Tungsten Proteges mentoring group helps boys make academic and social improvements
Parents see improvements at school and at home from the boys of this mentoring program.
Education
The Black College Expo promotes the importance of attending HBCUs
High school students will pack the Los Angeles Convention Center for the expo on February 10.
Chess creates a competitive spirit and teaches life lessons
Adults at the Ladera Center Starbucks and children in after-school programs take advantage of the mental aspects of the game.
Alpha Phi Alpha hosts used book fair to fund mentoring program
The monthly book fair funds the Baldwin Hills chapter’s Junior Gents and college scholarship programs.
Bethany Baptist Church of West Los Angeles promotes education at annual Thanksgiving Giveaway
The Baldwin Bethany CDC promotes their STEM and after school programs.
100 Black Men of Los Angeles greatly enhances students’ chances of making it to college
The organization features programs such as Young Black Scholars and Pathways to Success.
Bethany Baptist Church partners with UCLA to promote STEM programs
The Launch Academy was created to make math and science fun for children.
L.A. Standard’s new intern: Amir Medina
A concert during the Leimert Park Juneteenth Heritage Festival. Photo by Amir Medina Amir Medina is 16-year-old sophomore at Connections…
Camp Spin-Off is launching careers in the music industry
This DJing summer camp has classes in music production, marketing, and business.
UCLA Black Alumni Association has greatly increased the university’s African American population
After only 96 black students were admitted to the college in 2006, the numbers have been on the rise.