While providing a workforce for the local manufacturing sector, community colleges are also impacting lives. “This course gave me the ability to change my life,” says Jonathan Santos, a former... read more →
Posts in Category: Featured Voices
Sophia came from Uganda to Los Angeles in 2016. She earned a living as a caregiver while sleeping on the floor of an apartment living room shared with others. Being... read more →
by Marianne Haver Hill, Propel L.A. Executive Director When I first met the Gonzalez* family, they were in a desperate financial situation. Mr. Gonzalez had lost his job hauling trash... read more →
LA:RISE is an innovative partnership that unites the City and County of Los Angeles to help people with high employment barriers get jobs, stay employed, and build a better life.... read more →
As part of the Citi Foundation Community Progress Makers (CPM) Grant, Propel L.A. has partnered with El Camino College and L.A. Valley College (LAVC) to offer a short-term job training... read more →
As a critical piece of infrastructure, wastewater management is key to a modern economy and the accompanying increased productivity of our region. The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (LACSD)... read more →
Ampaire, with a vision to create electric aircraft to help solve the problems of high operating costs and environmental impact among commercial air travel, is setting a model of advanced... read more →
For Project GRAD Los Angeles (PGLA), founded in 1999 as the first college access and success organization embedded in high schools in the northeast San Fernando Valley, “Inspiring Students, Transforming... read more →
April 9, 2018 marked the four-year anniversary of Kent Mendoza’s release from ICE-detention facility and prison. He now represents the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), its members, and allies in advocating for... read more →
Anitra Eddington is a young woman with a strong sense of purpose, and with definite goals for her life. She recently completed the Dental Assistant training program at Venice Skills... read more →
