Many of you may have noticed UNITE-LA’s push to support our partners with $1.5 billion in broadband infrastructure. This significant proposal from the Governor's office is a direct result of the advocacy efforts led by UNITE-LA and LA DEAL.

The L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative (OYC), co-convened by UNITE-LA, John Burton Advocates for Youth and the Alliance for Children's Rights, recently released its 2023 Impact report. The OYC strives to build partnerships across sectors to improve education and employment outcomes for transition-age foster youth (TAY).

A big congratulations to Ilia Lopez, UNITE-LA’s Associate Director, Inclusion and Community Partnerships, for being awarded the 2023 Above and Beyond Award from the Cisco Networking Academy.

Our youth engagement team was at Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School on Saturday, March 9.

Last month, UNITE-LA hosted its second Health Care Virtual Career Fair for 45 attendees, including high school and college students, as well as other partners.

Last month, UNITE-LA National Strategic Partnerships (NSP) team members were in York, Pennsylvania, supporting the Economic Mobility for Rural Workers in-person convening.

UNITE-LA is pleased to have been invited to join the New California Coalition (NCC) as an official partner.

Last month, members of the UNITE-LA team supported the launch of Talent Rewire's SoCal Action Lab in partnership with San Diego Workforce Partnership.

UNITE-LA is proud to collaborate with the CSU Long Beach team in a number of ways, including through our early care and education work at Educare, our regional K-16 Collaborative work, and in our service on the Five-Year Strategic Planning Ad-Hoc Committee of the City of Los Angeles’ Workforce Development Board.

Last month, UNITE-LA supported the monthly R.E.A.L. EDWD Committee meeting, which featured a discussion with Ben Chida, Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Governor.