. Because of her condition she has needed health care nearly all her life.
A team of teenage girls advocate for community health and safety through social media and peer-to-peer education.
Clínica Monseñor Romero provides quality, affordable and culturally sensitive health care services to a predominantly low-income, monolingual Spanish-speaking uninsured Latino population
The Wellness Center was created from a dream that consisted of a space where the community would have access to a variety of services that would be beneficial to their well-being.
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