MISSION

Founded in 2007, Legacy LA is a grassroots organization located in the East Los Angeles community of Boyle Heights. Our mission is to make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. Our programs build youth’s capacity to reach their full potential, and equip them with the tools to transform their lives and their community.

VISION

As a grassroots organization, our key organization initiatives are to (1) promote teens' healthy development through active partnerships with the community; (2) build students' capacity and leadership potential to enable them to positively transform the physical and social environment of their community; and (3) help teens make a difference in their own lives and those of others by planning and implementing community-based project activities in the Ramona Gardens Community.

One of Legacy LA's main goals is to transform the 50,000 square-foot Hazard Park Federal Armory into a state of the art youth facility that will include multifaceted educational, cultural, and recreational services and programs. Legacy LA's youth leaders have worked with the architect to design the renovation of the armory site and are currently involved in designing programs and projects that will take place in the facility.{jcomments off}