Pasadena
83 Elementary Students Win ‘Dream’ Scholarships
[Eighty-three children from Cleveland Elementary School in Northwest Pasadena were named Wednesday as “Dreamers” and won scholarships from the nonprofit I Have A Dream Foundation in Los Angeles.] Continue reading here. – Quoted from an article that appeared in the LA Times on January 23, 1992.
Read MoreFrom At Risk Youth to Productive Community Member
A Promise Kept I met Jumad four years ago. It was a sunny day in Los Angeles, and I was playing college tour guide at my alma mater, USC, to a great group of high school Dreamers. I had already become a mentor with IHADLA to a young girl who was still in middle school […]
Read MoreLancôme Teams Up with IHADLA for Giving Back Day!
Lancôme Paris decided to hold their annual “Giving-Back Day” at the “I Have a Dream” Foundation-Los Angeles office in Downtown Los Angeles. The cosmetic company teamed up with IHADLA for a workshop called Personal Image and Presentation Day. “As you all know, we live in a very image-conscious society, so how you present yourself is […]
Read MoreSamuel L. Jackson Speech to IHADLA Picked Up by Oprah
At the invitation of I Have a Dream, acclaimed actor Samuel L. Jackson spoke to the student body at Wilson Middle School in Pasadena on January 9, 2006. “I came from a place similar to the one that you come from,” Jackson told them. “It’s possible to be whatever you want to be; you are […]
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