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Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples (SPI) is located on the Southern California Coast within the unceded ancestral homelands of the Tongva people. SPI builds the capacity of Native Nations and Indigenous Peoples throughout California and around the world to protect sacred lands, waters, and cultures. The organization works to create environmentally and socially just [...]
Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) fosters the creation and advancement of new artworks by Chicana/o and Latinx artists through experimental and innovative printmaking techniques and other visual art forms. Rooted in community since 1973, SHG has been at the intersection of arts and social justice in Los Angeles while establishing national and international collaborations [...]
Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) advances the social and economic well-being of low- and moderate-income Thais and other ethnic communities in the greater Los Angeles area. Thai CDC aims to create a thriving community by creating businesses and jobs, developing decent and affordable housing, and revitalizing public space.
Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural transforms the Northeast San Fernando Valley and beyond by fostering ancestral knowledge, the arts, literacy, and creative engagement. Tia Chucha’s free or low-cost bilingual and intergenerational programs include mural painting, music, dance, writing, visual arts, healing arts, and talking circles. The center is also home to a bookstore that offers culturally [...]
Filipino Migrant Center (FMC) addresses the needs of Filipinos in South Bay cities and throughout Southern California. The immigrant-led organization aims to educate, organize, and mobilize low-income, working-class Filipino families to improve the conditions of their health, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and environment.
Órale (formerly the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition) is building and sustaining an immigrant-led movement to end the criminalization of immigrants and secure bold protections and opportunities that allow immigrant communities to thrive. Through leadership development, advocacy, and as a regional hub for information and services, Órale supports an intersectional movement for justice.
ALMA Backyard Farms reconnects the lives of formerly incarcerated people to the fabric of society by repurposing land into productive urban farms and reimagining community as a place for people and plants to thrive. Participants have the chance to attain gainful employment and become self-sufficient through urban agricultural job training, youth education, and their Farm [...]
CLEAN Carwash Worker Center is a grassroots worker center that empowers car wash workers to make lasting changes in the car wash industry and in their communities. CLEAN fights for the self-determination of immigrant and working-class people through grassroots organizing, strategic outreach, skills-building workshops, and civic action.
California Black Women’s Health Project (CABWHP) is committed to improving the health of California’s millions of Black women and girls through advocacy, education, outreach, and policy. A healthier future is possible when women are empowered to make choices and when equal access and health justice are community priorities.
Los Angeles Black Worker Center (LABWC) increases access to quality jobs, reduces employment discrimination, and improves industries that employ Black workers through collective action and unionization. LABWC works to reverse the disproportionate levels of unemployment and underemployment in the Los Angeles Black community.
