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- Reach Out and Read
- ROR is a local chapter of the national Reach Out and Read Program and is dedicated to promoting early literacy in underserved populations. Participants volunteer their time to visit hospitals and pediatric clinics affiliated with LAC+USC Hospital and read to children in the waiting rooms. The organization also provides books for families if they cannot afford books for their children.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Julie Jung Kang, 818-462-3447
Email: jungkang@usc.edu
- Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases
- Funded in 1999 by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases is a collaborative effort among the leaders in the study of alcoholic liver and pancreatic diseases in the Los Angeles area. Key center researchers are academically affiliated with renowned institutions such as the University of Southern California (USC), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The center's mission is to promote integrated research on alcoholic liver and pancreatic diseases by cross-utilization of scientific expertise and resources among investigators at USC- and UCLA-affiliated institutions. It also promotes education, prevention, and training in alcohol-related diseases in medical, scientific and lay communities in the city. ||The center provides an annual community seminar on pancreas and liver protection. The seminar includes a lecture and open forum question and answer session with doctors from USC and UCLA.
Contact: Hidekazu Tsukamoto, 323-442-3121
Email: htsukamo@usc.edu
- Retired Faculty Association, Caldwell Scholarship Committee
- The association awards a $3,000 Russell Caldwell Neighborhood Scholarship per year for four years to a recipient from each of nine senior high schools near USC.
Ages Served: 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: RFA President , 213-740-8169
- Risk Reduction Program
- The program provides free comprehensive services for youth ages 12 through 23 living with HIV, prevention services for youth at risk, as well as various research programs. The program also co-sponsors the Los Angeles County Adolescent HIV Consortium and Transgender Youth Consortium. The Minority AIDS Initiative also provides services for HIV positive youth of color between 13 and 24 living in Los Angeles County.
Ages Served: 15 to 24 yrs.; 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Miguel Martinez, 323-669-2390
Email: mimartinez@chla.usc.edu
- Rites of Sisterhood
- ROS provides intervention outreach and mentor services for young women who attend middle school near the USC campus. Weekly Saturday sessions are held and cultural awareness field trips are organized. Sponsored by the USC Philanthropy Fund.
Ages Served: 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: ROS President , 213-740-8257
Email: ros@usc.edu
- Ryman Program for Young Artists
- Throughout the year during spring, summer and fall semesters, the Ryman Programs offers a series of intensive art classes at the USC School of Fine Arts to high school students exhibiting talent in the visual arts. Sequential classes offered in both drawing and painting. Guest artists, models, field trips, and career and college guidance are included in the curriculum. An annual student art show is organized each year at the USC School of Fine Arts Lindhurt Gallery. All selected students receive a full scholarship to attend classes. Call or visit the Web site for application.
Ages Served: 14-18 years old; 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: Lucia Aguayo-Huerta, 213-629-2787
Email: lhuerta@rymanarts.org
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