Greetings from East LA (GELA) introduces East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy high school students to urban planning and civic participation. Students work on topics that are pertinent and relevant to their community directly with government agencies and staff in a manner that allows students to...
At the conclusion of the 2018-2019 academic year, the METRANS Transportation Center released a series of articles on Greetings from East LA. Each article was dedicated to one of the five student projects: Cesar Chavez Ave., Eastern Ave., First St., Ford Blvd., and Whittier Blvd. Through...
April 24, 2019 – At the second GELA Open House, the students from the East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School dove into their maps and zines with the engineers from LA County Public Works, experts in public health, urban planners,...
April 23, 2019 – At the first Open House of Spring 2019, the students from the East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School showcased their work for Greetings from East LA at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. USC...
After a year of learning urban planning and transportation safety concepts, taking to the streets to conduct walk audits, and surveying their classmates for their observations on conditions on five East L.A. corridors, Ms. Tenorio's 11th grade class will be showcasing their proposed enhancements to...
April 10, 2018 – At the first Open House of Spring 2018, the students from East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School presented Greetings from East L.A. at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. USC students, faculty and admin...
We are hosting not one, but two, open houses to highlight the work of “Greetings from East L.A. " Please join us! The open houses showcase work by high school students from East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy exploring active and multimodal transportation in East L.A. Students will...
On January 26, 2018, the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy led an eye-opening day of activities for the students at East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High School (Renaissance), Stevenson Middle School, and Belvedere Middle School. The theme of the...
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice led the ELARA students on a Ground Truthing Field Trip around East L.A. during the Fall 2017 semester. The field trip was an exercise in exploration and interrogation. Students investigated individual buildings along Cesar Chavez Ave. and figured out...
On April 25, 2017, the students from East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres (ELARA) presented their body of work for Greetings from East LA on campus at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. USC students, faculty and administrators all had...