A Better LA and PCI Community Center Open House Tonight!

Today is the official grand opening of the A Better LA supported People for Community Improvement (PCI) Community Resource and Outreach Center in South Los Angeles. PCI’s Kenneth Jones has worked tirelessly in the Athens area to support our youth and save lives and now has a community center to base his efforts.

Please join us tonight from 6pm-8pm for an open house to learn about their upcoming programs including dance, film and art classes, tutoring, mentoring and their new plans to build a food bank. There will be live performances by the Imperial Church youth choir and the Starz of the Future dance squad.

Live raffle with prizes and food provided by Guiliano’s Italian Deli.

This center will serve thousands of youth and adults over the next year and needs your support!

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Pete Carroll’s Win Forever Book Tour Sweeps the Nation

Pete Carroll has wrapped up the NYC leg of the national tour to promote his new “Win Forever” book benefitting A Better LA.

Starting at 7 a.m. and ending after 9 p.m., Carroll pin-balled around Manhattan and northern New Jersey as he conducted 11 interviews — including live ones onESPN’s “SportsCenter”,  MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and ESPN Radio in New York — and hosted his second book signing event, this one at Bookends in Ridgewood, N.J.

All told, Carroll has made a whopping 30 different media appearances through the first three days of his book tour.

After 48 hectic hours on the East Coast — including a trip to ESPN headquarters on Tuesday — the book tour moves west on Thursday, with Carroll and crew flying to San Diego for media appearances and a book signing on Thursday night at the Hall of Champions at Balboa Park. Orange County on Friday and L.A. on Monday will follow on the tour.

– Contributed by Ben Malcomson

Carroll appears on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC on Wednesday.

Carroll tapes a segment for Fox Business channel.

For entire blog post and more pictures click here.

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A Better LA Launches Year Long Campaign to End Gang Violence and Keep Kids Safe

A Better LA is launching a year long campaign to end gang violence to keep kids safe. The campaign will consist of numerous community events to raise awareness and funds to save lives and restore hope to the children of Los Angeles.

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