VIDEO: ARC Executive Director Sam Lewis presents at SVPLA Virtual Fast Pitch 2020
Social Ventures Partners Los Angeles (SVPLA) Fast Pitch is the culmination of a 10-week training for nonprofit community leaders on the forefront of systems change initiatives.ARC Executive Director Sam Lewis joined other community leaders to come together for a common goal: connecting individuals who want to make their communities stronger by tackling Los Angeles' toughest challenges.
ARC is grateful to have shared space with: Alliance for Community Transit-LA (ACT-LA), CicLAvia, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), Freedom for Immigrants, Initiate Justice, LA Compost, LA Forward, Los Angeles Room & Board (LARNB), & Los Angeles Walks. Thank you to SVP Los Angeles for including us among such great advocates for change!
Join us this Friday, August 21, at 11am PT for part two of our series on restorative justice, featuring special guest and Victim Impact Speaker, Cheryl Ward-Kaiser. Click to register!
Click the above graphic to watch the video of part one of our two-part series on restorative justice, which featured Healing Dialogue and Action.
Our quarterly Inside Newsletter is now available and is being sent to thousands of our community members incarcerated in California prisons and facilities. The summer issue features policy updates, the silver lining of COVID-19, stories of our Ride Home Program, and more. Click to read!
Recent News Stories About Our Community Members
ARC Member Efrain Ortiz on why #VotingIsEssentialWork and why Californians should vote Yes on Prop 17 in November, featured on Spectrum News 1.
The struggles many of our returning community members are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic is explored by Robert Lewis for CalMatters.
Ventura Training Center (VTC), a partnership between ARC, CALFIRE, CDCR, and California Conservation Corps (CCC), is mentioned in this Real News Networkstory about firefighting, incarceration and climate change.
USPS is the main communication provider for our incarcerated community and their family members. On ARC's Medium platform, Josh Pynoos sheds light on just how important it is to keep the USPS fully functional.
