February 2012 Newsletter
Workers win historic jobs agreement at Metro
The Metro board of Directors unanimously approved a historic Project Labor Agreement (PLA) and Construction Careers Policy on Thursday, January 26, that will significantly increase the number of workers from disadvantaged areas to be hired on the agency’s multi-billion-dollar transit projects. Read more
Educating, engaging, and empowering in 2012: The 20th anniversary of empowerment
More than 2,000 community members, activists, dignitaries, elected officials, and religious leaders registered to attend the 20th Annual Empowerment Congress Summit hosted by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and the Empowerment Congress on the University of Southern California’s campus, Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. Read more
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center mural - A community undertaking
Watts, Willowbrook, and Compton residents met to give their input to the artists who will design the Martin Luther King Multi- Service Ambulatory Care Center walkway at a creative workshop at the Hudson Auditorium in Willowbrook. The workshop was held to encourage community members to share their thoughts and ideas both pictorially and verbally for what they would like to see on panels that will make up the 800-foot-long panel at the Martin Luther King Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center. Read more
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