Different than Arts and Culture’s longstanding funding for nonprofits with a primary mission in the arts, CIAG supports arts-based programs of social justice and service organizations, recognizing their reach in underserved and marginalized communities. CIAG was designed to address two priorities: It makes arts services available to L.A. County residents who might not experience them through traditional arts venues and outlets, and it encourages the intersection of the arts in cross-sector work in local nonprofits.
The Child and Family Center will receive $13,230 to support arts-based psychoeducational groups for youth ages 5- 17 years old who have been diagnosed with a behavioral health problem.
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The Promise Fund of Florida introduced its next generation of supporters and leaders at a reception hosted by Nancy Brinker, co-founder of the organization.
The al fresco event, which took place May 13 at Brinker s home in the Phipps Estates, included cocktails, hors d oeuvres, music and remarks from the principals.
Eric Brinker, a board member of the Promise Fund Florida and the hostess son, took the mic to welcome guests and to acknowledge his mother and her dedication to breast cancer patients.
Brinker then introduced
Nolan Greenwald, who helped spearhead the Promise Fund of Florida Young Professionals.
After another year of impactful work in the community, Russell Westbrook has been named one of the NBA’s 10 finalists for the 2020-21 Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award. Westbrook’s philanthropy and service was wide-ranging, including work in finance and education, as well as efforts to ease the struggles of the homeless and underserved during the winter. The throughline of Westbrook’s off-court work is his dedication to using his platform to shrink societal gaps in wealth, education and opportunity – and raise awareness for persistent racial inequity in our country.
Westbrook wasted no time making an impact on his new home after arriving in D.C. just before the start of the season,. Just a few days following his preseason debut with the Wizards, Westbrook hosted a drive-through giveaway at The Children’s Guild, a Northeast D.C. charter school, surprising students, many of whom come from homeless or unstable housing, with Jordan Brand shoes, backpacks, branded fa