THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT PRESENTS:
THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS OF LOS ANGELES:
25 YEARS OF EMPOWERING ANGELENOS
This exhibit has been created in celebration of the hard work the Neighborhood Council board members have done over the last 25 years.
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council
Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council has a Youth Advisory Council that meets regularly to formulate positions on key issues facing the STNC board, and to do community service work. (Photos via Sunland-Tujunga Youth Advisory Council Facebook page.)
Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council
Northwest San Pedro NC (2013 ELA Award winner) annually hosts the "Pathways to Employment" event in partnership with San Pedro Rotary Club and the Harbor Communities Benefit Foundation. The event helps provide local youth with the skills necessary to navigating the job search and interview process. Nearly 40 businesses have booths and do presentations at the event.
Central Alameda Neighborhood Council
12-year-old Natali Cabrera of Central Alameda became the youngest person ever elected to office in Los Angeles - and perhaps the youngest official ever elected nationwide. She was recognized for her achievement by the California State Assembly.
Wilmington Neighborhood Council
Wilmington Neighborhood Council awarded medals to their local Pop Warner league youth football team the Wilmington-Carson Pilots, to celebrate the Pilots winning the 2017 National Championship.
Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council
Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council facilitates their local Dodgers RBI youth baseball team at Jim Gilliam Recreation Center. The Dodgers Foundation's RBI Program helps over 200,000 youth develop on and off the baseball field.
Glassell Park Neighborhood Council
Glassell Park helped fund the award-winning work of the Washington Irving Middle School Robotics Team with a Neighborhood Purposes Grant (photo by Brian Frobisher.)
Glassell Park Neighborhood Council
Glassell Park Neighborhood Council provided books requested by local schools for their classrooms and libraries. Bookplates inside the covers of the books were printed with the GPNC logo and the maxim “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." (Photo by Marge Piane.)
Neighborhood Council Valley Village
The Valley Village board on Red Nose Day - an annual event to end childhood poverty
Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council
Central San Pedro conducted a toy and food drive to help local families celebrate the holidays.
Neighborhood Councils enrich the lives of local youth by creating events like job fairs and sponsoring activities ranging from sports to robotics as well as offering the opportunity to serve on a board or vote in Council elections. Many youth board members are part of the Neighborhood Council Civic Youth Program, which works with youth 13-24 years old over the summer to educate them about civics and begin them on the path of community advocacy for the rest of their lives.
Since its establishment in 1999, the Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment has grown into the nation’s largest and most innovative initiative in civic engagement and citizen-based government through the “EmpowerLA” movement. With a network of 99 Neighborhood Councils, Los Angeles promotes public participation in government and works to improve government responsiveness to local concerns. Visit EmpowerLA.org to learn more about how the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment supports Neighborhood Councils and Angelenos citywide.