The Year of Return: Journeying Back to Africa
March 5, 2020
Los Angeles is a melting pot of ethnicities and cultures whose contributions have shaped our city into what it is today. Our different experiences, as Angelinos, serve as a bridge to learn from one another and deepen our understanding so that together we can continue to work towards achieving equity for all residents of this […]
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Report Highlights Community-Driven Model to Serve Men of Color in South LA
July 1, 2019
In 2012, CCF launched BLOOM, a $7 million initiative to address the overwhelming disparities faced by Black male youth involved in L.A. County’s juvenile justice system. Read this report to understand more about the model, the story of BLOOM, its impact, and the lessons we learned along the way.
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Accelerating Economic Opportunity and Helping Young Men BLOOM
May 18, 2016
Ernest had seen too much by the time he turned 16. His family had been shattered by drug abuse, and now he was facing the justice system for the first time. “Friends I grew up with were going to prison for 15 or 20 years,” Ernest said. “I knew there had to be something else.” […]
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Back to School: The Promise of a Fresh Start
October 21, 2015
By Byron Scott For high school students all over the country, the new school year brings with it a fresh start. The hopes of earning straight A’s, getting one step closer to college admissions and making new friends. As I look back at my own teenage years growing up in Inglewood, I vividly remember this […]
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50 Years Later, the Embers of the Watts Riots Still Glow
August 18, 2015
By LaWayne Williams On August 11, 1965 in Watts, an ember erupted into flames. The routine traffic stop of 21 year old Marquette Frye sparked a series of events that would forever change Los Angeles. 34 people died during the Watts Riots and the community absorbed $40 million in damages. The ember sparked by Frye’s […]
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BLOOM Initiative’s First Year: Successes and New Partnerships
July 24, 2013
This blog originally appeared on the Black Gives Back Blog. Click here to view the original post. Ninety-Three Percent of BLOOM Youth Have Not Violated Their Probation On June 26, 2013, the California Community Foundation (CCF) celebrated the one-year anniversary of its Building a Lifetime of Options and Opportunities for Men (BLOOM) initiative with a […]
Read MoreDemolishing Roads to Failure for Black Male Youth
November 28, 2012
By Terri Dixon It was a sobering scene at the California Rehabilitation Center (CDC) for Men in Norco, located right outside of Ontario. What used to be a hotel, then a Naval Base, is now as correctional facility for men destined to be released into a society that has and will reject them time and […]
Read MoreA Culture of Courage
October 10, 2012
At this year’s annual Council on Foundations conference, a question arose that struck me. A staffer from a rural community foundation in Northern California asked the panel for advice on creating a “culture of courage”. This foundation’s region was facing growing immigration, and the foundation’s board had not dealt with it, in the staffer’s view. […]
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