Legacy LA Youth Development Corporation
Legacy LA's mission is to make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. Legacy LA builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and community.
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LIVE 路2022 Grants Challenge路馃帀 2022 Goldhirsh Foundation WinnerYouth Leaders for Environmental Justice
Youth leaders from the Ramona Gardens public housing development in Boyle Heights will continue a campaign to build the Ramona Gardens Natural Park with an anti-pollution green buffer to protect 2,000 low-income primarily Latino residents from transit-related air pollution from the adjacent fifteen-lane Interstate-10 Highway. Air quality in Ramona Gardens is among the worst statewide, according to a CalEnviroScreen map, leaving residents at a disproportionately high risk for chronic health conditions from air pollution.
CREATE 路2025 Grants Challenge100 First-Generation College Graduates, $100M Impact
Legacy LA will help 100 first-generation students from Boyle Heights to earn a college degree, increasing lifetime earnings by $1 million each (100 college grads, $100M impact). Led by a program alum, Legacy LA will provide college persistence and completion services focused on the Ramona Gardens public housing development, where Legacy LA has engaged youth for 18 years. LA will be better: college grads contribute more to tax revenue; vote, volunteer, and donate more; and are less likely to be impoverished compared to high school completers.
CONNECT 路2024 Grants ChallengeYouth-Driven Solutions for Mental Health
Legacy LA will advance youth-driven solutions to improve youth mental health and increase green space for youth and residents of the Ramona Gardens public housing development in Boyle Heights. Legacy LA will provide culturally relevant services to youth including green space outings, sunrise hikes, indigenous healing practices, therapy, and mindfulness to reduce stress. Youth will serve as mental health ambassadors to destigmatize services among peers and families and will serve as advocates to increase green space for recreation/fitness.
PLAY 路2023 Grants ChallengeLegacy LA Youth Leaders for Environmental Justice
Legacy LA youth leaders from the Ramona Gardens public housing development in Boyle Heights will continue an Environmental Justice campaign to build the Ramona Gardens Natural Park Air Pollution Solution with a focus on advocacy, career readiness and exposure to natural resource education. The program will provide youth leaders with professional and technical skill training, so that they are well equipped to lead and effect systemic change, and to become stewards for increased access to natural resources, parks and open space in their community