This Founder Created a Period-Product Vending Machine to Combat Period Poverty
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Chelsea VonChaz was on her period when she had an encounter that would one day lead her to dedicate her life to menstrual equity. At the time, VonChaz was working as a wardrobe stylist in Los Angeles for shows like Issa Rae s
Insecure. She was traveling from one gig to the next in West Hollywood when she witnessed a woman experiencing homelessness free bleeding. It struck a chord. I just felt like nobody was taking her seriously, and then I was kind of having thoughts about how we don t really look at folks that we deem as unfavorable or unpleasant, VonChaz told POPSUGAR. With her being so exposed, it just made me really mad.
L.A. Dodgers Foundation Unveils Phase One Completion of Dodgers Dreamfields Project in Compton
By Sentinel News Service
Published April 22, 2021
$2.7 Million Dollar Complex at Gonzales Park includes Jackie Robinson Stadium, Rachel Robinson Field, Field 42, Kershaw’s Challenge Fitness and Training Zone
Compton Mayor Aja Brown cutting the ribbon on the Dodgers Dreamfields Projects (Photo by the L.A. Dodgers)
In celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF), in partnership with the City of Compton, Kershaw’s Challenge and the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation (MLB-MLBPA), unveiled the Phase One completion of a multi-million-dollar Dodgers Dreamfields complex at Gonzales Park in Compton. Held on the 74th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier, the ribbon-cutting highlighted this year’s return to youth sports after the COVID-19 quarantine and emphasized the need for continued opportunities and places to play for B
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California cities are leading the charge pushing to explore guaranteed basic income programs. Left-to-right: Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Compton Mayor Aja Brown. (Illustration by Al Kamalizad for LAist. Photos from Getty Images.)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing a guaranteed basic income pilot program in his upcoming budget, putting L.A. front and center in the debate over how government can most effectively combat poverty and spur equitable economic recovery in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The $24 million program would be the largest experiment of its kind in the United States.