The list below includes a sample of BCLA partnerships. If you are interested in having students in your courses working with these organizations, or you would like to identify appropriate partners for your course, please contact Dr. Deanna Cooke at Deanna.Cooke@lmu.edu or extension 8-2917.
The LMU Family of Schools is a university collaborative with 13 local K-12 schools and is dedicated to promoting student success and educational equity for the schools in the Westchester community. The LMU Family of Schools will accomplish its mission through: Service, Partnerships, Professional Development, and Research.
Opportunities for Engaged Learning can be facilitated through the LMU family of schools that meet both the LMU course goals and support educational opportunities in the Family of Schools. Examples of subject areas that would work well for this project: Any subject that is relevant to K-12 (LMU students can give presentations; mentor; tutor); research methods or stats (for evaluation work); education; race; diversity
A New Way of Life Reentry Program
A New Way of Life (ANWOL) Reentry Project promotes healing, power, and opportunity for formerly incarcerated people by taking a multifaceted approach to mitigating the effects of, and ultimately eliminating, mass incarceration. Please see video: BLCA has partnered with ANWOL for over 10 years including working with its programs, Women Organizing for Justice and Opportunity, ANWOL’s legal clinic and hosting the annual Justice on Trial Film Festival. Examples of subject areas that would well with ANWOL: Social Justice, Criminal Justice, Community Organizing, and Women’s Empowerment.
The Southern California Library
The Southern California Library documents and makes accessible histories of struggles that challenge racism and other systems of oppression so we can all imagine and sustain possibilities for freedom. SCL is a community library and archive located in South Los Angeles. Founded 50 years ago, the Library holds extensive collections of histories of community resistance in Los Angeles and beyond. Anyone may use the Libraries resources to research and put to practice the histories of everyday people working to create change. The library has been a key partner to BCLA, working with several undergraduate classes and with Graduate English Program, where students gain access to various collections while they support the archiving needs of the library. Additionally, the SCL has been a thought partner in helping students think critically about South LA by meeting students during BCLA’s Community Tours. Examples of subject areas that would work well for this project: English, History, Social Justice Courses, Courses about Los Angeles
BCLA has numerous additional partners that can be contacted depending on the focus of specific courses or interests of students. Please contact Dr. Deanna Cooke (Deanna.Cooke@lmu.edu) for more assistance.