Los Angeles Standard Newspaper Foundation
The Los Angeles Standard Media Academy and the Black Los Angeles Photography Exhibit are a part of the foundation.
Destination Crenshaw
Black Los Angeles Photography Exhibit
The exhibit in Leimert Park features local Black photographers Jeff Lewis (sports), Zay Monae (community portraits and events), Bexx Francois (Kamala Harris presidential campaign), and David Mesfin (Black surfers), and Destination Crenshaw’s Faces of Black LA series.
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.
Crenshaw Wall to receive a new mural
RTN Crew’s proposed mural “The Struggle Continues” to replace the group’s 2001 “Our Mighty Contribution.”
Destination Crenshaw is building economic opportunity in South Los Angeles
The outdoor art exhibit, which celebrates Black culture in Los Angeles, also supports Black-owned businesses and creates jobs for local Black residents.
South Los Angeles takes center stage at the ULI Urban Marketplace
With billions of development dollars pouring into the Crenshaw District, discussions are taking place to ensure that new development adds value to existing residents rather than displacing them.
Destination Crenshaw featured L.A. Standard Newspaper Publisher Jason Lewis
The feature is for Destination Crenshaw’s Faces of Black LA series
Destination Crenshaw will celebrate Black culture and history in South Los Angeles
“…We can take this desire, this need, and this necessity at this moment in history, the necessity to tell our story, to document our story, but also to mark our territory forever.” -Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson