Program Sites

For 20 years, the Freedom Writers Foundation has mitigated student dropout rates by reproducing the Freedom Writers’ experience in schools around the world. The Foundation’s mission is to provide educators with tools to empower all students to succeed. Our core programs include Training, Outreach, Scholarship, and Curriculum.

The Training Program includes a 5-day intensive workshop led by Erin Gruwell that helps educators of all subjects and grade levels focus on the humanity of every student. Through keynote speeches by Erin and the Original Freedom Writers, the Outreach Program improves classroom attendance, increases student and employee engagement, and fosters inclusive campus atmospheres. The Scholarship Program provides support for first-generation college students who have remarkable academic promise despite tremendous adversity.

In an effort to ensure that members achieve great futures, the BGCLB provides the Five Core Youth Development Initiative, which is a key strategy for increasing our impact on youth. This will ensure that our community’s young people can reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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Fresh Education was founded on the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to learn and be supported in their academic and social-emotional growth, regardless of their learning style, special needs, or zip code.

Mission: To offer an educational choice for unique learners within a personalized and collaborative blended learning environment, facilitated through restorative justice practices.

Vision: To equip each child with a love of learning, inquiry, critical thinking, problem-solving, and opportunities to thrive.

Friendly Center began in 1924 by a men’s bible study to help impoverished local farm workers and their families. In March 1967, Friendly Center officially became a non-profit corporation and would continue to evolve, growing to four family resource centers in three cities that serve thousands every year. Friendly Center remains the oldest non-profit in Orange County to stay true to its founding mission of improving the lives of the impoverished by helping them move toward self-sufficiency.

Today, Friendly Center's wrap-around services continue to elevate families so they may overcome crisis and the barriers of poverty.

Friends groups are partnership organizations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and consist of citizens and volunteers that have formed Non Profit 501 (c) 3 organizations, such as the Friends of the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. These organizations have a mission of supporting the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in management activities and preservation efforts of the Nation’s Refuges. The Friends of Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge are unique with a dual partnership also with the United States Navy.

We are a wellness center that supports an active lifestyle. Experience an efficient method that lifts body and mind, allowing you to get back to living life to your full potential.

The Gardena Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Gardena, California, in the United States. The current Chief of Police is Michael Saffell, appointed in 2019. Chief Saffell is a 30 year veteran of the Gardena Police Department. He was born and raised in the South Bay.

The ultimate goal for Generaciones en Acción is to mobilize the immigrant community in Los Angeles to become leaders in their families and communities. GEA hopes to promote a culture where immigrants understand, defend, and speak out for their own rights as human beings–where they have the tools and empowerment to pursue their personal, professional, and relational life goals.