Community Conversations

29/08/2023

For my birthday this year, I’m raising much-needed funds for an amazing organization, Via Care Community Health! Please take a look at my video - and thank you so much for your support! 💕

For my birthday this year, I'm raising much-needed funds for an amazing organization, Via Care Community Health! Please take a look at my video - and thank y...

06/04/2022

Welcome to Community Conversations! A special project to bring you the voices of Los Angeles Community Nonprofit, Civic, Foundation, Elected, Business and Volunteer leadership. In partnership with the Outlook Newspaper Group, we continue our inaugural season with Los Angeles County Supervisor, Kathryn Barger.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger proudly serves the residents of the 5th District — Los Angeles County’s largest — spanning over 2,785 square miles, which includes 20 cities and 83 unincorporated communities in the Antelope, San Gabriel, San Fernando, Crescenta, and Santa Clarita Valleys.

Kathryn was born and raised in the 5th District and comes from a family with deep roots in public service. She is married to a retired sheriff’s deputy and lives in the San Gabriel Valley.
Dedicated to providing effective, responsive representation to the residents of Los Angeles County, Kathryn began her career in public service as a college intern in the office of former Supervisor Antonovich and rose to become his chief deputy in 2001, where she served until her election to the Board of Supervisors in 2016. She both served as Chair of the Board and was reelected for her second term in 2020.

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Welcome to Community Conversations! A special project to bring you the voices of Los Angeles Community Nonprofit, Civic, Foundation, Elected, Business and V...

06/03/2022

In partnership with the Outlook Newspaper Group, we continue our inaugural season with the Honorable Jan Perry, former Los Angeles City Council Member and Candidate for the 37th Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives.

Jan Perry has served Los Angeles for over 30 years, fueled with a passion for affordable housing, continuum of care for unhoused people, urban wetlands development, parks restoration, and infrastructure.

In 2019 Jan Perry was appointed by LA Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as General Manager of the Los Angeles Economic & Workforce Development Department (EWDD), leading an agency of 180 employees. EWDD provides a broad range of programs offering assistance to businesses, job seekers and disconnected youth. All of EWDD’s programs are designed to help build local business and strengthen the workforce.

Jan Perry brings unique talents in government relations: public-private partnerships; design, funding, legislation, development, and realization of major economic, environmental, and community programs; human and social services; and initiatives for renewable energy, habitat development, natural resources, and environmental stewardship.

Her areas of focus as a board member include infrastructure and housing development, engineering, healthcare, technology, and organizations focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Board Background
Governing Board Member, South Coast Air Quality Management
Board Member, V-Relyt, startup STEM nonprofit
Board Member, Shakespeare Festival of Los Angeles
Board Member, Black Women for Positive Change
Board Member, Speech and Language Institute
Numerous community and political committee appointments

Jan Perry holds a master’s degree in Public Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with honors from the University of Southern California.

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Welcome to Community Conversations! A special project to bring you the voices of Los Angeles Community Nonprofit, Civic, Foundation, Elected, Business and V...

11/02/2022

In partnership with the Outlook Newspaper Group, we continue our inaugural season with Richard Ayoub, CEO, Project Angel Food.

Richard is an energetic force who exemplifies what it is to lead with love. He joined Project Angel Food in May 2016 after serving as Interim Executive Director for six months. He is the Past Chair of the California Food is Medicine Coalition (CalFIMC) and is on the Advisory Council of the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), a national association of medically tailored food and nutrition service providers. During Richard’s tenure at Project Angel Food, he has more than doubled the amount of clients served from 1,050 to 2,300 a day!

He is a 2021 Los Angeles Business Journal Award nominee for Nonprofit Executive of the Year, a KNX Hero, and was awarded Executive of the Year by Los Angeles Blade Magazine. In 2018, he also received an LGBT Leadership Award by the Los Angeles City Council, was named a Stratiscope Impact Maker, received the 2018 Community Service Award by the Rotary Club and the Humanitarian of The Year Award at The Sue Wong Academy Gala.

His leadership propelled Project Angel Food to be selected Nonprofit of The Year by State Senator Ben Allen, the City of West Hollywood, and LA Blade readers in 2019, 2020, and 2021. With his guidance, commitment to excellence and to our clients, Project Angel Food earned the highest rating on Charity Navigator- 4 Stars in 2020, and 2021.

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Extraordinary individuals with extraordinary stories to share.


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Welcome to Community Conversations! A special project to bring you the voices of Los Angeles Community Nonprofit, Civic, Foundation, Elected, Business and V...

11/02/2022

We are so proud of our Community Partners Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles - Congratulations on a great performance. Keep it up!

02/02/2022

In partnership with the Outlook Newspaper Group, we continue our inaugural season with Mr. Henry A.J. Ramos, Senior Fellow, Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School.

Henry A.J. Ramos is a public intellectual specializing in equitable investment, policy innovation, social justice history, and creative culture issues. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, an applied research entity based at The New School.

In addition, he is a visual artist and writer, a longtime senior editor and project consultant at the University of Houston-based Arte Público Press, and a philanthropic practitioner and thought leader. Over the years, Ramos has served on the program staffs of the Ford Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Levi Strauss Foundation.

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➡️Full interview via link in bio☀️

Extraordinary individuals with extraordinary stories to share.

Welcome to Community Conversations! A special project to bring you the voices of Los Angeles Community Nonprofit, Civic, Foundation, Elected, Business and V...