Investing in South LA today for a brighter future

For more than 10 years SCOPE has worked with community based organizations, labor unions, and environmental groups to ensure that low-income communities of color are at the forefront of the green jobs sector.

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Mission

Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE) builds grassroots power to create social and economic justice for low-income, female, immigrant, black, and brown communities in Los Angeles.

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History

By building power and strengthening the presence of working people in the political process, SCOPE has energized activists, city officials, neighbors, and students to be proactive, not reactive, and forward thinking, with one eye always focused on the causes of unemployment and poverty so that we can move toward equality, integrity, and a quality of life in South LA its residents deserve.

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Ways To Give

For the past 30 years, we have been mobilizing our community to improve the quality of life in South LA by channeling our voices into a strong movement for social justice. Help us continue this powerful work for the next 30 years. Click here to make a general donation to SCOPE.

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SCOPE believes that the economic problems of South Los Angeles can only be solved by building power within, and among, low-income communities of color

Research and Policy Manager

Posted by SCOPE | October 7, 2025

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Block by Block: Everyone Eats

Posted by carina gavino | November 6, 2026

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How SCOPE Members Are Building Paths of Food Justice in South LA Written by Sofia Garcia-George, SCOPE Senior Health Justice Associate What happens when the cost of living keeps rising,…

Investing in South LA today for a brighter future

SCOPE believes that the economic problems of South Los Angeles can only be solved by building power within, and among, low-income communities of color

Research and Policy Manager

Block by Block: Everyone Eats

SCOPE thanks our funders for their generous support.