LEADERSHIP BLOG & NEWS

Join us on October 13th at our virtual Visionaries Awards to celebrate Kiesha Nix! Kiesha Nix is currently the Executive Director of the Lakers Youth Foundation where she oversees and directs programming and funding priorities for the charitable arm of the Los Angeles Lakers. She is responsible for implementing the mission of the Foundation which is to assist underserved youth in our communities to develop and recognize their full potential by providing positive experiences a

Alumni Spotlight: Art Garcia (LSC '21) Art recently reached out to us about the exciting work he is doing in measurement and evaluation and promoting racial equity and DEI practices. Art was in the LSC 2021 class and is a part of SCLN's Alumni Committee. Can you explain a little bit more about the work you are doing and why it is important? I am currently working (remotely in L.A.) as a Strategic Learning and Evaluation Officer for the Kresge Foundation, a large private found

Join us on October 13th to celebrate Michael Lawson at our virtual Visionaries Awards Michael Lawson has been the President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League for the past three years. The Los Angeles Urban League's mission is “To help African Americans and others in underserved communities achieve their highest true social parity, economic self-reliance, power, and civil rights.” When we interviewed Michael he told us that 40% of Black and Brown businesses failed during