Addressing Affordable Housing and the Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles

08/09/22 • 30 min

Senior Program Officer Alexandra Dawson hosts this Changemakers LA podcast episode covering how organizations are helping address housing scarcity and homelessness through urban development, social programs, and advocacy. Our guests represent the leaders of organizations implementing innovative approaches to account for the most marginalized communities impacted by homelessness, like Angelenos who are transitional age youth, LGBTQ, and formerly incarcerated.

Joining LISC LA for this conversation are:

● Erika Hartman, Executive Director, Safe Place for Youth

● Becky Dennison, Venice Community Housing

● Veronica Lewis, Executive Director, HOPICS

Learn more about our speakers at https://www.lisc.org/los-angeles/regional-stories/addressing-affordable-housing-and-homeless-crisis-los-angeles

If you want to learn more about how we support place-based initiatives for housing and economic development at LISC LA, please visit us online at https://www.lisc.org/los-angeles and follow us on Twitter @LISC_LA.

Joining LISC LA for this conversation are:

● Erika Hartman, Executive Director, Safe Place for Youth

● Becky Dennison, Venice Community Housing

● Veronica Lewis, Executive Director, HOPICS

Learn more about our speakers at https://www.lisc.org/los-angeles/regional-stories/addressing-affordable-housing-and-homeless-crisis-los-angeles

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Preparing Small Business for Eligibility and Accessibility in Supplier Diversity Programs

This month’s Changemakers LA podcast episode is hosted by Deborah Membreno, LISC LA Program Officer. It covers Preparing Small Business for Eligibility and Accessibility in Supplier Diversity Programs. Each guest provides unique insights on how they are helping impacted businesses increase their overall sustainability and eligibility for contracting.

Joining LISC LA for this conversation are:

Dr. David Choi, Award-winning professor of Entrepreneurship, Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
Claudia Morales, Small Business Owner and Business Consultant
Rene Cota, President of CMG Alliance

This episode began by discussing how many workers are motivated to leave the traditional 9-5 to pursue their passions, exit corporate America, or take on new opportunities like starting a business. Each guest serves the diverse capacity gap needs of new and disadvantaged businesses. In addition, our guests’ business development efforts increase access to supplier diversity initiatives, which facilitate measurable and equitable outcomes towards upward mobility.

Learn more about our guests and our work at https://www.lisc.org/los-angeles/regional-stories/changemakers-la-podcast-preparing-small-business-eligibility-and-accessibility-supplier-diversity-programs

Next Episode

Upward Mobility for the Reentry Population

Senior Program Officers Shona Sen and Stephen Salazar Ceasar host this Changemakers LA podcast episode covering organizations helping formerly incarcerated Angelenos navigate life after incarceration with support to find public services and pathways to highroad careers. Our guests represent the leaders of organizations implementing innovative approaches to helping the formerly incarcerated reconnect to the world that has changed so much during their incarceration.

Joining LISC LA for this conversation are:

● Roberto Luca, Director of Mass Liberation

● Semaje Stinson, Vocational Counselor with Asian Pacific Islander Drug Abuse Program

● Adewale Ogunbadejo, Vice President of Workforce Development at GRID Alternatives

Read the full show notes on our website at https://www.lisc.org/los-angeles/regional-stories/changemakers-la-podcast-upward-mobility-reentry-population

This episode of Changemakers LA was made possible by our partner, Ralph M Parsons Foundation.

You can find the rest of the series on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Subscribe to hear more conversations about the people and places that shape Los Angeles. This podcast was produced in collaboration with Ronnell Hampton, founder of Growing Greatness Now. Growing Greatness Now is a consulting firm committed to social and environmental justice.