"Helping to Change Communities from Within"
Last Tuesday March 23rd, the West Athens-Westmont Community Task Force Meeting took place at the Chester Washington Golf Course at 1930 W 120th St. in the southern section of West Athens. This meeting was created to bring the community together with local law enforcement from the LA County Sherriff’s Lennox Station in Inglewood as well [...]
Last weekend we were very honored to be involved with the events surrounding the LA Marathon. This was a historic event because the marathon created the new route from Dodgers Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier. Before the actual marathon on Sunday, A Better LA participated in the LA Marathon Expo at Dodger Stadium where [...]
This past Saturday March, 20 2010, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology hosted Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), an all day free event with a variety of seminars covering stress reduction techniques, nutrition and mental health, gang intervention, suicide assessment and substance abuse. 20 interventionists funded by A Better LA attended the event and Maximum Force [...]
[ March 24, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Thank you to everyone who has attended our Transformational Series where we train facilitators from the community. A Better LA Advisory Board member Emily Williams teaches the classes based on cognitive behavorial theory and this week will be talking about the importance of affirmations. If you would like to attend the class the information is [...]
[ April 3, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] On April 3rd, A Better LA will be hosting an Easter Family Day in the Park. The event will be held at Queen Anne’s Park at 1240 West Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019 from 12pm-3pm. There will be an Easter egg hunt, bounce houses, music, games for kids and BBQ. To volunteer email events@abetterla.org.
Seahawks coach: He saw a problem in L.A. – gang violence – and jumped in feet-first to help. Click here. More just added here.
The Los Angeles Rotary Club District 5280 has been a huge supporter of A Better LA and the West Athens Project over the past year. They have orchestrated over $75,000 in donations for programs in West Athens. Most recently Rotary 5280 has donated a 10 passenger van that will be used mainly by A Better [...]
A Better LA is gearing up for the upcoming LA Marathon on Sunday, March 21, 2010!
If you’ve already joined A Better LA’s marathon team, email our volunteer Sean Callahan about fundraising initiatives, if you would like to join the ABLA team, email for more information about running at: seancallahan@alumni.usc.edu
Also click here to see some of [...]
Check out Matt Leinart and Nick Lachey in their Five Four A Better LA T-Shirts!
Mens and Women’s tee’s are available online for purchase here:
A Better LA would like to thank everyone who came out to show their support Thursday February 18th at the Five Four event. At the event photographer Marco Bollinger and Andres Izqueta showed their project, titled “A Day in the Life of A Better LA”, a project they shot while following ABLA funded partner CURE [...]
213.412.3111
Copyright (c) 2010. A Better LA. All Rights Reserved.
Add Your Comment · Mar 30, 2010 - 11:52 am
Help Us Get The Word Out. Share