Our shift to virtual programming in the 2020-2021 school year had at least one silver lining: We were no longer solely reliant on local volunteers. People hopped into sessions from other 826 chapters and around the country—even from other countries. … Read more
In the 826LA’s April 30 Workshop “Future History of LA,” students time traveled to 1800’s Mexican America. At 3pm, students filed into the Zoom meeting. Robert Mendoza, a PhD candidate in the department of English at UCLA, served as the … Read more
826LA’s In-Schools team, partners, and volunteers helped Los Angeles high school students draft scholarship application essays at our 9th annual Scholarship Day on March 21-22. You might be wondering, “Why is the event called Scholarship Day if it took … Read more
826LA’s After-School Tutoring program does more than fill in learning gaps and provide homework help. Our tutoring spaces also nurture creativity and essential writing time. In their research paper The Truth About Writing Education In America, 826 National concluded that … Read more
