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• How We Can Prevent Homelessness By Being ‘Upstanders’ and Allies Against Domestic Violence

  According to the Downtown Women’s Center data on women experiencing homelessness, 53% have experienced domestic abuse, and 27% experienced sexual assault in the last 12 months. It also shows that the lack of safe and affordable housing often forces women to choose between living with their abuser or becoming homeless. No one should have to make such a choice.

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• Dedication to all of our volunteers

  Have you ever heard a song with such beautiful lyrics and think who that song is dedicated to? Who would compel someone to write such thought-provoking, warm sentiments? What are… continue reading Dedication to all of our volunteers

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• Unleashing the Power of Black and Latina Women with WIN-LA

  Through this initiative, Black and Latina women accrue valuable financial assets, invest in their communities, and increase their personal wealth by pooling their funding in United Way’s affordable housing and economic development investments. It allows participants to receive double-digit returns on their contributions while supporting the production of affordable housing and other vital resources in their neighborhoods. 

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• How is Kaiser Permanente’s Julie Miller-Phipps leading the care of L.A. people beyond healthcare

  Her vision for people’s well-being goes beyond access to healthcare. She explains economic mobility and house insecurity, for example, are significant social predictors of health. 

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• Tax Prep Is…Fun?!

  A few members of the United Way staff spent Saturday in the Pico-Union neighborhood at L.A. Red Shield Community Center, where families received free assistance filing their taxes from Central… continue reading Tax Prep Is…Fun?!

  

• Renee Fraser:  Leading women to ‘Doing well by doing good’

  As a current UWGLA Board member, Fraser continues to feel excited about celebrating the richness of our community and how it's moved us into these 100 years. “One of the most important parts of Los Angeles and Southern California is our ability to accept people as they grow and change. In other parts of the country, you're defined by your background, by your past,” she noted. “But I think in Los Angeles, we're open for people to be redefined, repositioned… I love that freedom of being. I'd like to see more of that happen in our region and for us to be a welcoming place for everyone.”

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• “¡Sí se Puede!”— Honoring Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta’s powerful legacy of organizing

  As we continue evolving in our mission to end racial and economic disparities in Los Angeles, we recognize those systems that perpetuate inequalities need to be changed first. And we know that’s possible when we look back at the legacy of men and women like Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.  These two Mexican American activists who worked to improve the working conditions and wages of farmworkers through organizing across the nation in the 60s continue to inspire and impact us today.

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• Three Years After COVID Lockdown, United Way of Greater Los Angeles Shows How the Next Crisis can Hurt Less

  United Way of Greater Los Angeles is excited to share a Community Conversations Report, which reflects the urgent needs of our communities that have not recovered from the pandemic and need increased and significant support to prepare for the next destabilizing event, like a massive earthquake similar to the recent one in Turkey and Syria. 

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• What we learned from the pandemic, and how it shaped our vision for L.A.

  The vision of collective good has been in United Way L.A.’s DNA for 100 years, but the main lesson we learned from the pandemic was that it is possible to respond to a state of emergency to support people in crisis while embracing the urgency to build community wealth in our marginalized communities. 

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• UWGLA’s Prosperity Partner: It’s Bigger Than Us— Providing targeted solutions for community’s wellness

  With the vision that wellness is a human right every person should have access to, It’s Bigger Than Us (IBTU) is bringing healthcare equity with a holistic approach to South… continue reading UWGLA’s Prosperity Partner: It’s Bigger Than Us— Providing targeted solutions for community’s wellness

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