While these challenges are not unique to L.A. Little Tokyo, an ethnically Japanese American historic district located in downtown L.A., has faced redevelopment pressures for the last half century, starting with the construction of the LAPD headquarters in the 1950s. reinforced the value of cross-cultural coalitions that have driven positive neighborhood development and political change in the region. Our visits to Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) and Community Coalition in South L.A. One of the most striking themes of this year’s GPLEX was the importance and success of coalition building in Los Angeles, particularly in the wake of the 1992 civil unrest. explorations.ĭIVERSE COALITIONS ARE PRESERVING AND TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES While we are all still digesting much of what we saw and learned in Los Angeles, below are some key takeaways that stood out for Economy League staff from our L.A. With 132 business and civic leaders in attendance, the 2016 Exchange featured its largest and most diverse group to date.Ī major part of each year’s GPLEX are the regional explorations, when we take members of our delegation out of the conference hotel and into the community to visit organizations and meet with local leaders doing exciting regional improvement work on the ground. This year marked the eleventh iteration of the Exchange, an Economy League initiative that now claims more than 700 alumni who are leading organizations and institutions across the Greater Philadelphia region. Lisa Pino, FNS Deputy Administrator for SNAP, contributed to this post.It’s been a few weeks since we returned from Los Angeles after an eventful four days at the Greater Philadelphia Leadership Exchange.
Roxana Barillas is Deputy Director, USDA Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. This feedback will help us reach more eligible families by reshaping our message and partnering with others right in their communities, where they study, work, play and pray!
how important it is to partner in this work with faith-based and neighborhood organizations.that nutrition assistance benefits can help their children access the nutrition they need to be productive at work and in school and.families are often fearful or too proud to ask for help in a time of need.Los Angeles provided us an opportunity to learn directly from organizations how USDA can address high levels of food insecurity. Francis Medical Center’s Health Benefits Resource Center, the one-stop shop known as “El Centro.” El Centro provides on-site SNAP application assistance for families to help them navigate the process, including preparing necessary documentation. Next, we stopped at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, which is visiting people door-to-door to sign them up for SNAP. We also visited the children of the Boys and Girls Club of East Los Angeles, where over 250 children were receiving nutrition education funded by SNAP and meals from USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Beatriz Solis and the legendary farmworkers’ advocate Dolores Huerta. Special guests included California Endowment Director Dr. More than 100 leaders attended from different levels of government as well as a variety of leaders from different sectors in the community. This meeting was co-hosted with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and USDA FNS Western Regional Office Administrator Allen Ng. Since 71% of Latinos in California are eligible for food stamps (renamed SNAP) but are underserved by the program, part of our focus was to discuss opportunities to strengthen outreach and enrollment from within the community, in partnership with state and local government. The USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships recently co-hosted a successful community roundtable in Los Angeles to discuss access barriers to USDA’s nutrition assistance programs and effective solutions to these problems. where more than 250 kids received nutrition education through USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Lisa Pino (Center-Left), FNS Deputy Administrator for SNAP, visits the Boys & Girls Club of East L.A.
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