Tag Archives: nonprofits

15th Annual Gala Holocaust Museum LA

Holocaust Museum LA honored icon Arnold Schwarzenegger with the “Award of Courage” at the 15th annual gala on Monday, November […more…]

Building Truth Holocaust Museum LA

Holocaust Museum LA broke ground on November 15, 2023 on the Jona Goldrich Campus, designed by award-winning architect Hagy Belzberg. […more…]

CURYJ Is Helping Once Incarcerated Youth Find ‘Their Voice and Power’ Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice

By age 17, Xochtil Larios had experienced the foster care system, homelessness, and incarceration in juvenile hall for “like my […more…]

Five Keys: Incarceration Meets Aspiration Five Keys Home Free

“Hope.” This overworked noun can read like a blasé greeting card shorthand to those who have no need of it. […more…]

Help Keep Every Baby Clean and Healthy Help a Mother Out

All parents want their babies to grow up happy, healthy, and well cared for. But with diapers costing a monthly […more…]

Inspiring a More Dignified and Humane World Holocaust Museum LA

On a recent morning at Holocaust Museum LA (HMLA), Betsy, a docent, was leading a tour group of 20 LA […more…]

JBAY’s Policy Reforms Increase Housing for Foster and Homeless Youth John Burton Advocates for Youth

When Cody Van Felden turned 18, she became homeless after her foster parents kicked her out of the house because […more…]

Providing Glasses To Help Children Succeed in School Vision to Learn

Six-year-old Yahaira’s favorite part of school was looking at picture books. But as her vision became worse, she couldn’t enjoy […more…]

New Greenhouse Bolsters Meals for Shelter and Housing Homeward Bound of Marin

Shelter and supportive housing programs at Homeward Bound of Marin will serve more just-picked vegetables in the coming months, thanks […more…]

Project Aims to Bring All Veterans Home Homeward Bound of Marin

Summer opens with a clear path to ending veteran homelessness in Marin County! Crews demolished old warehouses this spring and […more…]

Celebrate National Foster Care Month with JBAY & Author David Ambroz on May 25th John Burton Advocates for Youth

May is Foster Care Awareness Month and John Burton Advocates for Youth is delighted to be celebrating it with a […more…]

JBAY Launches Campaign to Fund Second Year of Critical Needs and Opportunity Fund John Burton Advocates for Youth

JBAY is closing in on its first year of the Critical Needs and Opportunity Fund and one thing is clear: it has […more…]

Find Your Spark! 2023 Gala Friends of the Children – SF Bay Area

Join Friends of the Children Bay Area on Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:00-9:00PM for their Find Your Spark! 2023 Gala […more…]

Foster Youth Speak Up to Increase Housing Affordability John Burton Advocates for Youth

“What am I doing here?”  That is the question that foster youth Yuki Huang asked herself when she lived in […more…]

YLC’s Policy Director Awarded ABA’s Fearless Children’s Lawyer of the Month Youth Law Center

We are so proud of YLC’s Policy Director, Jenny Pokempner, on being named the American Bar Association’s Fearless Children’s Lawyer […more…]

Yeah, Art! Students Featured on NBC’s “Play It Forward” Yeah, Art!

Yeah, Art! is proud to be one of the featured nonprofits alongside Youth UpRising on NBC’s docuseries “Play It Forward,” featuring the […more…]

Violet Needs Your Help Razing the Bar

To My Community, My name is Violet and I need you! Being a former foster youth and first-generationundocumented student ignites […more…]

State Grant Expands Career Training at Homeward Bound of Marin Homeward Bound of Marin

Culinary training and support services to enter the workforce will grow at Homeward Bound of Marin with help from $750,000 […more…]

Shanghai: Holocaust Port of Refuge Holocaust Museum LA

On Sunday, February 5th, Holocaust Museum LA’s staff members and curators of the traveling exhibition “Hidden History: Recounting the Shanghai […more…]

Groundbreaking Party Spotlights Homes for Unhoused Veterans Homeward Bound of Marin

On the eve of Veterans Day, Homeward Bound of Marin celebrated a future community in Novato that brings the countywide […more…]

Join YLC for the 2022 virtual Unsung Heroes celebration! Youth Law Center

Please join us for the first virtual Unsung Heroes event on Thursday, December 8th, 2022 from 3-4:30pm PST. We will be celebrating […more…]