2010 Program Participants

Congratulations to the 20 organizations selected for this year's program!

Ballroom Madness
Beit T' Shuvah
California Youth Connection
Fertile Action
Food Forward
Healthy Child Healthy World
Homeboy Industries
Levitt Pavilions
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Greater Los Angeles
New Visions Foundation: The LENZ Project
P.S. ARTS
Social Change Innovators - Armchair Revolutionary
South Central Scholars Foundation
Spirit of America
St. Joseph Center
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company
The Wellness Community-West Los Angeles
Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum
Watts House Project
Youth Speak Collective

2009 Program Participants

	Girls & Gangs Presenter: Dawn L. Brown
	The mission of Girls & Gangs is to provide support and advocacy for girls and young women involved with the juvenile justice system by providing them with opportunities to envision and build successful lives. Click here to view the pitch.
	www.girlsandgangs.org

	The Posse Foundation, Inc. Presenter: Halbe Dougherty-Wood
	The Posse Foundation provides unprecedented educational opportunities for underserved youth. Posse identifies, recruits, and trains youth from urban public schools, sending them to college with four year, full-tuition leadership scholarships — and with the support of their “posse”. Click here to view the pitch.
	www.possefoundation.org

	A Window Between Worlds Presenter: Cathy Salser
	A Window Between Worlds uses art as a healing tool to help survivors of domestic violence release their pain and end the cycle of abuse. Through collaborating with, shelters, AWBW assists survivors to handle anger, rebuild self-confidence, and take concrete steps to build a healthy future. Click here to view the pitch.
	www.awbw.org

	City Hall Fellows Presenter: Bethany Rubin Henderson
	City Hall Fellows gets smart young people working for our cities. They identify, recruit, empower and prepare racially and socio-economically diverse recent college graduates to run their own hometowns in the ways they can make the biggest difference. Click here to view the pitch.
	www.cityhallfellows.org

	Compton Jr. Posse Foundation Presenter: Mayisha Akbar
	Compton Junior Posse keeps kids on horses and off the streets. They compete with gangs by providing the same things gangs do: a safe haven, camaraderie, economic gain, and an adrenaline rush by riding a big horse.  Click here to view the pitch.
	www.comptonjrposse.org

	Giving Children Hope Presenter: Jenise Steverding
	Giving Children Hope is dedicated to alleviating poverty via medical surplus recovery. They take in medical supplies and equipment that would end up in our limited landfill space and redistribute them to clinics and hospitals in need to help children and families.  Click here to view the pitch.
	www.gchope.org

	The Harmony Project Presenter: Margaret Martin
	The Harmony Project keeps at-risk youth safe, in school, and out of trouble through year-round after-school music lessons, and the development of neighborhood youth orchestras.  Click here to view the pitch.
	www.harmony-project.org

	Imagine LA Presenter: Jill Bauman
	Imagine LA seeks to eliminate homelessness in Los Angeles by matching faith communities with homeless families and using a step-by-step mentorship program that teaches the families basic life skills.   Click here to view the pitch.
	www.imaginela.org

	Infrastructure Academy Presenter: Marcus Castain
	Infrastructure Academy operates as an intermediary across industry, labor, government, and education to provide environmental education and green job opportunities to young people.  Click here to view the pitch.
	www.infrastructureacademy.org

	Shane's Inspiration Presenter: Tiffany Harris
	Shane’s Inspiration works to eliminate bias against children with disabilities by creating Universally Accessible Playgrounds and programs that integrate children of all abilities socially, physically and emotionally, fostering acceptance, friendship and understanding.  Click here to view the pitch.
	www.shanesinspiration.org

To see the 2008 Finalists, click here.