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LGBTQ Latin Advocacy Organization, Latino Equality Alliance, Announces Honorees Of Its 7th Annual Purple Lily Awards
ABC7 News, GLAAD’s Monica Trasandes, Michaé de la Cuadra, LA LGBT Center’s Alan Acosta, and community trailblazer Nancy Valverde to be recognized at an in-person event on June 23, 2022 Special musical performance by international Latin recording artist and actress Raquenel (Mary Boquitas) Los Angeles, CA.— The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA), a leading Latinx LGBTQ+…
Read MoreSTEM Prep Schools Respond to Teacher Shortage by Investing in Local Community to Create its Own Teacher Pipeline
Los Angeles, Ca. – As school districts across the country grapple with teacher shortages, one local charter public school network is creating its very own teacher pipeline. STEM Preparatory Schools, a charter public school operator in the West Adams and Jefferson Park neighborhoods of South Los Angeles is looking to cultivate and invest in local talent who live and…
Read MoreFranco Vega, Founder & CEO, The RightWay Foundation, Helping Foster Care Youth Heal
By Apryl Holmes Franco Vega, once a foster kid, wanted to help foster kids not go homeless, and when he started his foundation he had no money, so he went homeless. “When I started this foundation, I became homeless. I had to couch surf,” Vega told The Pace. “I had to destroy my credit because…
Read MoreEl derecho al voto ocupa un lugar central en el desayuno del Caucus Negro MLK
Por Aldon Thomas Stiles | Medios negros de California El derecho al voto fue el tema central en un desayuno virtual que el Caucus Negro Legislativo de California (CLBC) celebró el 12 de enero para celebrar los sacrificios y el impacto de Martin Luther King Jr. en la vida y la política estadounidenses. “No…
Read MorePeople Who California Sterilized Can Now Apply for Reparation Payments
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media People who the state of California had a hand in forcing or coercing to undergo vasectomies or get their tubes tied are now eligible for compensation. The payments will come from a $7.5 million state fund. Some of those victims, both men and women, were sterilized without their…
Read MoreLatino Equality Alliance Announces Newly Elected Executive Advisory Board
Los Angeles, CA.— The Latino Equality Alliance (LEA), a leading LatinX LGBTQ+ social justice and advocacy nonprofit organization in Los Angeles, recently announced the election of its 2021-2023 executive advisory board. The new executive board, serving a two-year term, is comprised of a diverse group of LatinX leaders in Southern California deriving from various industry sectors.…
Read MoreA Message Sponsored by Los Angeles County
A DOCTOR’S NOTE ON COVID-19 TESTING Dr. Erika Flores Uribe, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services How does COVID-19 testing help me prevent the spread of the virus? Getting tested for COVID-19 helps you know if you have the coronavirus and prevents you from spreading it to your family, friends, and community. If you…
Read MoreAdvocates Say State’s $10 Million Fund for Ethnic Media Is “Great Start”
By Sunita Sohrabji | Special to California Black Media In recognition of a mass communication sector that has been struggling from dwindling advertising dollars and intense competition from well-funded media conglomerates and a field of small niche publishers since the inception of the internet, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature appropriated $10 million in…
Read MoreLa mayoría de las restricciones de COVID desaparecerá el 15 de junio
LOS ÁNGELES (CNS) — Si bien la mayor parte de las restricciones de COVID-19 se levantarán el 15 de junio, el director de salud pública del condado de Los Ángeles advirtió que las reglas que requieren el uso de máscaras y el distanciamiento físico permanecerán vigentes en algunos entornos, sobre todo en las escuelas, en…
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