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We believe in human dignity. Everyone deserves the power to live a meaningful life.

06/19/2026

Some news changes a day. Some news changes generations✊🏾

When news of emancipation finally reached Galveston on June 19, 1865, generations of stolen labor stood beneath the same Texas sky that had watched it all unfold. The fields were still there. The roads were still there. Yet everything had changed. What had been taken by force could no longer define what came next.

Juneteenth is a celebration of what people built afterward. It can be found in neighborhoods raised from the ground up, businesses opened against the odds, and family traditions carried forward year after year. It lives in the determination to create opportunity where none existed before and in the belief that each generation deserves to inherit something stronger than the previous one.

Today, we honor the people who turned freedom into action and possibility into progress. Their work continues in every community still building.

06/02/2026

There is a certain kind of joy that comes from no longer shrinking yourself 🌈

You can see it in the confidence of someone who finally feels at home in their own skin. You can hear it in conversations that no longer require editing the truth. You can feel it in communities built on the simple belief that everyone deserves to belong.

Pride Month is a celebration of that joy and the people who fought to make it possible. Their work changed lives. Their courage continues to open doors.

Happy Pride Month!

05/29/2026

Congratulations GLAAZ Class of 2026 🎓

Graduates crossed the stage as cheers filled the room. Families stood together, holding onto every moment as names were called and students turned their tassels into place to mark the moment.

Every step across that stage carried years of work most people never saw.

This chapter comes to a close as GLAAZ leaves behind a lasting legacy that will continue forward through Avance High School and the students who come next.

We are proud of you and all you have achieved.

05/28/2026

A life spent opening doors creates room for others to walk through 💛

Happy Birthday to our President & CEO, Alicia Nuñez.

Throughout the communities we serve, there are students graduating from school. Families settling into a new home. Entrepreneurs taking a chance on an idea they have carried for years. New chapters begin every day.

This work is built by many hands. Today, we celebrate Alicia and the role she has played in helping those opportunities move forward and become reality.

Please join us in wishing her a very happy birthday.

05/27/2026

The work grows stronger when communities build together ☀️

Shelter Partnership, Inc. recently welcomed partner agencies, nonprofits, and schools to its “Don’t Sweat It” athletic gear distribution event in Los Angeles, helping resources move directly into the hands of communities serving those experiencing poverty.

As we continue welcoming Shelter Partnership into the CPLC familia, moments like this reflect the heart of our partnership. For 40 years, Shelter Partnership has supported organizations across Los Angeles County by connecting essential goods to the people and communities who need them most.

Together, we continue building pathways for our communities.

05/26/2026

Every graduate walked across the stage with a story 🎓

Last week, students from Toltecalli High School and Envision High School reached a milestone years in the making. Names were called. Caps were adjusted one last time. Families rose to their feet. The room filled with cheers for every graduate who stepped forward to receive a diploma they earned through hard work and determination.

For a moment, everything else faded into the background. There was only pride. Pride in how far they had come and excitement for everything still ahead.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026. We are proud of you and cannot wait to see what comes next.

05/25/2026

Some names live beyond the moment they are spoken 🕊️

Memorial Day is a time we hold close to heart. We see families gathered in small circles, sharing stories that have been carried for years. We feel the weight of absence, and the strength it takes to keep remembering.

We honor the lives lost in service to their country and the families who continue carrying them forward in memory and love. Their absence is felt in everyday spaces, in the silence between conversations, in the way time keeps moving while remembrance stays still.

Today and always, we remember them.

Share their memory and join us in honoring their legacy.

05/18/2026

Chicanos Por La Causa shares in mourning the loss of Jim Shee, a lifelong friend and ally of all communities. Shee, who died Wednesday, was honored last year with the CPLC Cause for Change Award in recognition of his decades of community service. Shee believed in bringing people together despite any apparent differences. He founded and chaired the Asian Chamber of Commerce of Arizona and the Phoenix Asian-Hispanic Alliance, and was a member of several community, civil rights and social justice organizations. Among his many honors was on June 27, 2025, which officially was proclaimed as “Jim Shee Day” by the City of Phoenix.

05/10/2026

She built a life out of sacrifice, and taught us how to keep going anyway 🌼

There is a kind of love that does not announce itself. It shows up before sunrise. It stays long after the day is over. It makes sure there is food on the table, even when there is nothing left for itself.

That is how so many of our CPLC familia remember their mothers. Working full time. Holding the household together. Carrying responsibility without letting it become complaint. Finding solutions in real time, even when everything felt uncertain.

Some grew up watching a mother move through long days with quiet strength, never letting exhaustion take the lead. Others remember the way their home stayed steady because someone refused to let it fall apart, no matter what was happening outside of it.

And over time, that becomes something more than memory. It becomes direction. It becomes the reason so many of us learn how to care for others, how to show up, how to keep going when things get heavy.

Happy Mother’s Day to those that carried more than anyone could see, and still made it look like love. We honor you today, and every day.

05/09/2026

The sun poured into De Colores for Día De Las Madres 💐

At CPLC De Colores, our domestic violence shelter, Día De Las Madres was filled with the sound of mariachi, coffee poured between conversations, children sitting close to their moms, and tables covered in crafts.

The afternoon gave families a chance to simply be together. To laugh a little louder. To rest for a moment. To feel community around them.

Every mother at De Colores carries a story of strength. Even through uncertainty, they continue creating warmth, care, and stability for their children day after day. That kind of love leaves an everlasting mark.

We were honored to celebrate the mothers of De Colores this Día De Las Madres and hold space for the joy and heart they bring into the world

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