Ep #84: CivitasLA "Best of" – Favorite Places to take a Visitor"
Best-selling author Steven Rowley is quoted as saying: "There are times when Los Angeles is the most magical city on Earth. When the Santa Ana winds sweep through and the air is warm and so, so clear....
28 Dec 20224min
Ep #83: CivitasLA "Best of" – Favorite Restaurants
The Economist magazine, in a holiday special from December 2021, entitled "The Pleasures of The Table" – discussing how restaurants came to be and how the pandemic may change them – noted: "Being depr...
21 Dec 20224min
Ep #82: Interfaith Community | Reverend Kathy Cooper Ledesma, Senior Pastor, Hollywood United Methodist Church & Rabbi Mari Chernow, Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel of Hollywood
Author David J. Wolpe, in "Why Faith Matters," states "On balance, religion increases social stability, enabling people to live happier, more productive and better lives. That does not demonstrate rel...
7 Dec 202236min
Ep #81: Crowdfunding Community | Quentin Strode, President & CEO, NEW Community Investments
From an article by Meredith Wood, entitled: "What Is Crowdfunding? Definition, How It Works, Types," she notes "Crowdfunding is a form of financing a project or business venture by raising small amoun...
23 Nov 202239min
Ep #80: Sisters at Work | Lia Dias, Owner LeAnn & Leslie Jones, Co-Owners, Hype Hair Magazine and 1010 Wine Bar & Events
In a report from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor entitled "Women's Entrepreneurship 2020/21, Thriving Through Crisis," it states: "Entrepreneurship is an essential driver of societal health and wealth...
9 Nov 202258min
Ep #79: Creating Connection Through Laughter | Dani Klein Modisett, Founder & CEO, Laughter On Call
As we recognize Alzheimer's Awareness Month (November), a time to heighten awareness about Alzheimer's disease and dementia, which affects more than 6 million Americans, and recognize National Entrepr...
26 Okt 202244min
Ep #78: Empowering Communities/Promoting Excellence | Arturo Sneider, CEO, Primestor Development, Inc.
As CivitasLA continues its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we're joined by Arturo Sneider, Founding Partner & CEO of Primestor Development Inc. With no prior experience in the sector, but insp...
12 Okt 202246min
Ep 77: Community Spotlight: Boyle Heights | Josefina Lopez, Founding Artistic Director, Casa 0101 Theater/Screenwriter & Alfred Fraijo Jr., Attorney/Community Leader
It's been said, by Jorge N. Neal, co-curator and museum educator at the Boyle Heights Museum, that "all roads lead to Boyle Heights, it's a place of intersection." Boyle Heights, part of the original ...
27 Sep 20221h 9min
