About Us  Legacy LA operates in an old 50,000 sq ft armory in the East LA community of Ramona Gardens. Legacy keeps kids safe from gangs and violence. Our programs empower youth to DREAM BIG and be leaders in their lives, their homes & their community.  Legacy operates in a 50,000 square-foot Hazard Park Federal Armory site in north Boyle Heights walking distance from the Ramona Gardens Public Housing Development. We are a collaborative community organization partnering with the local community and the City of Los Angeles with a critical goal of transforming our weathered, 1950s Armory building, and five acres of urban parkland into a state-of-the-art facility offering multifaceted educational, cultural, and recreational services and programs. Maria Lou Calanche, Executive Director Former resident of the Ramona Gardens/Hazard Park Community and current professor at East Los Angeles College (ELAC)George Sarabia Villapudua, Live Your Legacy Gang Intervention Program CoordinatorSarabia Villapudua s a life-long resident of the Ramona Gardens Community and community activist  Together with Architects from Quatro Design Group, Dream Big Fellows contributed to the conceptual designs below. The fellows and architects used research collected through a needs assesment, youth surveys and summits, focus groups, and comment cards collected throughout the year. The fellows also visited the following youth centers for inspiration: Legacy LA is currently an incubator project of Community Partners, an umbrella organization that offers critical support, guidance and training to people with innovative ideas for building communities. Community Partners recognizes, invests in and celebrates the critical role individuals and groups play in achieving a just, vibrant civil society. Community Partners is a nonprofit charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Community Partners www.communitypartners.org California Endowment www.calendow.org Annenberg Foundation www.annenbergfoundation.org Mayor of Los Angeles, Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) http://mayor.lacity.org/Issues/GangReduction/index.htm LA City Department of Recreation & Parks www.laparks.org Councilmember Jose Huizar - Council District 14 http://www.lacity.org/council/cd14/ Assemblymember Kevin de Leon http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a45/ Quatro Design Group http://qdg-architects.com/home.html Violence Intervention Program www.violenceinterventionprogram.org Soledad Enrichment Action www.seacharter.org Barrio Action Youth & Family Center www.barrioaction.org The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education - Mobile Film Classroom www.marypickford.com Building a Healthy Boyle Heights Collaborative www.mycalconnect.org/boyleheights/ Board Chairperson Frank Quevedo, PresidentQuevedo Group Board Secretary Abigail R. Marquez, Family Source Program ManagerCity of Los Angeles-CDD Board Treasurer Michael Rizzo, CEOHotHouse Productions Astrid Heppenstall Heger M.D., Executive DirectorViolence Intervention Program Paula Crisostomo, Director of Governmental AffairsOccidental College | Watch Our Video! More in This Section:Browse by Popular Tags:Join Legacy's Social Circle:Be a part of Legacy's social circle:
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