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LA For All Healing Circles: Open Dialogues for a Better Los Angeles

The LA Civil Rights Department and Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, a private non-profit organization, announced the launch of LA For All Healing Circles: Open Dialogues for a Better Los Angeles today in partnership with community organizations across the City of Los Angeles. The LA For All Healing Circles are open dialogues to build a better Los Angeles held virtually or in-person to foster stronger community bonds, support community-based organizations, and provide safe spaces for Angelenos to discuss the impacts of racial trauma, identity, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These dialogues invite the public to share their thoughts for improving our city and [...]

2022-12-07T12:48:00-08:00December 7, 2022|MFLA News, Program News|

Mayor Garcetti Announces Program To Connect Vulnerable Young People To Internet Access

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the creation of the Angeleno Connectivity Trust (ACT), an initiative to help deliver internet access to vulnerable young people — including students experiencing homelessness, those in foster care, and youth with disabilities. Working with T-Mobile’s Project 10Million, the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, and several community-based organizations, ACT will offer 100 GB of free internet connectivity to students who need it the most. The agreement would provide that level of connectivity to 18,000 students for five years, renewable on an annual basis. “The COVID-19 crisis has created extraordinary challenges for our most [...]

2022-10-09T20:55:17-07:00December 2, 2020|City Hall News, Program News|

Video Release: Los Angeles And Cities Around The Globe Launch International Network To Advance Gender Equity

Eds: Archived live video in English can be found here. Archived live video in Spanish can be found here.   LOS ANGELES –– Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched ‘CHANGE’, the City Hub And Network for Gender Equity, a groundbreaking international coalition of cities committed to advancing gender equity in local governments and policies. Mayor Garcetti will serve as the network’s first chair, and Los Angeles will be one of its founding members, alongside London, Barcelona, Freetown, Mexico City, and Tokyo. “This pandemic has changed how we live, learn, work, socialize, and govern, but what has not changed is our unwavering [...]

2022-10-09T20:55:17-07:00November 25, 2020|MFLA News, Program News|

Mayor Garcetti Launches ‘L.A. College Promise Works’ Program To Connect Local Students To Jobs

Eds:  Archived live video can be found at Facebook.com/MayorOfLA High-resolution photos can be found at LAMayor.org/Photos  LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched L.A. College Promise Works (LACP Works), a new initiative connecting community college students to career coaching, skills training, and paid employment opportunities. This program is the product of a close partnership between the Mayor’s Office, the L.A. Community College District (LACCD), the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, and the City’s Workforce Development System. “COVID-19 has forced us all to make sacrifices in our jobs, homes, and lives, but our students should never have to sacrifice their [...]

2022-10-09T20:55:18-07:00September 4, 2020|City Hall News, Program News|

Women in STEM (WiSTEM)

L.A.’s Women in STEM initiative promotes gender diversity and pay equity for women in STEM positions from entry-level to leadership through mentorship, networking, and community building programs for girls and women pursuing STEM careers.

2019-05-01T10:06:35-07:00May 1, 2019||

Mayor Garcetti Launches WiSTEM L.A. To Connect Women With Opportunities In Growing Tech Sector

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing and most dynamic tech and engineering sectors, and Mayor Eric Garcetti launched a new effort today — WiSTEM L.A. — to ensure that young women are equitably included in these promising industries. WiSTEM connects young women with mentors in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, where women have been chronically and historically underrepresented. More than 600 people registered to attend the kick off. “While women suffer from lost opportunity, the technology industry suffers from lost ingenuity,” said Mayor Garcetti. “WiSTEM is designed to close the gender gap in one of our [...]

2022-10-09T20:55:41-07:00September 17, 2018|City Hall News, Program News|

Mayor Eric Garcetti And First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland  Announce The Inaugural Los Angeles State Of Women & Girls Address And Young Women’s Assembly

LOS ANGELES — Women’s achievements, challenges, and future opportunities will be at the center of a historic conference to be hosted by Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland at the University of Southern California (USC). The Inaugural Los Angeles State of Women & Girls Address and Young Women’s Assembly will be held on March 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event will bring together Angelenos — including civic and thought leaders, as well as 700 girls, young women, and trans youth — for in-depth conversations, panels, and presentations on the state of gender equality in Los Angeles. The Inaugural [...]

2022-10-09T20:56:03-07:00March 10, 2017|City Hall News, Program News|

Summer Night Lights

Summer Night Lights is a nationally recognized model of effective civic partnerships. By keeping L.A. parks open during summer nights, SNL curtains crime and provides space and programming for families and young people.

2022-11-29T14:41:36-08:00October 19, 2016||

Domestic Abuse Response Teams (DART)

Through L.A.’s Domestic Abuse Response Teams program, trained victim advocates partner with the LAPD to provide services and support to Angelenos affected by domestic violence. MFLA’s expansion of this proven pilot model ensured that any survivor of Domestic Violence had access to the same resources.

2015-04-14T11:07:31-07:00April 14, 2015||

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