Preparing the next generation of preservation advocates

  Leer este texto en español >> The Los Angeles Conservancy is thrilled to announce a new grant program available to longtime small businesses within Los Angeles County. The Conservancy’s Legacy Business Grant will award ten $5,000 grants to eligible small businesses that have operated and contributed to their community’s history and/or identity for at least 20 […]

Interested in digging deeper into the history of the Eastside? Check out the resources below! Acuña, Rudolfo. A Community under Siege: A Chronicle of Chicanos East of the Los Angeles River, 1945-1975. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Center, 1980. De León, Arnoldo and Richard Griswold del Castillo. North to Aztlán: A History of Mexican Americans […]

In celebration of the Conservancy reaching the milestone of teaching ten Community Leadership Boot Camp programs, we’re spotlighting graduates of the Boot Camp program. Please meet Mariko Lochridge, a 2023 Boot Camp Grad and 2024 Conservancy Preservation Award winner for Little Tokyo Service Center’s Small Biz Hype Squad program.

These glimpses of life on Terminal Island are excerpted from testimony by Conservancy member Joe Mendez before the Port of Los Angeles. Joe’s support and participation were important in showing the Port that the historic places of Terminal Island reflect the real lives of real people. Thank you, Joe! You can also read Joe’s full […]

Los Angeles is a large and diverse city, and its historic places and landmarks tell many stories. But whose stories are told? Whose history is preserved and remembered? In Los Angeles and across the nation, very few sites associated with Asian American history are designated landmarks at the local, state, or national levels. To help […]

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