LOS ANGELES COUNTY \u2013 In this moment of deep consequence, every effort to remove barriers to voting and to provide opportunities for success is\u00a0
\u201cIt is our obligation\u00a0to\u00a0lead\u00a0our communities through\u00a0this moment that includes\u00a0COVID-19, the resulting economic downturn, and\u00a0a\u00a0national reckoning with structural racism. By highlighting civic\u00a0engagement and\u00a0leadership,\u00a0Girls Build\u00a0encourages\u00a0young women\u00a0to become empowered to protect their communities and democracy as well,\u201d said Supervisor Ridley-Thomas. \u201cEngaging at a young age will have a measurable\u00a0impact\u00a0on\u00a0their motivation as adults to\u00a0address disparities and evoke\u00a0social change, especially in communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The\u00a0motion<\/a>\u00a0notably calls upon LA County residents to learn more about the LA Promise Fund\u2019s \u201cGirls Build\u201d initiative as it has a special focus on voter mobilization this year\u2014at a time when it is needed most. In partnership with\u00a0Michelle Obama\u2019s\u00a0When We All Vote<\/a>,\u00a0a non-profit nonpartisan organization, the LA\u00a0Promise\u00a0Fund will build a\u00a0diverse\u00a0coalition of 10,000 young women to register and pre-register to vote.\u00a0Girls Build participants\u00a0will double their coalition participation by setting\u00a0a\u00a0goal\u00a0of\u00a0registering\u00a0 The\u00a0motion\u00a0also\u00a0establishes October 2020 as Girls Empowerment Month throughout LA County. Showing continued support for Girls Build acknowledges the significant impact the initiative has on young women and girls who participate, and the significant impact the girls have, in turn, on their communities. In addition to encouraging LA County residents to familiarize themselves with the work of Girls Build, the motion also urges every LA County resident to register to vote and to consider volunteering to register others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnything we can do to encourage young people to get involved in elections and to make sure every eligible person in the County casts a ballot has my vote!\u201d said Supervisor Kuehl. \u201cThis motion will build an army of 10,000 young women of color to register their friends and family members and ensure that communities that are often under-represented are fully represented in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Over the course of five years, Girls Build has provided stipends to participants and $50,000 in college scholarships awards each year to six winning Girls Build teams. Girls Build also celebrates gender equity and women\u2019s success by introducing young women to hands-on opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) education, panel discussions with women leaders, films that champion girls\u2019 and women\u2019s empowerment, and other unique events. Through these experiences provided by the LA Promise Fund, thousands of students can become change agents in their communities when faced with social issues ranging from women\u2019s representation in STEM fields to voter engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Learn more about Girls Build by visiting\u00a0https:\/\/www. LOS ANGELES COUNTY \u2013 In this...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28613,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28612\/revisions\/28613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}