We celebrated our community’s resilience and spirit at The Dream Show with the entrepreneurs, musicians, artists, and more who make South LA shine.
Dive deeper into their stories below to learn more about their work and our community.
Go for it, and stick to it. Always keep listening to that little, little voice inside that tells you you want to be an artist.
Synthia St. JamesArtist
Opening the restaurant here was a kind of coming home.
Govind ArmstrongFounding Chef, Post & Beam
What I learned over the years is that restaurants are very important because we’re often the businesses that offer first opportunities and second chances. I’m very proud of that.
Greg DulanOwner, Dulan's on Crenshaw
Music has the ability to bring people together. Music is a universal language, music crosses borders, music unites cultures.
Charly LowryIndigenous Singer-Songwriter
We are a product of South Los Angeles.
Chris MartinezPrincipal Broker, Vinco Vinco Realty Group
It's really cool to be working here in South LA and helping the community at the same time.
Cassie BettsFounder, Made in South LA (MISLA)
When you’re working with something that’s as massive as a horse, you really build that sense of ‘I have to take care of something that’s bigger than me,’ and that’s how we have to look at community, as we have to take care of something that’s bigger than us.
George Magallanes
The garden is the healthiest when it’s diverse. The soil is the healthiest when you have the most diverse amount of life.
Kathleen BlakistoneCo-creator, Moonwater Farm
We have a separate and unequal health system and the lack of access to quality healthcare is killing minorities in this country.
Dr. Elaine BatchlorCEO, MLK Community Healthcare
This is home, this is family. When you grow up in an underserved community, one thing that can be very obvious is the lack of physicians that look like us.
Dr. Yulsi MonteroMLK Community Healthcare
We wouldn't exist as a hospital without the community's support.
Michelle GoldsonMLK Community Healthcare
