The Frontline Impact Digest
Winter 2024
Winter 2024 Issue ofThe Frontline Impact Digest
Welcome to the winter issue of The Frontline Impact Digest—your source for stories, updates, and highlights from Liberty Hill Foundation. In our first issue of 2024, we’re bringing you the latest updates from our Environmental & Climate Justice and Economic & Housing Justice initiatives.
We’re spotlighting the work being done at the frontlines of Youth & Transformative Justice through Liberty Hill’s new Liberation Fund. You’ll also get the chance to read behind-the-scenes insights from Nina Revoyr, Executive Director of Ballmer Group, in our Funder Perspectives feature. This and so much more in this quarter’s issue!
We will not rest until society provides justice and equality for all.
This quarterly e-publication will provide you with insight into our work in Los Angeles and bring you behind the scenes of the fights for Youth and Transformative Justice, LGBTQ and Gender Justice, Environmental and Climate Justice, and Economic and Housing Justice here in Los Angeles.
Winter 2024
Hear from the voices of the movement and our partners fighting for justice and equity in Los Angeles.
Communities Do Not Seperate Themselves into “Issue Areas” - Neither Does Liberty Hill
Histories of injustice told by low-income people of color rarely fall into neat categories. A young Black mother living in her car with her daughter will not tell you that her problems began when she was evicted. Instead, she could likely recount stories of relentless and intersectional oppression at the hands of unjust systems, such as child welfare, health care, education, juvenile justice, policing, housing and so much more.
Grantee Highlight: Young Women’s Freedom Center
The Young Women’s Freedom Center celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year, marking a major milestone in their work to inspire and empower systems-impacted women, girls, and trans people of all genders. Read on to learn more about their policy, advocacy, and organizing work and the lasting impact it has on the lives of young people throughout California.
Q&A with Nina Revoyr at Ballmer Group
Our new featured section Funder Perspectives highlights insights from leaders in the field of philanthropy and spotlight their work to improve Los Angeles. In this quarter’s issue, we're hearing from Executive Director, Los Angeles and National Public Safety at Ballmer Group—Nina Revoyr!
Liberation Fund: A beacon of hope and advocacy
What if youth prisons that have been deemed unsuitable for the care of young people when held to even the minimum standards, were instead replaced with youth centers, where youth had access to care, safety, resources, and opportunities? This was a question at the heart of the foundation of the Liberation Fund, a beacon of hope and advocacy, to respond to these appalling injustices and unlock new strategies that have never been tried before.
EJ Ready, LA’s Justice 40 Efforts
Liberty Hill Foundation and the Resource Legacy Fund, through the EJ Ready Program, will host the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Environmental Justice Inter-Agency Council for a tour to connect environmental justice communities with Federal climate investments and Justice 40 funding opportunities.
Beyond COVID-19: Workers tackle broader health risks
In early 2021, with a $1.32 million contract from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Liberty Hill piloted a Public Health Councils program to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among non-unionized, low-wage workers. In the first year, Liberty Hill funded nine community-based organizations who reached 12,900 employees from among 159 employers, leading to the formation of 58 Public Health Councils.