Making A Difference

Organization helps feed ‘back of house’ workers

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When COVID-19 hit Los Angeles last March, forcing restaurants and bars to close, Othon Nolasco and his business partner...

Program seeks to improve Black infant, maternal health

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer There are some disturbing statistics surrounding the ratio of Black mother/infant deaths in Los Angeles County compared to their...

Greenway Court Theatre celebrating 20th anniversary

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer A funny thing happened to Whitney Weston one Sunday morning while driving past Fairfax High School. She saw its...

Foundation provides long-term support to youth

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer The mission of the I Have A Dream Foundation–Los Angeles is to provide long-term support to youth living in...

Children’s Bureau launches Heroes of Hope campaign

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer If the Children’s Bureau has anything to do with it, every child will grow up safe, nurtured and full...

Jade Love Kids Foundation offers free education program

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer About six years ago, Jade Marlin was preparing to start a baseball sports academy foundation for kids, but upon...

Mighty Little Giants provides support for anxious parents

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Jessica N. Wade had a good reason for launching Mighty Little Giants, a nonprofit that provides support, education and...

Black film group to host free, virtual film festival

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer As a little girl, Sandra Evers-Manly would complain about not seeing people who looked like her on television. “My mother...

Raising Compassionate Leaders is goal of nonprofit

MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Last year, Denica Gordon-Mandel and her three sisters were sitting around talking about what it was like to raise...

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