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It's important to me that refugees have protected rights and live with dignity and access to resources that ensure a safe and prosperous future.

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Striving to combat inequality and lack of resources in communities that impede higher academic achievement.

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Immigrants, students of color, and low-income students have lower odds of completing their postsecondary education. Our researchers study outcomes for these students and examine policies and practices that impact their chances of success.

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Immigrants, students of color, and low-income students have lower odds of completing their postsecondary education. Our researchers study outcomes for these students and examine policies and practices that impact their chances of success.

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Empowering myself through knowledge and professional development in order to raise awareness and make impact 

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Empowering myself through knowledge and professional development in order to raise awareness and make impact 

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I am passionate about educational equity. In order to be an advocate for my community I will prioritize learning and understanding policies that affect fairness and inclusion in our educational system.

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I value education. Education is power, education is opportunity. 

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I value education. Education is power, education is opportunity. 

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"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
-Malcolm X

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I stand for making sure I use my privilege of knowing how systems work to push an agenda of justice for those that don't.

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As an advocate for my community, I stand for affordable housing in the county of Los Angeles. 

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As an advocate for my community, I stand for affordable housing in the county of Los Angeles. 

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People Power!

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Those who live with pollution, lack of services and the incarcerated.

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A event that was facilitated by two homegrown young adults on a surveillance system now active in our community.

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Raising voices who are in plain sight but silenced on many levels and very much contribute to our community thriving. Pushing policies and agendas that allow the journey of equity in five main areas of our community. Police Reform, Education, Immigration, Workers Rights and Housing.

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The disabled community is affected by all decision-making and need both representation in order to live fully integrated lives and having a say in all decision-making.

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Creating Resilient Neighborhoods in Environmental Justice Communities

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Creating Resilient Neighborhoods in Environmental Justice Communities

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Since Environmental Justice Communities of Color across Los Angeles are overburdened by polluter industries, I stand for the phase out of these industries and creating healthier but equitable systems to undo the harm done in my community.

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Liberation, freedom, and dignity for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities and LGBTQ+ communities. 

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Liberation, freedom, and dignity for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities and LGBTQ+ communities. 

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I stand for collective liberation because equality and justice are designed within legal and social systems that are built on genocide, slavery, and white supremacy. Collective liberation means to me that everyone is free from violence and can live in harmony with our families and communities.  - Bruno

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I grew up seeing so much injustice in my own community and family.

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I grew up seeing so much injustice in my own community and family.

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As an advocate for my community, I stand for community solidarity, systemic change, and environmental justice.

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As an advocate for my community, I stand for community solidarity, systemic change, and environmental justice.

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Equitable access to community wealth and resources (Abril)

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Equitable access to community wealth and resources (Abril)

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Society builds wealth together. CEO's don't build companies on their own, so workers on the ground deserve a fair share of the wealth produced by their collective struggle.

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The silenced and cast aside on many levels that they don’t represent in our community the in crowd of finances and education but uphold and make life better for them and stand with those who don’t understand the process or journey that justice will take and may not articulate their issues fir many reasons.

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All people deserve a fair shot at making the difference they were born to make.  It's my job to fight for those denied one.

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the dignity of each and every human being

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the dignity of each and every human being

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When one of us is dehumanized, called somehow less-than-human, we all are left with less humanity with which to participate.

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I will represent the needs of low income tenants in south central Los Angeles. Is becoming almost impossible for the common folks who work hard to build and beautify the rich county of Los Angeles can not afford to live where they work. So every day their is potential of loosing more and more low income units do to corporates greed and abusive landlords. Aside for standing up for affordable housing, I also want tenant to be legally protected from corporate and predator landlords by also advocating for the Right to Council campaign. 

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I will represent the needs of low income tenants in south central Los Angeles. Is becoming almost impossible for the common folks who work hard to build and beautify the rich county of Los Angeles can not afford to live where they work. So every day their is potential of loosing more and more low income units do to corporates greed and abusive landlords. Aside for standing up for affordable housing, I also want tenant to be legally protected from corporate and predator landlords by also advocating for the Right to Council campaign. 

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Its important that low income communities obtain the necessary tools to uplift themselves and obtain financial freedom. I

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All People of EJ Communities including those who are Unhoused

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All People of EJ Communities including those who are Unhoused

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I strongly believe in building coalitions between all people in the community since this leads to collective political power where a movement becomes too big for politicians to ignore. As a result, we are able to successfully advocate for healthy, equitable and resilient communities.

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I will represent the needs of social determinants of health and the racial digital divide.

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I will represent the needs of social determinants of health and the racial digital divide.

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When children on the margins thrive, they are able to lead us into what's next for the planet.  They can make new language, see new things.  If we want to close the gender gap, let's listen to what transgender children have to say about it. If we want families to be lifted up, let's listen to the foster youth - they know exactly what does and does not make a family.

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All working people, regardless of race, ability, religion, gender identity, or education. We all share the same oppressor: the capitalist class.

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Happy to be in this group of justice fighters and revolutionaries!

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To learn be among those who challenge me in my growth and hear experiences that i can take back to the spaces in my community that can be utilized in strategies that equal polices, laws and white system thinking can be changed or wiped out

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I'm autistic and work with and on behalf of disabled people

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I'm autistic and work with and on behalf of disabled people

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Being autistic and working with disabled people, I understand the challenges and inequities disabled people face in the wider world.

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education, engagement, art cultivation, and community empowerment

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education, engagement, art cultivation, and community empowerment

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people who have been impacted by prisons, deportations, and police violence.

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people who have been impacted by prisons, deportations, and police violence.

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It is critical that we have people who have been directly impacted and harmed by prisons, police violence, deportations, and racist policies who have the decision-making power to design and implement policies on the local, state, and national levels. - Bruno

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I live in a community with high asthma rates due to the high industry. - Green Communities

I hated that schools take care of college bound students and ignore everyone else. - Education

The Criminal Justice System has impacted my family. - CJ- reform

I had a great experience with healthcare as a special needs child, but everyone seems to hate healthcare, so I wanted to learn more about why? - Health disparities

The world is changing, and the jobs of the future with it. I care to make sure there is workers justice in the process. - Jobs

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Resilient Neighborhoods and Housing Rights 

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Resilient Neighborhoods and Housing Rights 

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Resilient Neighborhoods are ones where we are prepared and equipped with resources that can help reduce harm in the events of climate or industrial emergencies. EJ Communities are on the frontlines of climate change every single day, especially those who are unhoused in the community. This means we need to build out policy that fights industry and that also protects tenants rights and housing rights.

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Green communities
Health disparities
Education
Criminal Justice Reform
Good paying jobs

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empowering disinvested populations and areas and equipping them with the necessary resources to become resilient, sustainable, connected, uplifting communities where everyone has access and opportunity to thrive and is engaged in shaping decisions that affect their lives

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empowering disinvested populations and areas and equipping them with the necessary resources to become resilient, sustainable, connected, uplifting communities where everyone has access and opportunity to thrive and is engaged in shaping decisions that affect their lives

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Affordable housing and increasing equity and justice in policy and practice in my community

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Affordable housing and increasing equity and justice in policy and practice in my community

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If we do not increase the amount affordable housing in Los Angeles, people will continue to experience poverty, houselessness, and housing instability.

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Grant access to financial literacy information to low income communities.  

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Grant access to financial literacy information to low income communities.  

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I would like to empower youth who show interest in changing their consumerism mindsets & teach them financial literacy.

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the dignity and empowerment of disabled people.

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the dignity and empowerment of disabled people.

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The disabled are seen as invisible or living lesser lives that others and are at best overlooked if not neglected by larger systems of change. I hope through my example and work that I can help uplift and empower my community to be a force to be reckoned with in all aspects of decision making.

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Strengthening working class power (Abril)

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Strengthening working class power (Abril)

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Whether it's through community advocacy, labor unions, police accountability, electoral politics; we need to build protections for the working class and sharpen the tools we have to dismantle inequitable and racists systems.

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at a young age, environmental and social justice was a passion taught to me through lived experiences. Community leaders inspired me and I want to do the same for others and also myself as I see the need for basic need and justice representation in communities like my own.

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at a young age, environmental and social justice was a passion taught to me through lived experiences. Community leaders inspired me and I want to do the same for others and also myself as I see the need for basic need and justice representation in communities like my own.

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Communities whose experiences and needs have been de-centered 

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Communities whose experiences and needs have been de-centered 

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I grew up in this community shown in the image below, Wilmington CA. 

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I grew up in this community shown in the image below, Wilmington CA. 

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This is only 1 out of the 5 refineries that surround my community of Wilmington, CA that is also peppered with oil wells and affected by heavy truck traffic that further pollutes our air since we are a port side city. The people of this community are tired of having friends and family who are sick with asthma, bloody noses and even cancer. They are resilient and ready to push back the industries that have harmed them for decades.

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I’m a creative narrative strategist who believes words have power. I am excited to connect with the leaders in this cohort who also use their power to create action. I look forward to learning from and sharing with the group  as we tackle the big problems and construct a  new vision for an equitable Los Angeles.

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I have a afterschool and summer camp predominantly African American and Latinx students and the struggles that I have seen parents go through and the hurdles they face in this education pipeline bring others to help me advocate on every level that their voice would not just be heard but actions and changes be implemented that they needed. First hand seeing the corruption of police in our community against black and brown community members that made no sense. Learning from others we pushed and created a community movement that created our first Pasadena Oversight Commission that I am on there is a long way to go but we kicked down a door that was closed for 20 years by our elected officials.

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The Right to Council has become a law in other major cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Los Angeles is falling behind. The right to council will allow low income tenants to have legal representation in eviction proceedings. I also see how predator landlords strategize to take tenants to eviction court because they know that the majority of times tenants do not have legal representations. This will equal the playing field between tenants and landlords in evictions courts. According to statistics, Landlords 87% of the times have legal representation, compare to 7% of the times that low income tenants have legal representation in eviction proceedings. I stand for social justice for tenants.  

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The Right to Council has become a law in other major cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Los Angeles is falling behind. The right to council will allow low income tenants to have legal representation in eviction proceedings. I also see how predator landlords strategize to take tenants to eviction court because they know that the majority of times tenants do not have legal representations. This will equal the playing field between tenants and landlords in evictions courts. According to statistics, Landlords 87% of the times have legal representation, compare to 7% of the times that low income tenants have legal representation in eviction proceedings. I stand for social justice for tenants.  

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Education equity, housing justice, and abolition work

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Education equity, housing justice, and abolition work

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In our care of our communities, we must also remember that we are micro parts of the larger ecosystem. Our wellness will be reflected in how we show up everyday, in our interactions and relationships with others, and can inform how we shape the system at large.

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Its necessary and important that communities be able to come together across challenges to hold solidarity even though and even if there are barriers to community dynamics.

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Growing up in the inner city lacking readily available access to the necessary resources to thrive and grow developed my belief that struggle and tribulation should not be a normalized right of passage for minoritized individuals to access resources and reach their full potential

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Growing up in the inner city lacking readily available access to the necessary resources to thrive and grow developed my belief that struggle and tribulation should not be a normalized right of passage for minoritized individuals to access resources and reach their full potential

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ensuring the disabled are involved and empowered in all aspects of policy and community decision making

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ensuring the disabled are involved and empowered in all aspects of policy and community decision making

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I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community.  I am a parent. I am social worker who watched LGBTQ youth be harmed.

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I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community.  I am a parent. I am social worker who watched LGBTQ youth be harmed.

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I do this work for them!

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Reparations for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities who have been harmed by the U.S. government and its racist policies.

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Reparations for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities who have been harmed by the U.S. government and its racist policies.

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Reparations have been a longstanding policy campaign to demand the U.S. government repair the violence and harm the U.S. government has created for centuries to Black and Indigenous communities. People who have been impacted by slavery, genocide, and police killings all deserve reparations now. - Bruno

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I'm the daughter of undocumented immigrants (Abril)

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I'm the daughter of undocumented immigrants (Abril)

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I grew up without access to healthcare, in fear that my family would be torn apart, and concerned for our financial stability. These are conditions established by capitalist oppression, and I am committed to fighting it because no child should grow up in fear.

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I am personally connected to this work because I work with tenants in crisis and hear their stories all the time on how they struggle with Landlords abusing the rights of tenants and getting away with it. Tenants also experience landlord harassment and landlords get away with it. Predators landlords usually target the most bulrnable: the older folks, the low income, and the people who don't know their rights as tenants. The Right to council will also have an eduational component that would allow people like myself continue educating the public about their rights through workshops and seminars. In addition our community members struggle with illiteracy. I once completed a HS diploma with out knowing how to read or write. That was detrimental when I was attaining higher education and made it more difficult as an undocumented student. Now I see similar struggles in the community as I try to help tenants help themselves fill out forms, answer written notifications from their landlord, and to use technology. Lot's of our community members struggle with illiteracy. This make it hard for them to answer an eviction notice or to communicate in writing with their landlord or public officials. This is not something easy to accept. The reason that I would like to see some changes and help tenants also be legally protected from corporate and predator landlords.

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I am personally connected to this work because I work with tenants in crisis and hear their stories all the time on how they struggle with Landlords abusing the rights of tenants and getting away with it. Tenants also experience landlord harassment and landlords get away with it. Predators landlords usually target the most bulrnable: the older folks, the low income, and the people who don't know their rights as tenants. The Right to council will also have an eduational component that would allow people like myself continue educating the public about their rights through workshops and seminars. In addition our community members struggle with illiteracy. I once completed a HS diploma with out knowing how to read or write. That was detrimental when I was attaining higher education and made it more difficult as an undocumented student. Now I see similar struggles in the community as I try to help tenants help themselves fill out forms, answer written notifications from their landlord, and to use technology. Lot's of our community members struggle with illiteracy. This make it hard for them to answer an eviction notice or to communicate in writing with their landlord or public officials. This is not something easy to accept. The reason that I would like to see some changes and help tenants also be legally protected from corporate and predator landlords.

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I believe that every child should have the resources they need to succeed and be a meaningful part of their community.  I grew up in poverty in the Bay Area and was the first in my family to earn a college degree. Seeing and experiencing the impacts of education inequity, anti-Black racism, and homophobia are fuel for me in this work. 

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I believe that every child should have the resources they need to succeed and be a meaningful part of their community.  I grew up in poverty in the Bay Area and was the first in my family to earn a college degree. Seeing and experiencing the impacts of education inequity, anti-Black racism, and homophobia are fuel for me in this work. 

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amplifying the voices of community members as we transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty

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Black and brown residents in South LA regarding educational equity, housing affordability, and economic investment.

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LGBTQ+ youth discrimination in systems; support for families in crisis; affirming transgender children; prevention of child abuse and foster care

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LGBTQ+ youth discrimination in systems; support for families in crisis; affirming transgender children; prevention of child abuse and foster care