By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer For as long as she can remember, Nancy Mintie has had a thing about helping people. She doesn’t know where […]
Category: Making A Difference
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Organization looks out for rights of women farmworkers
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Mily Treviño-Sauceda is the executive director and co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, the first national women farmworkers’ organization in the U. […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Last Chance For Animals seeks to end exploitation
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer For 42 years, Chris DeRose has been an advocate for animals, and to this day, due to the things he’s […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: ClockShop seeks to generate social change through art
By Darlene Donloe ContributingWriter Julia Meltzer had a very good reason for founding the nonprofit Clockshop in 2004. She wanted to unify art, culture, and […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Wells Bring Hope supports access to clean water in Niger
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Water is essential to living. As a general rule of thumb, without it, a person can survive for about three […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Community center provides social services, empowerment
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Ever since she was 2 years old, Saundra Bryant has been associated with All Peoples Community Center. Growing up at […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Organization creates pathways to jobs, housing
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Homelessness and unemployment have become critical issues in Los Angeles. With the unemployment rate in Los Angeles […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Organization helps students develop writing skills
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer The art of writing well and doing so effectively is the goal of 826LA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting […]
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Organization advocates for health of Black women
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Black women staying physically and mentally healthy is the focus of the California Black Women’s Health Project. A statewide nonprofit, […]
Organization advocates for arts education in public schools
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Studies have shown that arts education is not only a central part of the solution to the […]