Leading the Hurd: Counseling the next generation of men of color
El Camino counselor Christopher Hurd is a college counselor with a mission to help as many men of color as possible.
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Anti-Black hate crimes lead all hate crimes in California
The CA hate crime report shows that 51.6 percent of race-based hate crime victims are Black.
SOULNIC brings Chicago vibes to Los Angeles
The annual music and dance festival features Chicago house, Afrobeats and hip hop. The festival is Saturday, August 17 at the Whittier Narrows at the Meadows in South El Monte.
Black Los Angeles June festivals
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Black vacationers travel to Martha’s Vineyard
Black travelers from around the nation head to Martha’s Vineyard each summer for “Black August.” USC Black Alumni Association has made this into an annual summer retreat.
TEC Leimert Spotlight: Diana Simmons
A Leimert Park native, Simmons is a sales executive for Microsoft, overseeing a team of technical sellers in a $65 million sales territory.
Attracting tourism to Black Los Angeles
With planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games underway, the ULI Los Angeles: Urban Marketplace held panel discussions with the topic of increasing tourism in local Black communities.
California anti-hate hotline responded to over 1,000 reported acts of hate
Anti-Black bias was by far the most cited reason for reports related to race and ethnicity.
Cornel West visits Los Angeles as he runs for U.S. President
West selects Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles co-founder Melina Abdullah as his vice-presidential running mate.
Addressing the alarming disparities in Black maternal health
Cedars-Sinai, BlackDoctors.org, the California Black Women’s Health Project and the Morehouse School of Medicine participated in a recent discussion that addressed the high rate of pregnancy-related deaths among Black mothers.