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Message from Yvonne

February 28, 2022/in News

In this, our first newsletter of 2022, I would like to start by taking a moment to look back. NLSLA closes out each year with an in-depth report on our […]

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NLSLA Wins Lawsuit Challenging Harmful Section 8 Policy that Blocks Many Family Members from Becoming Live-In Aides

December 13, 2021/in Client Stories, News

Susana Ramis needs constant care. The 57-year-old has for decades suffered from debilitating anxiety, depression and panic attacks that have kept her from engaging with the outside world and made […]

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New Network Brings Critical Benefits to Immigrant Families in Need

November 15, 2021/in News

The LA-based collaborative connects outreach workers, benefits enrollers, attorneys and clinics to reach immigrant families, address their fears, and enroll them in desperately-needed benefits Even as they struggled to put […]

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NOT JUST STOPS: Mapping Racially Biased Policing in the Antelope Valley

October 8, 2021/in News
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CA Ignores Clear Patterns of Discrimination in School Discipline

October 6, 2021/in News

Families and community group sue education department for allowing dozens of districts to suspend, expel and transfer students of color—and Black students in particular—at alarming rates, sanctioning an unequal system […]

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Return to the Fold: Two former interns join NLSLA’s Board

May 13, 2021/in News

When David Willingham recruited Miguel Gradilla to join the private firm where he was working, the two bonded over their childhoods in Los Angeles’ low-income neighborhoods, and their past work […]

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Preventing an emergency from becoming a catastrophe: A partnership with The Change Reaction gives NLSLA advocates a new way to help clients

May 13, 2021/in News

So many of NLSLA’s clients are just one financial emergency away from losing their tenuous grip on stability. An unexpected health expense, job loss, rent increase or eviction could easily […]

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Yvonne Mariajimenez, 2021 Nonprofit Leader of the Year

May 13, 2021/in News

On April 28th, NLSLA President & CEO Yvonne Mariajimenez was named 2021 Nonprofit Leader of the Year by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Once a year, the journal’s Women’s […]

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NLSLA Welcomes New Board Member Zakiya Glass

February 25, 2021/in News

During a criminal procedure class at Loyola Law School, Zakiya Glass’s professor asked the students whether it was reasonable for a police officer to suspect—and to stop—someone who was running. […]

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NLSLA Pushes for More Equitable Vaccine Distribution

February 25, 2021/in News

While the pandemic continues to challenge all of us, these last few months have been especially devastating for the communities NLSLA serves. Yet these communities have been left behind when […]

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