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Love Orange
In 2012, Love Orange was founded with the intent to bring together community partners in year round service projects to show our love for the city of orange. Every 3 years we host a youth conference that partners over 500 students from around the world with local non profits. After the long year of 2020 with the COVID-19...
Try Freedom’s New Project looks at Causes and Solutions to Homelessness
Recent articles on the homelessness crisis in California have run the gamut. Some recent examples include: a recent piece in Slate about LA’s homelessness written by a former homeless woman, Kevin Williamson’s recent piece in National Review urging a sort of “pull yourself up by the seat of your pants” approach, and the...
The Homelessness Crisis that keeps growing
Lori Yearwood, formally homeless herself, writes about the people living on the streets of Koreatown, L.A. She puts a human face on the struggle for many to break the cycle of chronic homelessness. The neighborhood has many lovely people who truly want to help, but in this gentrifying area, there is only so much they can...
In Sierra Leone, a Uniform and a Second Chance
Heather Cumming is the Director of Simwatachela Sustainable Arts and Agriculture Program (SSAAP). Heather’s organization has programs in both Sierra Leone and Zambia. Heather was most recently in Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis. In this interview, she reflects on the education system, why SSAAP provides girls school...
Connecting the Dots
This is worth a listen on NPR. The story comes from Washington, D.C. A non-profit organization reaches out to people with medical issues and connects them with various organizations to help with food, housing, and transportation needs - all problems that exacerbate their health issues. In every city, there are many...
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