This month, Liberty Hill grantee groups worked on voter registration drives, community benefits agreements and campaigns for immigration reforms, clean drinking water, transit justice and foreclosure prevention.

Why do you vote? We started asking people and it turns out the answers and more varied and complex than you might expect

Korean Resource Center (KRC) is the winner of the $10,000 grant from the LIberty-Hill Good Maker challenge "Turn On the Turnout." KRC will launch the “My Parents Vote for Our Future” project, empowering Los Angeles Korean American youth to engage their parents in civic life and elections.

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By Joseph Edwards
Liberty Hill hosted one of its highly regarded van tours to stops along the frontlines of change in L.A.—this time to explore the frontiers of ethical dining accompanied by activists with Restaurant Opportunities Centers United L.A. (ROC-LA).

Community-customized voter guides are one of the tools Liberty Hill's grantee groups bring to Get Out the Vote organizing.

Here are remarks made by Vincent, Liberty Hill's Deputy Director of Common Agenda, at today's Grantmakers for Children Youth and Families Annual Conference in El Paso, where he received that groups' first-ever Emerging Leader in Philanthropy award.

Liberty Hill is partnering with GOOD Magazine and The Goldhirsh Foundation to award $10,000 to the most promising L.A. area project to mobilize voters.

We've posted photos of some of the many events and actions that Liberty Hill grantee members and leaders participated in during September in an album on our Facebook Page.

Liberty Hill's Queer Youth Fund Announces 2012 Grants of $500,000 To Advance Safety, Self-Determination Queer Youth Fund Announces 2012 and Justice for LGBTQ Youth

Liberty Hill Announces $716,500 in 2012 Fund for Change grants to community organizing social justice groups in Los Angeles.

Roosevelt High student at InnerCity Struggle teach-in on school discipline.

Byline: Vincent Jones

Here’s a round-up of links to recent news stories about Liberty Hill grantees.

Byline: Joseph Bernardo

Byline: Melissa Montalvo

An important hearing took place last week in Sacramento to emphasize the importance of returning to common sense discipline in our schools and on our streets, and insuring that our young men have the opportunity to thrive. Here is the account of Vincent Jones, Sr. Program Officer in charge of Liberty HIll's Brothers, Sons, Selves campaign on last week's trip to Sacramento with more than a dozen young L.A. leaders.

I’m a youth organizing intern with Liberty Hill grantee organization InnerCity Struggle and work with members of the Roosevelt High chapter of United Students to change “zero tolerance” policies that were making school attendance and behavior problems worse, not better.

Dream Summer internship program team.

California is on the brink of becoming a national leader on a radical idea: keeping students in school is better for students, schools and communities.

Liberty Hill's Facebook photo album features snapshots of the activities of L.A. grassroots social justice groups.

This spring, three community groups were selected to participate in the Wally Marks Leadership Institute Research Track conducted by Liberty Hill and USC Annenberg,

Felicia Jones (left) and Janet McIntyre

Byline: Janet McIntyre

In a major City Hall victory, on May 15, the City Council's Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee voted in favor of the Clean Up Green Up motion.

Manuel Pastor accepts Liberty Hill's 2012 Changemaker Award at the 30th Anniversary Upton Sinclair Awards and Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Wendy Chang accepts Liberty Hill's 2012 Upton Sinclair Award at the 30th Anniversary Upton Sinclair Awards and Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Dustin Lance Black presents Liberty Hill's 2012 Upton Sinclair Award to Paris Barclay at the 30th Anniversary Upton Sinclair Awards and Dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Paris Barclay Accepts Upton Sinclair Award in Los Angeles.

KPAs a companion event to Liberty Hill's 30th Anniversary Upton Sinclair Awards Dinner, we're proud to announce that Liberty Hill's 2012 Online Auction goes live at p.m. tonight, Wednesday, May 9.

In April, I was one of three Liberty Hill representatives to attend the first-ever National Philanthropic Briefing on the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community at the White House.

Liberty Hill is thrilled to announce that the Council on Foundations is presenting its Distinguished Service Award to Michele Prichard, our Director, Common Agenda.

On May 9, at Liberty Hill's 30th Annual Upton Sinclair Awards and Dinner, one's of L.A.'s most influential social justice leaders, Wendy Chang, will receive the 2012 Upton Sinclair Award.

On May 9, at Liberty Hill's 30th Annual Upton Sinclair Awards and Dinner, Manuel Pastor, one's of L.A.'s most influential authors and forward-looking researchers, will receive the 2012 Wally Marks Changemaker Award.

On May 9, at Liberty Hill's 30th Annual Upton Sinclair Awards and Dinner, one's of television's most acclaimed and multi-talented creators, Paris Barclay, will receive the 2012 Upton Sinclair Award.

In honor of Earth Day, Liberty Hill is releasing its latest report, “Guide to Green: A Directory of Financial and Technical Assistance Programs for Businesses in the City of Los Angeles.”

Liberty Hill has put together an infographic "Being LGBT in the 21st Century" to show how profoundly bullying behavior impacts lgbt teens as well as some factors that can prevent it.

A year and a half ago, our Chief Development Officer Darrell Tucci, shared his own story about surmounting the challenges of being an LGBT teen. We re-post this now as we release a new infographic that dramatically illustrates the difficulties LGBT youth face and the supports that can make all the difference.

Liberty Hill Foundation staff members will be in Washington, DC April 2 to take part in the National Philanthropic Briefing of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.