2016 Diverse Community Leaders Award Honoree Scott Larson (Irvine, CA) Scott Larson helps house and feed the homeless. Scott Larson is the Executive Director of HomeAid Orange County and a volunteer on the Orange County Commission to End Homelessness. HomeAid leverages private developer’s donated goods and services to benefit of affordable housing and homeless shelters. The organization
2016 Diverse Community Leaders Award Honoree Gurpreet & Bicky Singh (Orange, CA) Gurpreet and Bicky Singh help educate and challenge stereotypes. In the wake of September 11, when many Sikhs were harassed, the Singhs created the The Sikhlens Arts and Film Festival at Chapman University. This three-day event draws over 500 people annually to learn about and
2016 Diverse Community Leaders Award Honoree Steve Kim (Santa Ana, CA) Steve Kim reintegrates former gang members into their communities. In 2014, after 15 years working with traumatized and abandoned youth, Steve Kim co-founded Project Kinship to reintegrate former gang members and the incarcerated. Project Kinship helps clients develop the coping skills that lead to meaningful and
2016 Diverse Community Leaders Award Honoree Parents in Action Group (Grupo de Padres en Accion), the Alameda-Brownwood-Catalina Community Leaders (West Anaheim, CA) The ABC Core Leaders are committed to transforming their neighborhood . The Alameda-Brownwood-Catalina (ABC) neighborhood in West Anaheim is a low-income, under-served community with gangs, crime, drugs, and substandard housing. Work in this neighborhood can
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2015 CONTACT: Melissa Morgan, Director of Partnerships, (714) 480-6582, (562) 773-4619 cell, [email protected] Local Businesses Celebrated by OC Human Relations at AWARDS 44 on May 7 for Embracing Community, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (Orange County, CA)—When thinking of big business the first thought that comes to mind is