There has been a significant rise in advocacy by and for the LGBTQ community in the past few decades. More recently, LGBTQ individuals have stepped forward to raise awareness about a more specific issue in their community: LGBTQ discrimination in the athletic field....
Wayne Wilson has worked for the LA84 Foundation since 1987, marking this year as his thirty-first anniversary. He has been a significant contributor to the foundations development of a digital and physical library for the past three decades, and has made his mark in...
https://youtu.be/JrI7iXvBXqA More than 30 miles away from their homes in downtown Los Angeles, a dozen high schools students begin stretching on surfboards at 10 a.m. in north Zuma Beach in Mailbu, Calif. As part of their weekly summer mentorship program, STOKED...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HM438LIbsk Throughout the 2018 summer, 10 paid L.A. Times HS Insider interns produced multimedia arts and sports stories. In addition to covering arts and sports throughout Los Angeles, interns crafted dynamic enterprise stories...
https://youtu.be/0D6oonA92lU In 2003, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation pledged to create 50 Dreamfields over the span of 15 years for young Angelenos in the communities that needed them most. Monday afternoon, the foundation celebrated the groundbreaking of their...
The LA84 Foundation decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympics, which was held in Mexico City, through an art gallery. They received artifacts in bulk from the Helms Athletic Foundation. The process is to find which posters and artifacts would be...
“It kind of feeds into you. You process it. You let it out,” artist Carmen Argote said, while lifting her hands inwards before moving them away from her body to begin a circular motion. She brings her hands down and completes one motion. She tries explaining it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2lZSbZYv8 On Wilshire Boulevard, an unassuming white building with large windows and a lofty interior houses the gift of art. The Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) provides free art programs for students who live in areas without access to...
Sophie Kim is a 17-year-old poet, playwright, filmmaker and LGBTQ activist. She is a rising senior at Harvard-Westlake High School in Studio City, Calif. and was crowned the newest L.A. Youth Poet Laureate. At the beginning of her poetry career, Kim mainly focused on...
During her younger years, SaraJoy Salib was bullied during ballet practice for her weight. Not only did her peers taunt her, but a trusted teacher refused to let her go on point, informing Salib she looked too heavy. Before entering high school, her mother introduced...
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