By Jillian Beck | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 News Service
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. 索利斯 joined 加州大学洛杉矶分校 and YMCA officials Thursday to introduce a new higher 教育 pathway program to community leaders in Southeast Los Angeles.
Achieve LA is a partnership between 加州州立大学, Los Angeles and the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles. The initiative will leverage existing Cradle to Career Success Initiative programs at four YMCA locations to inform youth about the college admissions process and prepare them to enroll at a university.
Youth who participate in the initiative – the first of its kind at any YMCA – and meet minimum university requirements will be guaranteed admission to 加州大学洛杉矶分校.
Rendon and 索利斯 stood alongside 足彩外围网站校长威廉. Covino and YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Executive Vice President and Chief Mission Advancement Officer Victor Dominguez as they announced the initiative to a packed room of the Southeast Los Angeles 运输 Summit: Critical Choices Ahead.
Rendon spoke about the importance of working together to provide resources to the Southeast Los Angeles community, 一个历史上服务不足的地区.
“I believe that our communities have the potential to be an economic and cultural hub and that a shared identity as ‘the Southeast’ is the best way to increase that influence and that success,伦登说.
索利斯 lauded and encouraged efforts of community partners to invest in and empower the region. She noted 加州大学洛杉矶分校’s success in providing higher 教育 opportunities to the communities it serves.
“My first and foremost priority is that we work together on issues that impact our families: economic development, 就业, 好工作, 职业生涯阶梯,索利斯说. “And thank goodness that 加州大学洛杉矶分校 is going to talk about what they’re doing to help make those investments in our young people."
Covino thanked Rendon and 索利斯 for being strong advocates for 教育 and supporting Achieve LA.
”在一起, we will produce more students who will climb the ladder of success, step into a brighter future and really make a difference in the world,科维诺说. “Thank you very much for helping us make that possible.”
的11月. 9 Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative event was held in Commerce and hosted by organizations including the Pat Brown Institute for 公共事务 at 加州大学洛杉矶分校 and the California Community Foundation.
Achieve LA will be offered at the Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA, Weingart YMCA Wellness and Aquatic Center in South Los Angeles, Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA and the Crenshaw Family YMCA, serving areas included in Rendon’s 63rd Assembly District and 索利斯’ First Supervisor District.
“Achieve LA is the first YMCA partnership in the country that will eliminate the barrier of access to a four-year institution of higher learning for thousands of children and teens who might otherwise not have had a chance,多明格斯对与会者说. “We are infusing into our Y culture a love and deep commitment to 教育 that is an investment in every child now and in the future of Los Angeles for us all.”
Under the initiative, 加州大学洛杉矶分校 students will mentor and advise youth in the YMCA programs. These students are part of the university’s #IServeLA initiative, which provides thousands of volunteers who serve community-based organizations across Los Angeles.
“Achieve LA is about dreams—the dreams of our community, the dreams of our youth and the dreams of our families,” 加州大学洛杉矶分校 Executive Vice President Jose A. 戈麦斯说. “Working with our elected leaders and the YMCA family, we will make those dreams a reality through higher 教育.”
图:从左到右, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Executive Vice President and Chief Mission Advancement Officer Victor Dominguez, 足彩外围网站校长威廉. Covino, California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. 索利斯. (来源:J. 埃米利奥·弗洛雷斯(足彩外围网站)
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11/09/17