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ABOUT
The South LA Forward initiative is organized
around three pillars: 1) access to health services; 2) healthy food; 3) economic security; all focused on helping South LA residents whose lives have been
disrupted by COVID-19.
Our grassroots work is grounded by these principles:
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We provide a hand up, not a handout
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We uplift, not uproot
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We extend and expand
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We invest and we remain
meet the team
The mission of the Watts Healthcare Corporation is to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities that we serve by ensuring access to compassionate, quality, culturally-sensitive preventive and primary health care services.
Roderick N. Seamster, MD MPH
President & CEO,
Watts Healthcare Corporation
SEE-LA’s mission is to build sustainable food systems and promote social and cultural activities that benefit both low-to-moderate income residents of Los Angeles while also supporting California small and mid-sized farms and local small businesses.
Stephen Gutwillig
Executive Director
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The SoLa I CAN Foundation (SoLa Impact's nonprofit affiliate) is built on a simple premise: "If you can see it, you can be it!" We strive to inspire South Los Angeles residents and youth to see possibility and opportunity in their lives by offering educational programs, mentorship, job readiness training, and access to experiences they would otherwise lack. Our mission is to break intergenerational poverty through housing stability and educational advancement.
Sherri Francois
Executive Director
SoLa I CAN Foundation
Dana Knoll
Vice President, Programs
Watts Healthcare Corporation
Marie-Alise de Marco
Senior Manager,
Farmer's Market Operations
SEE-LA
Martin Muoto
Founder & CEO
SoLa Impact
OUR initiatives
Watts
healthcare
South LA faces economic, cultural, and linguistic barriers to health care. Watts Healthcare, along with South LA Forward partners, is expanding services helping to improve health outcomes and life expectancy.
SEE-LA
Sola i can
South LA is a food desert and 32% of its residents are food insecure. We are providing nutritious meals and healthy eating education to South LA.
We are providing scholarships and internships to residents to create new career and economic opportunities through the COVID Retraining and Recovery (CORE) Fund. CORE offers scholarships to South LA residents whose jobs have been lost because of COVID-19.
MEDIA
Fresh
farmbox
distribution
Our monthly farmbox distribution has provided over 3,000 South LA
households with fresh produce and critical supplies during the COVID pandemic.
CORE Recipients
reactions
We called CORE applicants informing them that they have been named CORE Scholars and will be receiving a CORE scholarship to fund their education and kickstart their dream careers.
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