Congratulations to our top 25 finalists of the My LA2050 Activation Challenge! Earlier this year, we put out an open call for ideas that will activate 100,000 Angelenos to make LA the best place to learn, create, play, connect, and live.

One winner will be chosen among the top five in each goal category based on the results of public voting. Each winning organization will receive a total of $200,000 (over two years) and a partnership from LA2050 to execute their proposal. Voting begins on June 19, 9am PT and will continue until June 29, 5pm PT.

The 2018 My LA2050 Activation Challenge winners will be announced on July 9, so stay tuned!

Here's to you LA! Thank you for inspiring us with so many innovative ideas to #ActivateforLA.

Announcing the finalists by goal category:

LEARN

• Big Brothers Big Sisters LA - Mentoring College Success with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater LA
• Center for Innovation in STEM Education (CISE) - Next Generation Science Standards: Empowering Teachers to Empower Students for the Future of STEM
• Charles R. Drew University - Saturday Science Academy II: Preparing the Next Generation of STEM & Health Care Leaders
• Common Sense - Closing the Digital Equity Gap for Underserved Latino Families with Common Sense
• Harlem Lacrosse - Every Angeleno is an all star on our team. Help HL-LA build our home field advantage!

CREATE

• Brioxy - Brioxy Builds Los Angeles' Creative Cerebro for Artists of Color
• LA Street Vendor Campaign - LA Street Vendors: Building an Inclusive Economy for the Future City
• Long Beach Downtown Development Corporation - The Sustainable Tech Intellectual Property Education Series (STIPES)
• MAKE it in LA - Maker Walk: behind-the-scenes look at locally-made brands and factories around LA
• National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) - Emerging Content Creators Inclusion Initiative (ECC Inclusion Initiative)

PLAY

• Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence - Inspiring Community Action to End Gun Violence in L.A. by Stopping “Bad Apple" Gun Dealers
• Dodgers Foundation - Using the Power of Baseball to Engage 100,000 Angelenos in PLAY!
• Kounkuey Design Initiative - Play YOUR way, LA!
• People for Parks - COMPAS for Park Equity: co-powering & mobilizing communities to expand Community School Parks in LA
• Trust for Public Land - Play LA! Open Spaces for LA2050!

CONNECT

• CASA/LA - Youth to Youth: Helping Young Adults Exit Foster Care
• Homeboy Industries - Homeboy and LA Voice: Organizing formerly incarcerated Angelenos to vote
• Investing in Place - More than Minivans: the Female Future of Transportation
• Miry's List - Welcome, Neighbor: Making LA the most welcoming place in America
• VoteRunLead - Women Lead L.A.: Activating Women to Collaborate, Lead, and Make Positive Change

LIVE

• LA County Electric Bus Coalition - #NextStopCleanAir: Electric School Buses for LA's Kids
• LA Kitchen - Seed to Sky: building an economic bridge from LA's community gardens to LAX
• Move LA - Vision 2020: An Achievable Plan to Save Us All from Air Toxins, Diesel Pollution & Climate Change!
• United Way of Greater Los Angeles - EVERYONE IN: Preventing 30,000 Angelenos from Becoming Homeless
• The Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's - YouthCare - Intergenerational Respite Care

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*in alphabetical order