SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The year was 1989 and the crack-cocaine epidemic that devastated thousands of families and lives was in full effect. But somewhere in Los Angeles, in the midst of the health crisis, a group of activists were inspired to transform the addiction-afflicted communities that surrounded them. That year, Karen Bass, who was Read More…
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — In response to the challenges that the underserved black and Latino youth face in South Los Angeles, several community members got together in 2005 in an effort to transform those neighborhoods. They created the Coalition for Responsible Community Development, a nonprofit co-founded by Mark A. Wilson, Ruth M. Teague, Noemi Soto, Read More…
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — When Debrah Constance saw the civil unrest that was part of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, she was thinking about how the youth in South Los Angeles were affected. She wanted to ensure that they stayed off the streets and had all the basic needs and opportunities that other children had, Read More…
