LAM's Platform Issues Are:

• Prisoner Reentry
• Public Education
• Employment/Workforce Development
• Health
• Youth and Families


LAM projects include:


Ex-Offender Action Network (EAN)

EAN is a network of formerly incarcerated constituents in relationship to build leaders who are committed to improving the conditions of formerly incarcerated persons and their families. EAN is closely linked to local churches for hope and healing.


Youth Educating and Advocating for Health (YEAH)

YEAH is an evidence-based after school substance abuse and sexually transmitted disease prevention program for elementary to high school students. The program is aimed at children of parents/guardians involved with the criminal justice system.

YEAH recruits ex-offenders to serve as community trainers, and teens to serve as peer educators training other youth on the consequences of substance abuse and other harmful behaviors.


The ARTT (Answers, Resolutions, Tools, Techniques) of Fatherhood

Our fatherhood project is a program designed to increase fathers’ participation in the lives of their children; to discuss the value in their role as father; and to foster healthy relationships with the mothers of their children.

The project also engages fathers in community organizing and leadership development designed to help men overcome a number of legal, social and political barriers that impact their ability to function in society and as effective fathers. Assistance is also available for child support, custody and other issues.

The free fatherhood meetings are held on Tuesdays, 6-8pm, at 5715 S. Broadway St. in Los Angeles. Call Mona at (323) 238-0445, or group leader LaGrande Mason at (323) 697-1306.


One Church, One School (OCOS)

OCOS is a comprehensive “adopt a school” strategy designed to assist primary school children in achieving grade-level proficiency in core curriculum subjects. LAM churches adopt a neighboring primary school and provide structured after-school programming in a safe and supportive environment.

The program provides a vehicle through which participants develop educational, cultural, and spiritual excellence. It also engages churches and parents in advocating for policies to help raise student academic performance and close the achievement gap among African American students.