Building Legacy

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Building Dreams

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Dream Big

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Integrity

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Care For Community

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Building Legacy ✶ Building Dreams ✶ Dream Big ✶ Integrity ✶ Care For Community ✶

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LEGACY LA

Dedicated to Serving the Youth, Families, and Surrounding Communities of Ramona Gardens.

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Our Mission

Founded in Ramona Gardens, Legacy LA empowers youth and families in Boyle Heights and surrounding neighborhoods to break systemic cycles of multigenerational poverty and trauma through leadership, healing, and community-driven change to build resilient and equitable neighborhoods.

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Current Hours

OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Friday: 9:30am-6:00pm

YOUTH OFFICE HOURS

Closed: 7/6/26 - 7/24/26

BEST BUY TEEN TECH CENTER HOURS

Closed: 7/6/26 - 7/24/26

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Leadership

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Legacy LA’s Programs…

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Develop Advocacy for the Self and the Community

Provide Academic Intervention to Transform Education and Life Experience Beyond the Classroom.

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Constantly Support & Empower Families and the Community Members of our Beloved City.

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Our Legacy

Legacy LA has served over 400 youth and community members this year.

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Legacy LA has served over 400 youth and community members this year. |

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Numbers

100% of high school seniors applied to and got accepted to a college/university.

100 youth successfully completed a workforce training internship.

75% of high school students improved their grades.

28% of Legacy staff are Legacy LA alumni.

Last year, more than 400 youth engaged in our development programming at Legacy during school, after school, and on weekends.

Our Results

Outcomes

Our Student Success Programs have a unanimous success rate.

Allowed youth to work on resume building, mock interviews, and career research.

Students became more self-disciplined and advocated for their success.

We are cultivating a cycle of success that provides generation after generation within the community.

Our History

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Fund the Dream

Your support is how thousands of young people have come to LEGACY LA to receive hands-on development of their dreams as an alternative to gangs and violence.

Our Youth

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“Legacy has so many programs that help students in High School, especially Seniors like me. Going through the college process was really hard for me, but thanks to their help and support, I was able to fill out college applications. They helped me step-by-step.”

Michelle C., 17, Legacy LA Member

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“I'm so grateful for Legacy LA. I’ll never forget that they helped me in my greatest time of need, when I thought I would have no one. I feel safe at Legacy. I feel welcome. I don’t feel judged. And I’ll never forget the things they did for me.”

Anonymous, Current student of Legacy LA

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