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Add Your Comment Mar 30, 2012 - 2:43 am

BE THE CHANGE

We’ve learned at A Better LA that the best way to make a lasting impact in inner-cities is to empower those from within the community. This strategy, allows A Better LA to reach broader communities, by partnering with inner-city community members to reduce violence, change the lives of even the highest-risk individuals and create a [...]

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Add Your Comment Sep 15, 2011 - 10:59 pm

Golf Tournament

Come join A Better LA, Pete Carroll (scheduled to attend), and our partner, A Foundation for Kids, in a golf tournament and athlete celebrity dinner on July 18!

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Add Your Comment Jul 1, 2011 - 11:10 pm

People’s Fleet

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Add Your Comment Jun 21, 2011 - 9:12 pm

Feed the Need

The next Feed the Need event will be Saturday, July 2nd in the Los Angeles Area. Check out pictures from the last Feed the Need event http://www.flickr.com/photos/abetterla/sets/72157626326930561/

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Add Your Comment Jun 13, 2011 - 8:57 pm

Conflict Convo–A Global Conversation on Conflict

  The World Bank has invited A Better LA to enter their global discussion on conflict. We have submitted a number of responses to the website and have been featured on their homepage! Please enjoy another blog post, created by USC student blogger, Janet Edbrooke. As a young man, former Los Angeles gang member Paul Carrillo [...]

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Add Your Comment Apr 11, 2011 - 6:43 pm

Conflict Convo–A Global Conversation on Conflict

  The World Bank has launched a website to engage a global discussion on conflict. Throughout history, conflict has challenged mankind and will continue to do so until we work together and communicate as a global community. The World Bank has invited A Better LA to enter this dicussion and contribute our unique outlook on conflict and [...]

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Add Your Comment Apr 4, 2011 - 10:51 pm

Changing the Game

A Better LA invites you to an intimate and inspiring lunch gathering on March 16th on the USC campus, entitled “Changing The Game.” A Better LA will salute and hear from our most innovative leaders who are changing the way we look at the crossroads of business and making the world a better place, in [...]

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Add Your Comment Feb 16, 2011 - 7:55 pm

Bowl For A Better LA

  A Better LA would like to thank everyone who came out in support of  Bowl For A Better LA at Lucky Strike on October 22, 2010. We would especially like to thank Whitney Port and the entire Port family for helping to make the event such a success. DJ Caroline D’Amore played awesome music throughout the [...]

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Comments (27) Nov 12, 2010 - 7:56 pm

Save Time and Money and Keep Kids Safe!

A Better LA has become part of a program called SendOutCards. You create and pay for cards on line and then the cards are automatically mailed out for you. It only costs $2.99 per card, including postage, and $1.50 is donated to A Better LA. You can even send a card with a gift (hint [...]

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Add Your Comment Oct 7, 2010 - 12:19 am