On March 10, 2016, Greetings from East LA was awarded one of the eleven national 2015 LRNG Innovators Challenge Awards! Greetings from East LA – a partnership between East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban Torres High School (ELARA), the Public Matters team including Fellow Andy Alvarez...
CLICK HERE TO VOTE! Voting starts at 12PM (Pacific) on October 20, 2015 and runs until 12PM (Pacific) on November 3, 2015. Public Matters has the rare opportunity to raise $100,000 for our fellowship, training, mentorship, and employment program: URBAN FUTURES LAB. For many of you, this is...
A Project Review + Event Recap: WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2015 Writing + Video by Public Matters Fellow Xochilt Sanchez The Truth About Flavor culminated with the public celebration of World No Tobacco Day on Friday May 29, 2015, on the South Lawn steps of Los...
A Project Review + Event Recap: WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2015 Writing + Video by Public Matters Fellow Xochilt Sanchez The Truth About Flavor culminated with the public celebration of World No Tobacco Day on Friday May 29, 2015, on the South Lawn steps of Los...
Written by Public Matters Fellow Xochilt Sanchez LONG LIVE LA 2015: Premiere Screening On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, The Truth About Flavor myth-buster videos had their world premiere at Mercado La Paloma as part of Long Live LA. Long Live LA is a collection of 30 short...
Join us on March 18 for film, food, and a friendly discussion about art & public health! We were thrilled when our friends at LA Freewaves invited us to be one of the six artist groups participating in Long Live LA, an OUT THE WINDOW video...
Since the middle of September, students in South L.A. at Augustus Hawkins High School’s Community Health Advocates School (CHAS) have been getting a fresh perspective on tobacco. Specifically, they’ve been exploring issues related to small flavored cigars and cigarillos and are becoming community health advocates...