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Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project California) advocates for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

03.27.23
2023 State of the State: Solidarity in Action

Catalyst California and Grand Performances have teamed up to present a community program unlike any other – and you’re invited! 

California has been a model of multiracial organizing and advocacy for generations – yet the intersectional bonds that were built during the 1960s Farmworkers’ Movement, 1970s Civil Rights Movement, and Los Angeles Uprising in ’92 have frayed over recent decades.   

It’s time for us to refresh our commitment to, and understanding of, a resilient multiracial solidarity that celebrates our differences and clarifies why and how we build power. We’re kicking off that conversation at our upcoming State of the State: Solidarity in Action on Sunday, March 26th. 

Catalyst California and Grand Performances have teamed up to present a community program unlike any other – and you’re invited! 

California has been a model of multiracial organizing and advocacy for generations – yet the intersectional bonds that were built during the 1960s Farmworkers’ Movement, 1970s Civil Rights Movement, and Los Angeles Uprising in ’92 have frayed over recent decades.   

It’s time for us to refresh our commitment to, and understanding of, a resilient multiracial solidarity that celebrates our differences and clarifies why and how we build power. We’re kicking off that conversation at our upcoming State of the State: Solidarity in Action on Sunday, March 26th. 

03.22.23
2022 Annual Impact Report: Reflecting on Catalyst California’s Progress toward Racial and Economic Justice in California

Today, Catalyst California released our 2022Annual Impact Reportreflecting on a monumental year for our organization: the year we leveraged all that we learned and built in our nearly 25 years as Advancement Project California to initiate a new chapter as an independent organization.

Today, Catalyst California released our 2022Annual Impact Reportreflecting on a monumental year for our organization: the year we leveraged all that we learned and built in our nearly 25 years as Advancement Project California to initiate a new chapter as an independent organization.

PRESS STATMENT: Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids Calls on LAUSD Board and Superintendent Carvalho to Support Workers With Living Wages

Tens of thousands of essential school workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 99 (SEIU 99) and serving students across the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced that they will lead a three-day strike to protest the district’s unfair pay and labor practices. In an important act of solidarity, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) will join the strike, representing over 35,000 teachers in LAUSD. In response, members of the Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids (Catalyst California, Community Coalition, and InnerCity Struggle) released this statement.

Tens of thousands of essential school workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 99 (SEIU 99) and serving students across the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced that they will lead a three-day strike to protest the district’s unfair pay and labor practices. In an important act of solidarity, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) will join the strike, representing over 35,000 teachers in LAUSD. In response, members of the Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids (Catalyst California, Community Coalition, and InnerCity Struggle) released this statement.

02.28.23
An Equitable and Just California

In case you missed it last year, we announced that Advancement Project California is now Catalyst California. This marks a new chapter in our nearly 25-year history and a renewed commitment to advocating for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

In case you missed it last year, we announced that Advancement Project California is now Catalyst California. This marks a new chapter in our nearly 25-year history and a renewed commitment to advocating for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

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