In this issue
- PUTTING IDEALISM TO WORK
- SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS
- ALUMNI & FRIENDS FUNDRAISER
- SENIOR CORPS MEMBER PROFILE
- BUILDING CHAMPIONS
- LEADERS WANTED
- UPCOMING EVENTS
PUTTING IDEALISM TO
WORK
Making City Year Los
Angeles a reality
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| Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Senator
Hillary Clinton, and CYLA team members Laura Martin and Erin Ross. |
Inspired by City Year and the opportunity to put its idealism to work in Los Angeles, The Goldhirsh Foundation announced a $2 million challenge grant last year to launch City Year Los Angeles. The grant must be matched on a two-to-one basis over a four-year period. Since hitting the ground last summer, the City Year Los Angeles team has made significant progress towards meeting the challenge grant.
City Year Los Angeles is also working to spread its idealistic message across the city. On March 3, City Year had an opportunity to engage both Senator Hillary Clinton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the "Keep LA Beautiful" event. The team will continue to engage public officials and community leaders around Los Angeles to get them excited about the launch of City Year Los Angeles this fall.
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| First Lady of California Maria
Shriver with City Year Los Angeles. |
City Year Los Angeles led hundreds of volunteers, including First Lady of California Maria Shriver, Chairperson of CaliforniaVolunteers Michael Camunez, and Paul Chavez, son of the late Cesar E. Chavez, in spirited PT to kick off a Cesar Chavez Service Day on March 24. The KaBOOM! community-build playground project provided a new play space for the Watts Labor Community Action Committee in Los Angeles, and was part of a larger 10 playground build in 10 California cities to honor the life and legacy of Cesar E. Chavez.
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| CYLA's Senior Corps with students. |
Celebrating Dr. Seuss and the Power of Reading
On March 2, City Year Los Angeles took part in Read Across America, the nation's largest reading celebration, by spending the morning at Breed Elementary School in Boyle Heights. To commemorate Dr. Seuss's birthday, volunteers and students put on Dr. Seuss-inspired hats and read their favorite books aloud to one another.
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Join City Year alumni and friends for a night of networking and celebrating City Year's arrival in Los Angeles! The 1st annual CYLA Alumni & Friends Fundraiser will be on Tuesday, April 17 at the Foundation Room of the House of Blues.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit alumni.cityyear.org/laaf or contact Tali Dayan at tdayan@cityyear.org or 213.284.4092.
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Hometown: San Francisco, CA and Salt Lake City, UT
City Year Boston '06, Los Angeles '07
I joined the CYLA start-up team because: California is my original home and I always wanted to move to LA. When I heard City Year was coming to the great city of Los Angeles, I just had to be a part of bringing an organization I love so much to a city I feel the same about.
I love being a part of this team because: I am helping to build a site with people that all have different City Year experiences and culture pieces to bring to the table.
I serve because: City Year is a program that I feel strongly about. It is something that I feel everyone should do right out of high school for the experience and the development. I really felt like I needed to come back and serve in recruitment to help others take part in this experience.
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| City Year Los Angeles with host Lisa
Specht and City Year Louisiana board member Lori Bertman. |
City Year Los Angeles held its second successful event on
Tuesday, March 13 at the Regency Club. Hosted by Lisa Specht, a partner at
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the event brought together community
leaders to learn more about City Year and the work it is doing in Los
Angeles. Founder and board member of City Year Louisiana Lori Bertman also
joined CYLA for this inspirational event.
Support City Year Los
Angeles! Visit us online to learn more about how you can get
involved, or contact Allison Graff-Weisner at agraff-weisner@cityyear.org.
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City Year Los Angeles is actively recruiting diverse, talented young leaders ages 17-24 to join its founding corps and to serve the communities of Los Angeles. Learn more and apply online at www.cityyear.org/joinus, or contact Tina Chong at tchong@cityyear.org for more information.
City Year Los Angeles is also recruiting staff for its founding year! Open positions include Service Director, Program Manager, HQ Manager, and Recruitment Coordinator. To learn more about these positions or to apply, please contact Allison Graff-Weisner at mailto:agraff@cityyear.org.
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City Year Los Angeles will run a service day for the employees of Spot Runner at Norwood Elementary School on Friday, April 13. For more information, please contact Laura Martin at lmartin07@cityyear.org.
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