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The Importance of Self Care
For centuries, black and brown women have denied themselves self-care. They often times take care of everyone/everything else, most times leaving very little room to tend to their own needs.
Taking Notice
I try my best now to not take things personal this life will not always be in motion I have to be aware of that people go through different experiences
Future of Feminism Conference 2018
Women’s Leadership Project young women of color conference on sexual violence, criminalization, LGBTQI gender justice and media advocacy featuring youth from Dorsey HS, Gardena HS, King-Drew Magnet, Miguel Contreras HS
Be True to You by Cera Randle
Be True to You By Cera Randle, 11th grade If she didn’t know who she was She would be whatever other people wanted her to be Which means she could
Reflections By Clay Wesley
Reflections By Clay Wesley, WLP alum ’09 When you look at me, what do you see? A stereotype? Or a typical “black girl”? I am much more than that. I
Improving Advanced Placement Access for African American Youth
In January, 2018, WLP and YMS students presented to over eighty students on Advanced Placement education and awareness. The workshops are part of a series of school-community engagements on the
#MeToo in LAUSD Schools: Sexual Violence and African American Girls
On March 21, 2018, seven students from WLP Dorsey participated in an interview with KPFK’s Feminist Magazine. The interview focused on the racial politics of the #MeToo movement and the
African American Male Mentoring Workshop
On March 20, 2018, five students from the Young Male Scholars’ (YMS) program at Gardena High School conducted an African American Male Mentoring workshop with twenty student participants and invited
