Justin is now a senior at Village Christian High School preparing to apply for college. She reported on and wrote a blog post about Liberty Hill grantee Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA)вЂs innovative cell-phone moviemaking program and created a Liberty Hill вЂњMessage Map,вЂќ a helpful tool for strategic communications. Melissa, a student at USC, undertook projects including documenting Liberty Hill-sponsored policy briefings on education reform and on school discipline policies. Pictured above are two of our summer interns, Melissa Montalvo and Justin Ko. Here are highlights of the contributions of individuals whoвЂ™ve supported social justice by sharing their time and talents with us in recent months. ThereвЂ™s been some heavy lifting done by volunteers and interns at Liberty Hill lately. We ask them to share their timely stories on video, in person and in the media.ДЇive Leaders: Showing the Way to a New L.A.! Gay Straight Alliance NetworkвЂ™s Ariel BustamanteД®ach year Liberty Hill calls upon members of our community to represent our amazing family of community organizers, donor-activists and allies.Kendra Moore of People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER).Rabbi Heather Miller and Melissa de la Rama, donor activists.Kruti Parekh of Youth Justice Coalition.ItвЂ™s an honor and a responsibility to be a Liberty Hill Leader to Watch! WeвЂ™ll be checking in throughout 2013 to find out whatвЂ™s happening on the frontlines of campaigns for change that these dynamic women are involved in.

Liberty Hill is pleased to announce our 2013 Leaders to Watch, recognizing the energy and achievements of outstanding social-justice leaders in L.A. Kruti Parekh, Rabbi Miller, Melissa de la Rama, Kendra Moore, Ariel Bustamante.

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