Partner Spotlight: The Ballmer Group
This month, UNITE-LA is highlighting a long-time supporter, the Ballmer Group!
Read morePartner Spotlight: Board Chairs Extraordinares
As announced earlier this year, UNITE-LA is honored to have longtime board member Efrain Escobedo take the reins as the new Chair of our Board of Directors. Our team feels privileged to have another incredible leader at the helm of our Board of Directors.
Read morePartner Spotlight: Boeing Helps UNITE-LA Take Flight
This month’s funder spotlight goes to a long-time supporter, The Boeing Company!
Read morePartner Spotlight: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
UNITE-LA is deeply grateful for the unwavering support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which has played a pivotal role in our mission to create equitable educational and economic opportunities for opportunity youth in Los Angeles.
Read morePartner Spotlight: James Irvine Foundation
Through support from the James Irvine Foundation, UNITE-LA will be conducting research on affinity-group serving chambers of commerce and other business organizations throughout California.
Read morePartner Spotlight: Port of Long Beach
This month’s partner spotlight belongs to the Port of Long Beach, a key sponsor of the LA Regional Cleantech Career Academy (Academy).
Read morePartner Spotlight: California Student Aid Commission
This month’s partner spotlight belongs to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). CSAC has been a steadfast partner of UNITE-LA since our founding, working together to ensure L.A. area students have equitable access to financial aid information and abundant opportunities to complete applications to claim aid. Through our L.A. Cash for College partnership, we annually serve thousands of students and families in filling out the FAFSA or CADAA and providing scholarships and educational materials. As fierce advocates for students across the state, CSAC has also led in the development and equitable changes to financial aid programs that we are proud to support and encourage our partners to do the same. Thank you to the CSAC team for all you do!
Read morePartner Spotlight: Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges
This month’s partner spotlight belongs to the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges with a huge thank you to Kelly King (Executive Director of the Foundation and Chief Advancement Officer for the District) for graciously organizing and sponsoring the Supporting L.A.'s Parenting College Students event held at L.A. Valley College’s Family Resource Center in May.
Read morePartner Spotlight: CA FWD
UNITE-LA congratulates California Forward (CA FWD) for naming Kate Gordon as its new CEO. We look forward to partnering closely with Gordon, as UNITE-LA continues its work with CA FWD and its affiliate, the California Stewardship Network (CSN).
Read morePartner Spotlight: Quality Start Los Angeles
This month, UNITE-LA is excited to spotlight Quality Start Los Angeles (QSLA), who works to empower early learning providers to build upon and improve the quality of care they provide to children ages birth to five. Through our partnerships with QSLA on the "Two Languages, Twice the Opportunities" campaign, we continue to uplift the power and importance of multilingual education in our diverse community.
UNITE-LA is proud to be a part of this initiative. By working with QSLA, we aim to empower early learning providers, support families, and help create a community where all children have a quality start in life. For fantastic resources, visit the QSLA website, where you can access language-specific pages, view the new DLL videos, and see PDFs of the brochures. For any questions, feel free to email [email protected].
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