Voting is In
April 10th – VOTE. A great habit, one you don’t have to break. Where?
(Pictured: Power4Youth student shaking hands with Long Beach Mayor Garcia, including Long Beach mentoring programs and council members). Power4Youth is a nonprofit organization that provides site-based academic mentoring for students. We asked Samana Budhathoki, Power4Youth Match Supervisor the following questions: Why is working with your neighborhood important? At the simplest level, mentoring and working with…
RPNA is engaging at many levels on a couple of fronts: Locally – application to develop the NW corner at E7th & Temple for a 24 hour convenience store with a beer/wine off site license, aka “7-11”. RPNA has had 2 inform sessions, received dozens of letters and now we are moving into the next…
All who attended the Crime Database Workshop can now tell the difference! Seen here is Commander Herzog fielding questions, the database was presented by Ana Reyes who manages crime data at the East Division LBPD. Both were terrific and informative. We had attendees from other areas, including Whittier! Our Rose Park go-to team for safety…
Power 4 Youth is our lifeline to the future. The group mentors youth through the precarious time called ‘teenage years’. It may have been smooth sailing for you but more many it was tortuous. There are young male students who’ve have come forward for mentoring but there are not enough empathetic men to pair them…
The Safe Refuge mosaic mural is one month out from completion! We invite neighbors to come out to 728 Freeman Avenue on Thursday, July 24th from 3 to 5PM to create, connect and contribute to a shared mosaic mural project! Be a part of this health and wellness art project that serves to strengthen our neighborhood. The…
At the recent Indie Meetup: Women and Resiliency, those attending shared key figures who helped shaped their lives. Two spoke of teachers they’d had that altered their point of view and ultimately how they’ve made decisions and addressed social issues. We had residents that have made a difference in their own right participate and two…