[gallery link="none" ids="767,769"] The 27th Institute Class of Leadership Long Beach graduated on Monday, June 20th at the Grand Event Center. The 29 class members began in August with their & "Amazing Race" and their leadership retreat in September before they concluded their principled leadership year...
The Mix was about getting leaders to show up, build relationships and take from community what else may be missing in their work. Each leader was invited to The Mix to connect with others, an important first step in addressing issues, and to dream of...
For the fourth consecutive year, Leadership Long Beach partnered with Long Beach Unified School District to facilitate Robobowl IV, a robotics competition for Long Beach middle school students. With the help of many dedicated volunteers, Youth Leadership Long Beach's Class of 2016 planned and organized...
Project You Are Here set out to educate and activate the disengaged residents of the City of Long Beach and encourage them to raise their level of engagement through a three-pronged approach of Vote, Voice, and Volunteer. In order to achieve this goal, we developed...
Thirteen members of Leadership Long Beach's Beautiful Class of 2016 involved over two dozen city and community partners to create a "Home Away From Home" at Washington Middle School on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Over 300 students, parents, and community members attended the event which...
For the April 2016 City of Long Beach elections, Leadership Long Beach once again hosted a Citywide Candidates Forum. Held at the Downtown Long Beach Public Library auditorium, the forum was the only event with all 19 candidates for city council, Long Beach School Board...
Safe Xing looked to ensure safe pedestrian routes for community members through research, engagement and advocacy. The focus was on safer pedestrian traffic solutions, with an emphasis on students walking over the Pacific Coast Highway and Willow Street bridges to Cabrillo High School. Collaboration with Cabrillo...
From Houghton Skate Park to the Aquarium of the Pacific, the teams of four LLB Class of 2016 members, their alumni chaperon plus their Yellow Cab driver ventured into locations, businesses and sites in order to gather points to win the race. The eight teams...
Project Long Beach is a community website that connects the residents of Long Beach, California to community groups and organizations, and empowers them to become involved and engaged community members. In April, Project Long Beach partnered with Roxanne's Cocktail Lounge & Latin Grill in Cal Heights, Long...
Our team along w/ a lot of volunteers deconstructed two large above ground planting boxes that had deteriorated and then reconstructed them with new material adding tables on each side which allows clients who utilize wheelchairs to more easily participate in gardening activities. We cleaned...
