The Los Angeles Conservation Corps provides at-risk young adults and school-aged youth with opportunities for success through job skills training, education and work experience with an emphasis on conservation and service projects that benefit the community. In the time of the Coronavirus, they’ve been asked by California Gavin Newsom to step up to the challenge…
“One of the biggest problems in the world today is our inability to truly listen to each other. Compassion broker Reggie Gordon challenges people to engage in community wealth building by using compassion and empathetic listening. In his thought-provoking talk, Gordon asks you to rethink the way in which you are giving. Reggie Gordon is…
Leadership Long Beach is more than a leadership training program. I should know as an alumnus, former Board of Directors member, and volunteer. The organization which celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year is a Long Beach institution that has, as they describe it, “helped inspire, create and cultivate the more than 1,500 community-engaged alumni to…
“Roquita Coleman-Williams explains why corporations should empower managers to be community activist and civic leaders. She uses her own personal story of resilience and leadership as an African American woman in the male-dominated transportation industry to show how civic leadership can lead to the diversity and inclusion modern companies are working towards. Managers who are…
Dr. Juan Benitez is the Executive Director for the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). He’s also a candidate, for a second time, to represent the Third District on the Long Beach Unified School Board. PalacioMagazine.com asked…
“A look at how protests and revolutions have evolved and changed. Jaime is a junior at Mays High and a top athlete on the girls softball team. She is #2 in the state of Georgia for Grand slams by a girl. She believes in equality and speaks up on behalf of other students that she…