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YWCA of Greater Los Angeles organized with 300 members. |
| YWCA of Greater Los Angeles incorporated. Headquarters on Spring Street; 6 rooms for program and lunchroom for business girls; classes in cooking, languages, stenography and elocution. |  |
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YWCA Negro women establish 12th Street branch in Los Angeles. |
YWCA
establishes International Institute to work with foreign born women.The Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Residence is built at 3rd and Loma Drive. Deeded in trust to the YWCA by Senator William Clark.
| The Magnolia Residence, 615 East 3rd Street is purchased by Japanese community and deeded to YWCA as dormitory for young Japanese women. |  |
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Compton Center is established, with initial services offered to teens in the Willowbrook area. |
| Transient hotel for women operated by YWCA on sixth floor of Hayward Hotel at 6th and Spring Street. |  |
| Angeles Mesa branch building on Vernon Avenue purchased. |  |
YWCA of Greater Los Angeles program begins at Jordan Downs Housing project in Watts.
Funding obtained for Women's Career Development project to train disadvantaged Hispanic women for employment.
Infant Care Center opened at San Fernando High School.
| Child Care services at North Valley funded by State Department of Education. |
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Asian Pacific Services, a program which helps Korean American women and youth assimilate into the Greater Los Angeles community and introduces them to the YWCA programs, is begun.
National YWCA Convention hosted in Los Angeles.
YWCA of Greater LA "Day of Remembrance" held at Pershing Square in collaboration with Inter-religious Council.
YWCA of GLA commitment to The Campaign for Affirmative Action at national level with NAACP and Feminist Majority confirmed.
YWCA of GLA hosted delegation from YWCA of Samoa.
La Posada Child Development Center opened in urban LA area in collaboration with NEW (New Economics for Women).
Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Richard Riordan function as Week Without Violence Chairpersons.
YWCA takes public stand for "NO Against Proposition 209."
Board approves YWCA to be lead agency for LA Bridges.
La Villa Mariposa opened in collaboration with NEW.
Racial Justice Institute Foundation workshop sponsored by YWCA of GLA.
Establishment
of fulltime funded position dedicated to Public Policy. Renovation and Grand Opening of Compton Program location.
Tech GYRLS at Compton program location implemented.
New logo and slogan "For a Lifetime" introduced.
Queen's Care makes significant donation to Encore PLUS program.
Job Corps contract awarded to YWCA for additional 5 years.
Establishment of core programs: Life Planning and Work, Family Life, Health Promotion and Community Service and Advocacy.
Dr. Maya Angelou receives the Soromundi award at the Inaugural Benefactrix Ball.
YWCA of Greater Los Angeles sells Case Hotel in Downtown L.A.
YWCAGLA/USA and PepsiCo held the 1st Girls Leadership Summit in Orange County. Over 200 youth attended from Hartford-Connecticut, Dallas-Texas and Los Angeles-California.
The Union Pacific Child Development Center opened its doors in East Los Angeles.
YWCA along with trainees from the LA Job Corps Center host the "Community Literacy Fair" at the Union Pacific location. Approximately 400 parents and children from the East Los Angeles community attended. Attendees received free books, carnival food, and participated in reading time and games.
Sexual Assault Crisis Services celebrates 20 years of dedicated advocacy and assistance to women in the Compton, Gardena, Lynwood, and Watts service areas.
