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Dear Friends, Time flies. It’s been a while since I have been in touch, and in that time, we have allcontinued to face numerous challenges. One of our Corpsmember leaders, Clarissa, was speaking to our Board
Celebrating Our National Forests 7/14/20
Dear Friends, Well, this certainly isn’t the summer that any of us had planned. I don’t know about you, but right now I am feeling a greater sense of connection to the community, to friends and
What’s Your Story 6/23/20
Dear Friends, What has your personal and professional experience been like over the last few months? For most of us, that seems like a complicated question. Nevertheless, it is the one we posed to two of
In Solidarity with Our Corpsmembers 6/5/20
Dear Friends, I hope you are safe and are staying healthy. Over the past few months, we have collectively faced extraordinary tragedy; the past couple weeks have taken that to a whole other level and
Corps Connections 5/20/20
Dear Friends, When the safer-at-home order went into effect in March, we had to start doing a lot of things differently here at the Corps. One unexpected positive was the implementation of a daily conference call
Weekly CEO Message 4/28/20
Dear Friends, Last week, I overheard a Corpsmember quietly share with his supervisor and his crew mates, “I’m grateful for the roof over my head and for my job.” Every day I am reminded how important
Read the LA Corps response to COVID-19
In the Press
2023
7.12.2023 – LA RIVER RANGERS: Oportunidad de trabajo para jóvenes angelinos y protección del medio ambiente
4.08.2023 – River Rangers program hires young Angelenos to clean up, advocate for the LA River
3.24.2023 – LA Conservation Corps is Creating a Greener Los Angeles
3.03.2023 – Black History Month Spotlight: Simboa Wright
2022
9.20.2022 – Community Comes Together To Restore Habitat In Redondo Beach
8.31.2022 – Traveling Tidepools: Supporting Workforce Training Through a Unique Partnership
8.24.2022 – NBC4 LA Conservation Corps Building a New Homeless Village
6.6.2022 – Corps Director Carlos Campero Interview with El Nuevo Sol
4.14.2022 – Community Champions: LA Conservation Corps beautifies our neighborhoods
4.04.2022 – 2022 Project of the Year: Pallet Partnership – LA Conservation Corps, Civicorps, San Jose Conservation Corps
2021
6.21.2021 – Corps Thanks Friends for a Successful Virtual Spring Luncheon
4.15.2021 – Pandemic impacts habitat restoration at LAX Dunes
3.23.2021 – Food Waste Recovery Program Builds Nourishing Partnerships
3.19.2021 – LA Corps Response to AAPI Attacks
3.16.2021 – Meet Carlos Campero, Arborist and Director of Conservation Programs at Compton Creek Natural Park
3.3.2021 – Public Comment Open for New OHV Grant Submissions
2.24.2021 – Tiny home village being built in North Hollywood to serve as lifeline for the homeless
2.17.2021 – Tree Equity: “Good Shade” Project to Address Shade Disparities in LA
2.16.2021 – LA Conservation Corps and Pallet™ Announce Partnership
1.14.2021 – Corps joins effort to bring “Good Shade” to Alondra Park
1.13.2021 – Corpsmembers Get Coastal Restoration Experience on Malibu Living Shoreline Project
2020
11.20.2020 – LA Corps Teams Up with Conservation Corps of Long Beach and the New Climate Action Corps
10.29.2020 – Bank of America Names LA Conservation Corps 2020 Neighborhood Builder
4.22.20 – Called to Action – How the LA Corps is Stepping Up for Its Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic (cherie.com)
4.3.20 – Corpsmembers have COVID-19 questions answered via Corps podcasts
4.2.20 – Los Angeles Conservation Corps: Still Working in the Time of Virus (Palacio Magazine)
2.21.20 – Getting to The Finish Line: A Clean & Green Program Story
2.20.20 – In Her Own Words
2.20.20 – Green Together Collaborative Addresses Climate Resilience in San Fernando Valley
2.4.20 – LA Corps College and Career Fair (video)
1.29.20 – Media Alert: College and Career Fair in Watts 1/31
1.29.20 – New 18/19 Gratitude Report is Available
1.29.20 – Alumni Spotlight
2019
12.5.19 – Artist Brings Awareness to Nonprofit with “Promised Land” Paintings
12.2.19 – Project Spotlight: Food Waste Prevention & Rescue
11.21.19 – Heroic Youth Leaders are Treated to an Early Thanksgiving
8.29.19 – 9/28 National Public Lands Day
8.21.19 – NBA Star Russell Westbrook Joins Initiative to Promote Job Skills For At-Risk Young Adults
8.20.19 – NBA Star Russell Westbrook Joins Initiative to Promote Job Skills For At-Risk Young Adults (PEOPLE)
7.31.19 – 2019 YES Summit!
7.25.19 – The River Corps is Back
7.2.19 – Project Spotlight: Baldwin Hills Trail & Storm Water Restoration Project
6.29.19 – LA Conservation Corps Spruces Up Boyle Heights Park (CBS 2 | KCAL 9)
6.29.19 – LA Conservation Corps Spruces Up Boyle Heights Park
6.23.19 – Community Aquarium Closes After 20 Years in Redondo Beach (NBC 4)
6.12.19 – From Momenta to movies and more: Reynolds senior participated in the Momenta Workshop in February 2019, taking a series of photographs for the L.A. Corps (Univ. of Nevada)
5.23.19 – Officials Seek Volunteers to Log Photos of Urban Critters Captured by L.A.-Area Wildlife Cameras (KTLA)
5.22.19 – Community improvement projects to beautify neglected streets of Westwood (Daily Bruin)
5.15.19 – NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Los Angeles Award $225,000 in ‘Project Innovation” Grants to Local Nonprofits (NBC 4)
4.26.19 – Go Green with the LA Corps
4.4.19 – ‘Smart’ Trash Cans Debut in Little Tokyo (Rafu Shimpo, LA Japanese Daily News)
3.1.19 – Corpsmembers LEAP Into Action
3.1.19 – Much to be Grateful for
3.1.19 – Bye Bye Mattress