Together We Can.
Saving Lives Through Life-Changing Education.
Transformational Leadership. Community Engagement. Capacity Building.
Saving Lives Through Life-Changing Education.
Transformational Leadership. Community Engagement. Capacity Building.
Saving Lives Through Life-Changing Education.
Transformational Leadership. Community Engagement. Capacity Building.
LAM, The RAMS & Nick Gardens!
We are thrilled to unveil the brand-new 60-yard turf football field at the Nickerson Gardens Housing Development, a collaborative effort between the Los Angeles Rams and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). This state-of-the-art field is more than just a place to play—it represents a significant investment in our community, providing youth with a safe, high-quality space to engage in sports, develop teamwork, and cultivate leadership skills. This initiative underscores our commitment to fostering positive change and creating lasting opportunities for the youth of Nickerson Gardens and the broader Watts community.
For more information on upcoming events and programs at the new field, please contact Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches.
For more information on upcoming events and programs at the new field, please contact Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches.
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LAM, The Lakers & Nick Gardens!
Get ready to hit the court and experience the newly renovated basketball gym at Nickerson Gardens Housing Development! Thanks to a powerful collaboration between the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation, and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, come check out our community's upgraded space to play, train, and grow. Bring your A-game, your love for the sport, and let's ball!
Nickerson Gardens Gym | Event & Programming Managed by Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches
Nickerson Gardens Gym | Event & Programming Managed by Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches' Mission
Founded in 1995, Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches is a California non-profit organization. We are not a church. We are people of various faiths, and we work together to change conditions for whoever needs it the most—year to year. LAM works for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizations and subject matter experts.
LAM provides non-profit intermediary services to small organizations: fiscal agent service, program development, technical assistance, compliance, and access to capital/financial literacy education classes.
We also facilitate transformational leadership, community development, and community research. Our constituency uses our information to create change and improve families and youth in Los Angeles, California, and worldwide.
We are training a new generation of leaders. We co-sponsor an annual coding competition for high school students with cash prizes. We are survivors and not victims.
Contact us today at 323-238-0446 for more information.
LAM provides non-profit intermediary services to small organizations: fiscal agent service, program development, technical assistance, compliance, and access to capital/financial literacy education classes.
We also facilitate transformational leadership, community development, and community research. Our constituency uses our information to create change and improve families and youth in Los Angeles, California, and worldwide.
We are training a new generation of leaders. We co-sponsor an annual coding competition for high school students with cash prizes. We are survivors and not victims.
Contact us today at 323-238-0446 for more information.
Our Team: Faith & Community Legends
Our amazing team of clergy, ministry leaders and spiritual counselors, volunteers, subject experts, everyday residents, businesses, and property owners are committed to helping our community flourish.
Guided by moral and ethical convictions, we share a bond that works for winning campaigns and building publicly skilled leaders.
LAM is a member-led community organization working for racial, health, economic justice through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and community-building in Los Angeles, California.
A team of younger organizers drives part of our work which promotes art, culture, and political education as an essential part of rebuilding the foundation of the Black community
Guided by moral and ethical convictions, we share a bond that works for winning campaigns and building publicly skilled leaders.
LAM is a member-led community organization working for racial, health, economic justice through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and community-building in Los Angeles, California.
A team of younger organizers drives part of our work which promotes art, culture, and political education as an essential part of rebuilding the foundation of the Black community
Our History in Justice Reform and Black American Community Organizing
Seeing a need for energetic, non-profit work in criminal justice reform, a group of South Central LA-based pastors formed LAM to provide sensible solutions to ending mass incarceration through existing prison ministries. Formerly incarcerated are today referred to as returning citizens. An entire movement was birthed by a small group of committed faith-based men and women in South LA. The day-to-day business of the church boosts the need for an intermediary 501(c)(3) to handle the administrative details and became standard operating procedures in 2002. It changed the landscape of human services in Los Angeles and in the Black community forever.
Each year LAM grows in its family of outreach programs & community services:
Each year LAM grows in its family of outreach programs & community services:
- Black History/K-12 Instruction
- Health Literacy, Navigation, Digital Resources
- Virtual Advocates
- Economic empowerment & financial literacy
- Community engagement
- Reentry services & support
- Violence prevention services & trauma-informed services
- Training and leadership development
- Youth Development and Prevention
- Community Research and public health best practices
- Alternatives to incarceration
Contribute To LAM's Work
Faith in Action!
Your support and contributions help us act collectively, protect grassroots values, promote civic engagement and movement building across race and class. Your contributions create jobs and access to capital for black-led nonprofit organizations and small business founders. We mentor formerly incarcerated adults and youth; we mentor new leaders in health and social equity. We work with black history experts and artists to develop programs for populations most harmed by the war on drugs and especially people living in South LA, the City of Watts, and Unincorporated Willowbrook, Westmont/West Athens. We sponsor afterschool programs, health ministries, community health ambassadors, young investigators, social enterprises, healing services for male victims of crime, homeless women, families, and young adults.