"This was life changing and eye opening for me! Thank you is an understatement. - Spring 2023 Cohort Participant

The culmination of the second cohort of Step into Tech took place on May 18.

In case you missed it last month, Assembly Speaker Rendon appointed UNITE-LA board member and Executive Director of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Angelica Salas, to the state’s Racial Equity Commission!

Last month, UNITE-LA’s Postsecondary Systems Team cohosted a celebration of financial aid completion efforts in L.A. County with LACOE, the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (PLAS) and Ed Trust-West.

Last month, UNITE-LA along with LAUSD and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), applauded State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and the State Board of Education for including Los Angeles Unified among the 2022-23 California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) Implementation Grant Cohort 2 grantees.

UNITE-LA’s National Strategic Partnerships team brings us relevant stories from across the nation with their monthly newsletter!

Last month, UNITE-LA was present at the National Skills Coalition’s (NSC) Skills Summit, which is NSC’s largest event of the year bringing together workforce and business advocates from across the country to Washington, D.C.

UNITE-LA supported the May REAL Education and Workforce Development Committee meeting last month, featuring Edgar Cabral, deputy legislative analyst at the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), who shared an update on the May Budget Revise pertaining to education and workforce budget priorities.

The Policy Team has worked closely with Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA) over the last few weeks.

Did you know in 2017, UNITE-LA and Educare partners celebrated the groundbreaking of Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach? This state-of-the-art school serves as a regional hub for early learning professional development, demonstrating how programs can use evidence-based approaches to provide quality early childhood education for low-income families. A dual-language learning program serves as a model for other early childhood programs and connects to related programs in K-12 schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. As an Educare network school, Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach also helps drive change in early childhood policy and practices statewide to increase access to high-quality early education for all children.

As we approach the end of state budget negotiations between Gov. Newsom and state leaders, UNITE-LA has submitted two, separate budget letters to the Governor and legislative leadership.