The latest news, views, and announcements from PESA
December 5th, 2024: PESA Shines at YMCA Fundraiser Dinner
November 28th, 2024: Happy Thanksgiving from PESA
November 21st, 2024: Youth for Justice
November 14th, 2024: Cultivating Compassionate Leadership and Personal Responsibility
November 07th, 2024: Dia De Los Muertos
October 31st, 2024: Happy Halloween
October 24th, 2024: Empowerment in Action
October 17th, 2024: Faith in Blue
October 10th, 2024: Dancing, Democracy, and a Day of Media Fame
October 3rd, 2024: Shaping Two Generations of Legal Minds
September 26th, 2024: Faces of PESA - Jazmyn Martinez
September 19th, 2024: Teens Take Action
September 12th, 2024: A Day of Recognition For our Fallen Heroes
September 5th, 2024: Enhancing Client Services and Community Connections
August 29th, 2024: Learning to Save Lives
August 23rd, 2024: Writing His Own Story
August 15th, 2024: Ace the School
August 8th, 2024: Summer Learning and Dream Building
August 1st, 2024: PESA and CBU: A Winning Partnership
July 25th, 2024: Another Summer of Giving Back
July 18, 2024: Celebrating Diversity
July 11, 2024: 19th Annual CAYC Youth Summit
June 27, 2024: Father's Day Event Recap
June 20, 2024: Celebrating Juneteenth
June 13, 2024: You're Invited!
June 6, 2024: In Celebration of Pride Month
May 30, 2024: Helping Students Glow & Grow
May 23, 2024: Words Worth
May 17, 2024: Taking the Classroom Outside
May 9, 2024: PESA Takes Action for Mental Health
May 2, 2024: A Beacon of Hope in Youth Rehabilitation
April 25, 2024: Remembering the Armenian Genocide
April 18, 2024: Opening Doors to Dreams
April 4, 2024: Faces of PESA - Steven Martinez
March 28, 2024: Cast Your Ballot by April 7th
March 22, 2024: Navigating Pathways to Prosperity
March 14, 2024: Developmental Disability Awareness Month
March 7, 2024: Exploring the Legal World
February 29, 2024: Faces of PESA - Marta Ledezma
February 22, 2024: Spreading the Love at Los Angeles Leadership Academy
February 16, 2024: Showing Love Through Medical Guidance
February 8, 2024: Breaking Barriers
February 1, 2024: A Year of Advocacy and Unity
January 25, 2024: Faces of PESA - April Esquivel
January 19, 2024: Unveiling Knowledge Through Performance
January 11, 2024: PESA's Commitment to MLK Day
January 4, 2024: PESA by the Numbers - A Year in Review
December 28, 2023: Spreading Joy and Giving Toys
December 21, 2023: Miracle in Mission
December 14, 2023: A Night of Awards, Gratitude, and Shared Commitment to Community Transformation
December 7, 2023: Beyond the Classroom - PESA's Senior Seminar at LALA is a Blueprint for Student Success
November 30, 2023
November 22, 2023: 'Tis the Season of Giving and Gratitude
November 16, 2023: PESA Inspires Future Legal Leaders
November 10, 2023: Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders Through Adventure
November 2, 2023: Altars, Music, and Community Engagement
October 26, 2023: A Peek into a Profession
October 19, 2023: Faces of PESA - Karen Green
October 12, 2023: World Mental Health Day
September 28, 2023: Representing the Community
September 21, 2023: This Jury is Ready to Serve
September 14, 2024: Two Decades Later
August 31, 2023: Face of PESA - Elizabeth Sosa
August 24, 2023: Making Education Inclusive
August 17, 2023: Ready, Set, Intern!
August 10, 2023: Faces of PESA - Monserrath Ramirez
August 3, 2023: I Am More than my Mistakes
July 27, 2023: Making a Difference, One Backpack at a Time
July 20, 2023: PESA's Summer Internship Program Redefines Possibilities
July 13, 2023: Celebrating TEACH Academy Middle School's Parternship
July 6, 2023: Recent SCOTUS Ruling Reinforces Need for PESA's Services
June 30, 2023: PESA at CAYC
June 22, 2023: Celebrating Juneteenth
June 15, 2023: PESA's Pride Month Feature - Ella Cavlan
June 8, 2023: Time to Pause and Celebrate
June 2, 2023: Unlocking Minds and Uplifting Youth
May 25, 2023: PESA Pilots New Diversion Program
May 18, 2023: Three Years and Seven Cohorts Later
May 12, 2023: Celebrating Our Incredible Teachers
May 4, 2023: Cabrillo High School Students Tour LMU
April 27, 2023: Commemorating the Armenian Genocide
April 21, 2023: Faces of PESA - Mya Thuraisingam
April 13, 2023: PESA Turns 10
April 6, 2023: PESA LLS Pro Bono Features
March 30, 2023: A Day of Law, Constitutional Procedures, and Teen Court
March 2, 2023: PESA Presents Rust - The Case Against Alec Baldwin
March 16, 2023: Re-Defining Student Success
March 9, 2023: A Unique Teen Court Case
March 2, 2023: Faces of PESA - Gabriela Morales
February 23, 2023: Faces of PESA - Devapriya Roy
February 16, 2023: PESA Unveils CAAP
February 9, 2023: Great Kindness Week
January 26, 2023: Utilizing Mentoring for Educational Success
January 19, 2023: Justice Sunday
January 6, 2023: New Year, S.M.A.R.T. Goals
December 29, 2022: Happy Holidays
December 22, 2022: High School Students Learn to Lead
December 15, 2022: Unpacking Mendez v. Westminster
December 8, 2022: For the Love of Community... and Basketball
December 2, 2022: College Students Empowered
November 24, 2022: Celebrate Diversity
November 17, 2022: Be Smart, Be Brave, Be Drug Free
November 10, 2022: Bridging the College Knowledge Gap
November 3, 2022: When Matters of Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Collide
October 27, 2022: Students - Voting is Your Right, but Only if You Use it
October 20, 2022: Helping Parents Help Their Kids
October 13, 2022: Falling Leaves, Crips Air... It Must be New-Intern Season
October 6, 2022: Se Habla Cultural Awareness
September 29, 2022: Learning to Work, Working to Learn
September 22, 2022: Growing Pains
September 15, 2022: A Somber, Educational Day or Rememberance
September 8, 2022: Learning to Never Forget
September 1, 2022: Nice Work, America
August 25, 2022: It's Back-to-School Time, and PESA is Here to Help
August 11, 2022: The Joy of Giving Back(packs)
August 19, 2022: A Study of Learning
August 4, 2022: Summer School Gets an Upgrade
July 28, 2022: Transformative Justice Spoken Here
July 21, 2022: Justice Doesn't Take Summer Off
July 14, 2022L Experience Required
July 7, 2022: School's Out, But Learning's On
June 30, 2022: Bringing the Constitution to Life
June 23, 2022: Welcome Back, Sanchez
June 15, 2022: No Caps? No Gowns? No Problem!
June 9, 2022: She Can Relate
June 2, 2022: One Young Man's Path to Pride
May 26, 2022: Grandma Knows Best
May 19, 2022: Against All Odds
May 12, 2022: Planting the Seeds of Grassroots Action
May 5, 2022: By Helping Others, We Help Ourselves
April 28, 2022: Stopping Violence Against Masses Starts with Educating Individuals
April 21, 2022: It Takes a College
April 14, 2022: Positively Powerful
April 7, 2022: Hailing Cesar Chavez
March 24, 2022: Helping a High School Clean Up its Act
March 31, 2022: Coaching From a Notes Labor Leader is Music to Students' Ears
March 17, 2022: Exploring the Three A's - Allyship, Advocacy, and Activism
March 10, 2022: Training Days
March 3, 2022: PESA Expands Counseling to Students in Need
February 24, 2022: Faces of PESA - Nataly Kemdijian
February 10, 2022: Illuminating the Past to Brighten the Future
February 17, 2022: Righting a Reading Wrong
February 3, 2022: Faces of PESA - Anil Arora
January 27, 2022: Tutoring Begets a Teacher
January 20, 2022: Remember Devon Munoz
January 13, 2022: Students in Crisis - The Sequel
January 13, 2022: PESA by the Numbers - A Year in Review
January 6, 2022: Oh What Tangles Websites We Weave
December 30, 2021: PESA Knows No Distance
December 16, 202: PESA Embeds Social Work Interns on the Front Line
December 9, 2021: When High Schoolers Needed a College Tour, PESA Led the Way
December 2, 2021: The Verdict Is In - Teen Court Clubs Keep Members Engaged
November 24, 2021: Why Turkey Day Tops Them All
November 18, 2021: New Shoes, New Haircut, New Life
November 11, 2021: Why Rules Matter in the Modern Dating Game
November 4, 2021: All Treats, No Tricks
October 28, 2021: When a High School Needed Help, PESA Heeded the Call
October 21, 2021: Taking the Diss out of Diabilities
October 14, 2021: "You Are Not Your Worst Mistake"
October 7, 2021: Pillar of PESA
September 30, 2021: Helping Interns Help Us All
September 23, 2021: Grassroots Efforts Get Shots in Arms
September 16, 2021: Matters of the Mind
September 9, 2021: Remembering the Tragedy of 9/11
September 2, 2021: Art as a Gateway to Tolerance and Understanding
August 26, 2021: Victim or Witness, do you Know What to do in a Hate Crime?
August 19, 2021: PESA's Tutors Help Kids Make the Grade
August 12, 2021: She's Teaching Teens Tolerance to Help Stop Hate
August 5, 2021: PESA Sends Kids Packing
August 5, 2021: Mother and Child Reunion
July 29, 2021: Ensuring All Youth Rise at CAYC Summit
July 22, 2021: "Teen Court is Literally Everything"
July 15, 2021: Better Busy Than Bored
July 9, 2021: Teen Court and the Ripple Effect
July 1, 2021: PESA Honored as Nonprofit of the Year
June 24, 2021: Work Doesn't Have to be a Four-Letter Word
June 17, 2021: giving it the Old College Try
June 10, 2021: My Path to Pride... and to PESA
June 3, 2021: Engage, Enhance, and Inspire
May 27, 2021: Vaccinating a Neighborhood in Need
May 22, 2021: Opening Minds to Help Stop Crimes
May 13, 2021: Real-World Ready
May 7, 2021: On its Anniversary, PESA Marks Achievements - and the Challenges Ahead
April 30, 2021: PESA Helps Vaccinate the Vulnerable
April 30, 2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Site in Echo Park
April 23, 2021: The Greening of Young Minds
April 9, 2021: Age is Just a Number
April 2, 2021: The Real World
March 24, 2021: Rising to the Occasion
March 18, 2021: Words Worth
March 11, 2021L Helping Others Can Help Ourselves
March 4, 2021: Say it Forward
February 25, 2021: Yesterday's Heroes Inspire Tomorrow's Leaders
February 12, 2021: PESA Plants the Seeds of Tolerance and Inclusion
February 4, 2021: Serving Kids Who Need it Most
January 21, 2021: Lessons Yearned, Lessons Learned
December 31, 2020: Miracle on 1st Street
December 24, 2020: What Do We Want? Civic Engagement! When Do We Want It? Now!
December 17, 2020: Use an Orange, Go to Jail
December 10, 2020: Stopping Hate by Empowering Our Youth
December 3, 2020: This is a Movement
November 25, 2020: What's Your Attitude of Gratitude?
November 19, 2020: Does College-Bound Equal College-Ready? PESA's Workshop Can Help
November 19, 2020: Be a Hero in the Fight Against Intolerance
November 12, 2020: Lean on Me
November 6, 2020: Back from the Brink
October 29, 2020: Teaching Tolerance
October 12, 2020: Youth Diversion in Action
September 23, 2020: So You Want to Become a Probation Officer?
August 23, 2020: The Power of PESA - A Primer
July 23, 2020: Love and PESA in the Time of COVID-19