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The Goldhirsh Foundation and its LA2050 initiative have promoted Mariam Bagdady to the position of Social Media and Communications Assistant.

Previously, while a senior at USC Annenberg, Bagdady worked with the Foundation as a part-time Social Media and Communications Fellow, prior to joining the team full-time in June. At USC, she was a USC Norman Topping Scholarship recipient and graduated

 with a Communication degree, Law emphasis.

Bagdady brings writing and reporting skills to the Foundation, having written for multiple publications including 

TMZ, SCene Magazine, and Flaunt Magazine.

When Bagdady was hired as a Fellow, she told us she is devoted to being an advocate for all communities and aims to help Los Angeles become the best that it can be — whether it be addressing racial inequity or prison reform.

“I am both honored and thrilled to be a part of the Goldhirsh Foundation team — one so dedicated to providing Los Angeles and its residents with the best resources available,” she said. “I hope that through my time at the Foundation, I can be a pivotal part in Los Angeles’ strive to be ruled by passion, not injustice.

Bagdady has already worked with her colleagues on a wide range of platforms and projects, including the organization’s signature annual 

This spring, approximately 15,000 Angelenos cast more than 105,000 votes in the Grants Challenge, telling us what ten issues matter most to them. Next, hundreds of nonprofit organizations, social enterprises, and government agencies submitted grant applications based upon their ideas to address those ten issues. This autumn, dozens of grants will be awarded by LA2050 and our Funding Partners.Bagdady also recently launched the 

 and a monthly news and information IG Reels series, “LA2050 Time.”

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Mariam Bagdady Promoted to New Position at Goldhirsh Foundation and LA2050

LA2050 has been honored with multiple awards. 

Our team is humbled to be in such good company with the other finalists and winners.

Nonprofit Organization of the Year (Growing), 

Tara Roth named one of 20 Most Influential Civic Leaders – and one of the 500 Most Influential People, 

Winner - General-Non-Profit, Excellence (Film & Video), 

Silver - Social Video for Social Responsibility, 

Silver - Community Outreach for Human & Civil Rights, 

Bronze - Branded Content - Not For Profit, 

Bronze - Best Local Awareness Program for Human & Civil Rights, 

Finalist - Most Innovative Awareness Campaign, 

Los Angeles Business Journal Citizenship Awards

Distinction - Campaign-Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, 

Distinction - General Charitable Organization, 

Honorable Mention: Social Good Partnership – Local, 

State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition, 

LA2050 is an award winning initiative! 

The Goldhirsh Foundation’s LA2050 initiative is a back-to-back Winner in the prestigious annual Shorty Awards, a competition 

Fast Company once described as the “Oscars of Social Media.”

The LA2050 Newsletter was a Winner in the 

Thank you to the Shorty Award judges, and congratulations to the Winners in other categories, such as Google, Duolingo, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Barbie, Amazon Studios MGM, SoFi, State Farm, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, and the Brennan Center for Justice.

The Shorty Awards describes itself as: “... an annual, international flagship awards competition honoring brands, agencies & organizations producing great content across digital and social.”

The LA2050 Newsletter serves as a semi-monthly hub for the Los Angeles social impact community, and an anthology of the work that LA2050 is doing.

In addition to news and features and original art, the LA2050 Newsletter also features the “Fave Five” places and spaces where Southland social impact leaders live, learn, create, connect, and play. Plus, the Newsletter has listings for social impact jobs and events, and links to a regularly updated table of external financial capital opportunities.

To subscribe to the award-winning LA2050 Newsletter, 

For a list of other awards that Goldhirsh Foundation and LA2050 have received during the past few years, 

LA2050 Blog

LA2050 is a Shorty Awards Winner – the ‘Oscars of Social Media’