Edward R. Roybal Learning Center

AAAJ-LA strongly believes that community education combined with civic engagement is the most effective way to create empowered citizens and make lasting change in communities. If we are awarded this grant we will be able to purchase additional supplies to build more boxes and hence expand our garden thus increasing student and parent involvement. Also, garden expansion will bring us closer to our goal of creating a small project selling the herbs and vegetables at a local farmers market thus providing our Special Education students with job skills and training. In the long term, we hope to achieve the following goals: 1) To develop greater awareness of the environment and its impact on the health and well being of urban low-income communities in the Los Angeles. 2) Improve participant appreciation of the scientific method and its application in solving real world problems. 3) Promote civic engagement on environmental issues amongst urban low-income communities in Los Angeles.