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Talking About Resilience

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

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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

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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

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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

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In the Press

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!

7.29.19 – Mattress Recycling Council Announces New Alliance with Los Angeles Conservation Corps and City of Los Angeles

7.25.19 – The River Corps is Back

7.15.19 – Mattress Recycling Council Announces New Alliance with Los Angeles Conservation Corps and City of Los Angeles

7.8.19 – LA Conservation Corps Re-Launches River Corps Program in Partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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