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826LA Community Takes the Stage for Open Mic Night

826LA hosted its second installment of our hit open mic series on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 3:00 – 4:30 pm, which featured our own Executive Director, Jaime Balboa, as he shared poems from his collection Missing Possibilities. Westside volunteers gathered … Read more

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A Tale of Two Volunteers: An 826LA Love Story

It was 2011 and Ashlyn, an illustrator and adventurer, packed up her life in Toronto and moved to Los Angeles. She didn’t know anyone in the city, and thought she’d start volunteering with a local nonprofit organization, called 826LA, inside … Read more

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826LA’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2023

What would a year-end be without a top-ten list?  At 826LA, we unlock the creative power of writing in the lives of our students and support teachers as they cultivate the love of writing in their students. We celebrate student … Read more

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