Over our history, SCOPE has built workforce training pipelines into growing industries or sectors, including film, in-home care, and energy efficiency and green jobs. While expanding access to oral health…
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Passage of State Climate Bills, A Win for Equity and Justice
In the final hours of the last day of the California legislative session, lawmakers sent multiple pieces of climate and environmental justice legislation to the Governor’s desk, creating a new…
Continue ReadingA Message to our Volunteers
During the month of May and early June, we reached out to you, our supporters and membership, asking for your support and time to engage South LA voters. That’s why…
Continue ReadingVolunteer to Door Knock with SCOPE
This year, SCOPE has a goal of contacting more than 50,000 voters–but we can’t achieve this without the help of SCOPE members, community residents, students, and our allies. That is…
Continue ReadingPOWER UP: Path Ways to Careers in the Green Industry
For more than 23 years, SCOPE has worked with strategic partners to create the kind of jobs our communities need—jobs that pay a living wage, offer an opportunity to build…
Continue ReadingSCOPE Member Taqwa Bowie Giving Public Comment at BSCC Meeting on Prop 47 Investments
One year after the passage of Proposition 47, communities across the state are beginning to see the positive impact the new law will have on thousands of families. In changing…
Continue ReadingSupport SCOPE on Amazon Smile
Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization, at no cost to you. When you shop through smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate .5%…
Continue ReadingGloria Walton on the Tavis Smiley Show
Our CEO & President, Gloria Walton, was recently featured on the Tavis Smiley Show. Gloria shares her personal experiences growing up in the South, what inspired her to strive for…
Continue ReadingOur Take: We need a spending plan that reflects the values of voters
Our Take: We need a spending plan that reflects the values of voters As most working families know, California’s economic recovery has been uneven. For the millions of families still…
Continue ReadingLooking Back on our Work in 2015
For SCOPE, 2015 was a year of victories benefiting working families in Los Angeles, including an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour and the passage of wage…
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