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The LumenSparQ Empowerment Scholarship
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The LumenSparQ Empowerment Scholarship
Her volleyball teammates named her the glue. That is how the indoor team at Da Vinci Communications High School described Mahalet Yonas, their captain. Not for her statistics. For her presence. For the way she held people together. It is a quiet thing to say about someone. It also says almost everything. On May 20,Continue reading “The LumenSparQ Empowerment Scholarship”
I Stayed on the Train
There is a difference between reading about someone’s work and standing in the room where it lives. Last fall, we wrote about Alouette Cervantes-Salazar, the coordinator of the Dream Resource…
From Soil to Table: How Four 8th Graders Grew a Garden and a Community
Every so often, a project comes along that is quietly profound. It doesn’t try to solve the world’s biggest problems in one sweep. Instead, it starts small — with seeds,…
A Quiet Hum in Redondo Beach
There’s something remarkable about walking into a room where everyone is focused, engaged, and at ease, all at once. That’s exactly what greeted us at the Redondo Beach Public Library…
