PAUSE
PAUSE creates spaces that produce safe, culturally-sensitive, and expert-informed grief and end-of-life support for people of color. They provide resources and programming to serve individuals, companies, and death-care professionals. Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy
Tongva Taraxat Paxxaavxa Conservancy is a Tongva-led project created to steward lands in Tovaangar, the traditional Tongva region, encompassing the greater Los Angeles basin. The Conservancy is the first land return in Los Angeles and provides a physical space for the community to gather, share knowledge, practice culture, and tend to the local environment and […]
Umoja Food Collective
Umoja Food Collective is a collaborative of Black food entrepreneurs and Black-owned small businesses in Inglewood, South Los Angeles, and surrounding communities. Through community empowerment, network building, and culturally tailored business development, Umoja Food Collective strives for greater investments in Black wealth, Black employment, and Black business ownership, redressing racial wealth gaps and health inequities [...] The Watts of Power Foundation
The Watts of Power Foundation provides wrap-around support and training for Black male public school teachers. Their flagship program, the Teacher Village, offers a culturally-affirming community space in South LA for teachers-in-training. Watts of Power Foundation envisions increasing the Black educator pipeline in Los Angeles, and impacting the educational and social-emotional learning outcomes for all [...] South LA Community Foundation
South LA Community Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of South LA Café, aims to create, build, and empower an equitable, healthy, and sustainable South Central community for all. With a focus on food equity, workforce training, and business development, they are expanding access to resources and building a sustainable, self-determined local economy. People’s Pottery Project
People’s Pottery Project employs and empowers formerly incarcerated women, transgender, and non-binary individuals through paid job training, access to healing communities, and meaningful employment in their collective nonprofit ceramic business. They provide flexible programs that allow participants to build business and technical skills through creative ceramic fabrication work and production. International Indigenous Youth Council – LA
The mission of the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Indigenous Youth Council is to create safe spaces for BIPOC youth and support them in becoming leaders in their communities through education, cultural practices, and civic engagement. The organization sees a future where Indigenous youth have sovereignty to co-create a sustainable and equitable world for [...] CultivaLA
CultivaLA transforms healthy food access and wellness through people, social enterprise, and environmental justice. By encouraging community urban agriculture through workforce development, intergenerational learning, and agricultural literacy, CultivaLA brings together local growers to transform the urban agriculture movement in Los Angeles. CIELO
Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) is an Indigenous women-led organization that works jointly as a link, resource, and liaison for Indigenous communities in Los Angeles. By creating space for the revitalization of language, cultural practices, and gender justice work, CIELO develops solutions to the social, economic, and cultural challenges faced by the Indigenous community. NeuroTalent Works
NeuroTalent Works is dedicated to transforming the lives of adults on the autism spectrum by cultivating opportunities for meaningful and gainful employment, working in partnership with corporations. The organization aims to be a bridge, developing essential talent for corporations by leveraging the unique gifts of adults on the autism spectrum and fostering neurodiverse workplaces.