{"id":2624,"date":"2026-03-07T16:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/leimert-park-village-inc-attends-the-39th-african-union-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:58:59","slug":"leimert-park-village-inc-attends-the-39th-african-union-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/leimert-park-village-inc-attends-the-39th-african-union-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Leimert Park Village Inc. attends the 39th African Union Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leimert Park Village Inc. announces the second milestone in its series of diaspora-centered global cultural exchanges, with community delegate Tony Jolly attending the 39th African Union Summit, held February 11–15 in Addis Ababa.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tony Jolly, owner of ORA Cafe and the Crenshaw Coffee Co. is a longtime Leimert Park Village merchant and community leader whose work is rooted in the neighborhood’s creative economy and cultural enterprise. Recently profiled for his community-based business leadership, he attended the Summit as part of this ongoing exchange framework.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This engagement builds on Leimert Park Village Inc.’s inaugural international exchange launched in 2025 through collaboration around Paris 2024 and the City of Saint-Denis, France, establishing a long-term platform connecting culture, creative industries and inclusive economic development across continents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As Los Angeles prepares to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Leimert Park Village, Inc. is advancing place-based international relationship-building anchored in the Historic South Los Angeles Black Cultural District.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The engagement was attended with formal letters of support from the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, recognizing Leimert Park Village and the Crenshaw Corridor as globally significant centers of artistic expression, entrepreneurship, and community-driven economic activity with enduring ties across Africa and the global African Diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leimert Park Village Inc. will share additional outcomes from this engagement as the global exchange series continues across Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

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