Category: Newsletter

NY Times Best-Selling Author Will Be Featured Speaker At AOA 2024!  We’re excited to announce author Andrew Bridge will be a featured speaker at Art of Advocacy 2024! Andrew Bridge spent 11 years in Los Angeles County foster care. After aging out, he attended Wesleyan University, then graduated from Harvard Law School and was awarded…

The Art of Advocacy Gala Honorees Announced! It’s Gala time! Art of Advocacy 2024 is just around the corner and we hope you will join us as we celebrate over 30 years of excellence in advocacy! This year, we will honor Chris Lakey, Senior Vice President of Global Creative Synch at Kobalt Music Publishing, and…

CLC Announces New Housing Partnership With LA Mayor’s Fund Thanks to CLC’s newly-announced partnership with LA Mayor Karen Bass, Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and the RightWay Foundation, the We Are LA Children and Youth Program will guarantee more of our clients get the housing support they desperately need!  CLC clients are at particularly high risk of…

Celebration of Pride and Family Reunification June is a special time of year at CLC as we recognize both Pride Month and National Family Reunification Month!  CLC believes all youth experiencing foster care should be treated with the same love and care as any other child. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ+ youth face trauma because of their gender…

Advocates Gala 2024 Was A Success! Thank you to everyone who filled the room with warmth and joy at the Advocates Gala in Sacramento! CLC hosted a beautiful evening of community and commitment to children. The award-winning Grant High School Drumline kicked off the event, followed by an award ceremony in honor of Community Hero,…

Join Us For Advocates Gala 2024 in Sacramento! We are exactly one month away from CLC’s annual Advocates Gala, and the evening is going to be so exciting! We are thrilled to honor the beloved Scott Moak as our Community Hero honoree for all the work he has done to empower and uplift children and…

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES GALA 2024 FIRST FIRESIDE CHAT SPEAKER ANNOUNCED! Something new will happen at this year’s Advocates Gala! We’re excited to host a fireside chat during CLC’s annual Northern California fundraiser, which benefits CLC’s clients in the Sacramento and Placer County foster care systems. This dynamic conversation will feature a leader in child welfare, who will…