Collaborative Spotlight: Southeast-Rio Vista Y

Collaborative Spotlight: Southeast-Rio Vista Y

Today’s featured collaborative member, the Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA, is a branch of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles (“the Y”), which has been empowering communities across Los Angeles for 130 years. By providing a range of services spanning health and wellness programs, child care, civic engagement initiatives, and more, the Y advocates for community empowerment and inclusivity and has become one of the most trusted organizations in Los Angeles…

Collaborative Spotlight: Southeast Community Development Corporation

Collaborative Spotlight: Southeast Community Development Corporation

A key advantage of the SELA Collaborative’s regional approach to social change is the diversity of perspectives that contribute to our work. The organizations and delegates in our Collaborative are regional thought leaders, having served the Southeast Los Angeles communities for years, and in many cases decades. This wealth of experience and regional knowledge allows our members to identify and address…

Collaborative Spotlight: Human Services Association

Collaborative Spotlight: Human Services Association

When it comes to naming organizations that have deep roots in the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) communities, no name comes to mind quicker than today’s featured Collaborative member: Human Services Association (HSA). Founded in 1940, HSA began as an outreach effort of the Presbyterian Church, when the floods in the southeast area highlighted the pre-existing problems of poverty in Bell Gardens and surrounding cities…

Collaborative Spotlight: Hub Cities Career Center

Collaborative Spotlight: Hub Cities Career Center

Among the challenges that the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) region has faced in recent decades, one that stands prominently is the lack of economic development and mobility in our communities. As outlined in our Southeast L.A. asset mapping report, the Southeast Los Angeles region has faced high unemployment in its recent history, owing to a variety of factors…

Collaborative Spotlight: Families In Schools

Collaborative Spotlight: Families In Schools

While the organizations in the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative came together due to shared strategic priorities such as civic engagement and nonprofit capacity, there is another critical element that binds our member organizations together: a deep sense of kinship with the Southeast Los Angeles community and its residents. As a group of organizations with long histories in the SELA region, our Collaborative understands that empathy and a sense of family underlie truly effective nonprofit work and community engagement…