With the 2024 presidential race heating up, Mijente’s team is mobilizing the Latine vote ahead of the November general elections with its El C…
Alma Villegas
About
Alma Villegas (they/them) is an award-winning journalist and freelance reporter. Their work has been published by Golden Gate Xpress and El Tecolote. In 2017, they launched the project Sur Central Times, a bilingual community news blog about South Central Los Angeles. Alma studied journalism at San Francisco State University, and believes that community news promotes the self-determination of marginalized communities.
After 13-year-old Uriah Blackwell was hospitalized as the victim of a hate crime, he reported it. It wasn’t the first time he was targeted for…
A network of organizations aiming to empower civic engagement in Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) gathered on Friday May 31 at Lynwood to facilita…
A day after Mother’s Day, Karina Zapeta is still selling balloons, candy and teddy bears. She communicates with customers using a whiteboard a…