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  2. Vermont Vista, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 2000, the Eighth District Empowerment Congress began working on the "Naming Neighborhoods Project" to identify and name individual communities that had historically been grouped together and regarded as part of South Central Los Angeles. The first focus group was held at Hebrew Union College in June 2000. Through research, a ...

  3. Neighborhood councils of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment Congress North: 1st Thursday: N/A Empowerment Congress Southeast: 4th Tuesday: New Prospect Baptist Church 10910 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90061 Empowerment Congress Southwest: 3rd Monday: St. Andrews Recreation Center 8701 S. St. Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90047 Empowerment Congress West: Community Town Hall Meeting 1st ...

  4. Magnolia Square, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 2000, the Eighth District Empowerment Congress began working on the "Naming Neighborhoods Project" to identify and name individual communities that had historically been grouped together and regarded as part of South Central Los Angeles. The first focus group was held at Hebrew Union College in June 2000. Through research, a ...

  5. West Park Terrace, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 2000, the Eighth District Empowerment Congress began working on the "Naming Neighborhoods Project" to identify and name the communities with the neighborhood council area. The first focus group was held at Hebrew Union College in June 2000. Through research, a meeting with an urban historian, and numerous community meetings, the ...

  6. Empowerment zone - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment zone. Within United States federal legislation, an empowerment zone is an economically distressed community eligible to receive tax incentives and grants from the United States federal government under the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Act of 1993. [1]

  7. Congress of Racial Equality - Wikipedia

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    The Congress of Racial Equality ( CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the civil rights movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is "to bring about equality for all people regardless of race, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion ...

  8. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. [1] [2] [3] Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the different ...

  9. NAACP - Wikipedia

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    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) [a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.