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An Equity Profile of the Los Angeles Region highlights the widening inequities in income, wealth, health, and opportunity in Los Angeles County. The report was developed by PolicyLink and the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) at USC, and is supported by the Weingart Foundation.
The Weingart Foundation’s full commitment to equity contains a pledge to use their voice to call attention to the importance of advancing fairness and inclusion and urge others to join in this work. Many in philanthropy have taken up the call for equity but much more needs to be done. This is why on March 2, 2017 the Foundation brought together key leaders from philanthropy, as well as from the nonprofit sector, government, business, and labor for the Achieving Equity convening in Los Angeles.
A new report from RAND summarizes and highlights research commissioned by the Klarman Family Foundation, into the needs, well-being and available services for veterans in Massachusetts. Some of our members may be interested to see the fields of data collected, and what questions RAND asked to make their assessment.
A new conversation about civic engagement is emerging. At PACE–a network of funders and foundations committed to civic engagement and democracy–we’ve seen the swell in interest and urgency around this work firsthand. Philanthropies are continuing to understand the civic engagement field and the role they can play in its future. We’re getting a lot of questions–things like:
What is civic engagement? How is it defined and what does it look?
A "Call to Action" from USC's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, laying out issues and discussion points for the idea that together, we can "make California the most military- and veteran- friendly state".
A study from the VA Center for Innovation, that reexamines long-held assumptions about the transition out of uniform.
An interesting work from Center for a New Security, that discusses the increasing "warrior caste" of America's All-Volunteer Force, as well as the sustainability of a military whose "volunteers" come from the same family, generation after generation.
Veteran/scholar Phillip Carter's follow up work to Nancy Berglass' "Well After Service", looking at the range of community-based models for veterans penetration, across the country.
SCG ENTERTAINMENT PHILANTHROPY GROUP MET WITH AMERICA FERRERA, WILMER VALDERRAMA & RYAN PIERS WILLIAMS
Memorandum prepared for the SCG Public Policy Advisory Committee by Michelle Ito, Public Policy Intern.
Memorandum prepared for the SCG Public Policy Advisory Committee by Michelle Ito, Public Policy Intern.
Why should organizations care about earthquake risk?
Most of the United States is at some risk for earthquakes, and it is important that organizations (businesses, community groups, associations, etc.) understand the potential impacts. Developing a Preparedness and Mitigation Project Plan and taking action protects employees, customers,
and business continuity.
At the 2017 Public Policy Conference, the SCG community came together with leaders from across our region, our state, and our country to examine new and urgent questions: What does this new political landscape mean for our work? What changes can we expect in federal and state budgets--and in the laws of our country? How will these changes affect what we can do? How will they affect the communities we support?
Opening Keynote
Michael McAfee, President, PolicyLink
Equity: Paving the Way to a Thriving Southern California
This report describes the current status of women’s health and wellbeing in Los Angeles County using standard indicators that measure social and economic health determinants, health status, health care access, health behaviors, incidence and prevalence of selected health
conditions, and cause-specific mortality rates. Data are stratified by race/ethnicity and by Federal Poverty Level (FPL) to better understand disparities that exist. Where available and appropriate, Los Angeles County health indicators are compared to Healthy People 2020 targets,
Includes the Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience Report (February 2016).
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