Can we really change things?
Our achievements speak for themselves:
(1) Culturally competent education programs initiated in three Los Angeles Unified School District schools to better serve African American students (2005)
(2) The reduction of disciplinary procedures and special education referrals in LAUSD (2005)
(3) The awarding of $4.5 million in state funding to build a state-of-the-art youth soccer stadium on a 3.5-acre site that was a brownfield (2003)
(4) The redirection of $70 million from a failed federal community development bank to an employment development center for ex-offenders in Los Angeles County (2003)
(5) The passage of California State Assembly Bill 743, which provides literacy training and high school equivalency degrees to ex-offenders as a diversion from prison (1998)
(6) The MCI/Verizon Initiative, which reduced the exorbitant rates charged for collect calls made by inmates in California's prisons, and redirects a portion of phone company profits into education and employment services for ex-offenders and their families (2002)
(7) The passage of California State Assembly Bill 1901, which expands measurements of success for education, rehabilitation and job placement services for ex-offenders and their families (2002)