SLATE-Z Jobs Workgroup 2025 Q1

At SLATE-Z, we address poverty and move South Los Angeles residents to economic opportunity by focusing on two sources of wealth building: living-wage jobs and small business and entrepreneurship.

As our nation enters the new climate-resilient economy, SLATE-Z works to ensure that South Los Angeles residents are trained and prepared for the economic opportunities ahead and that the high-quality jobs that will result from these investments can foster economic opportunity, stability, and mobility for South Los Angeles families.

SLATE-Z’s Jobs efforts are interrelated with its other levers of change: transit, education, public safety, and small business and entrepreneurship.

The focus of this meeting will be on empowering youth in Los Angeles. We are excited to introduce our new co-chair, Jessica Ku Kim, Deputy Chair of the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity. She will provide an overview of her work and its impact on youth and job development within the Promise Zone. Additionally, Lauri Collier from LA OYC will present on the Horizons 32K project, which is dedicated to supporting and empowering opportunity youth.