The Gateway Cities Regional Climate Collaborative (GCRCC) was founded in 2023 by five community partners that had enjoyed trusting, working relationships for over five years – the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (the COG), the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative, TreePeople, GRID Alternatives, and the Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office. These partners worked on multiple joint projects designed to help increase the health, wealth, and sustainability of the Southeast Los Angeles region’s individuals, families, and neighborhoods. The establishment of the GCRCC was supported through the California Strategic Growth Council’s (SGC) Regional Climate Collaboratives (RCC) Program, a capacity-building grant that enables cross-sectoral partners to deepen relationships and strengthen local coordination, leadership, knowledge, skills, and access to critical resources to drive and sustain climate action.
The GCRCC leverages an existing policy agenda, The SELA Agenda, to inform and guide its work. The SELA Agenda was created through extensive community engagement and outreach strategies led by the SELA Collaborative and bringing together more than 80 SELA residents, businesses and nonprofit leaders to identify the impacts of COVID-19 and to lay out a process to ensure the region’s recovery and future prosperity by bringing SELA’s needs to the attention of elected officials, philanthropy, business sector, and community stakeholders. The resulting plan, released in March 2021, includes eight policy focus areas: education, environmental justice, economic recovery, healthcare, housing, nonprofit safety net, civic engagement, and regional advocacy. Each policy focus area has suggestions for immediate and long-term investments to support recovery, promote equitable access to resources, address changes at a policy or systemic level, and serve as a guide for the GCRCC’s projects and work.
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所属行业
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非盈利组织
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规模
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2-10 人
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总部
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Paramount，CA
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类型
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非营利机构
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创立
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2023
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领域
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community building、leadership、environmental justice、capacity building、training、strategic growth、community development、climate action、sustainability 、philanthropy、nonprofit 、southeast los angeles、equity和inclusive leadership
