Together We Can.

Saving Lives Through Life-Changing Education.

Transformational Leadership. Community Engagement. Capacity Building.

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Together We Can.

Saving Lives Through Life-Changing Education.

Transformational Leadership. Community Engagement. Capacity Building.

CALL TODAY

LAM, The Lakers & Nick Gardens!

Words cannot express our gratitude for the overwhelming support and generosity towards the Nickerson Gardens community. The generous support and contributions of remarkable organizations and individuals, including The Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, Brian Peterson, Donny Joubert, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), Kiesha Nix, VP of Los Angeles Lakers Charitable Affairs & Lakers Youth Foundation, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Councilman Tim McOsker, Doug Guthrie, President & CEO of HACLA, Jennifer Thomas Arthurs, Assistant Director of HACLA, Watts Gang Taskforce, and countless others. Your dedication and commitment have been truly humbling, and we are honored.

Success Story

WE'RE

ACHIEVING  OUR

GOALS!

Equity, Access, Growth

Our dedicated team of activists is working to address the pressing disparities in Black maternal and infant health.  


Their coalition is the backbone organization for SPA 6 & 8, and their mission is to ensure that every Black mother and infant in Los Angeles receives the quality care, support, and opportunities they deserve.

Knowledge Encourages Self-Advocacy

Our community workshops and awareness campaigns empower Black mothers with knowledge, reducing misinformation and improving decision-making during pregnancy and childbirth.

Street Medicine TEAM!

We successfully mobilized grassroots support within the Black faith community, organizing small events and virtual support groups fostering solidarity through shared experiences and self-advocacy for lasting change.

Bring Technology to the Community

Recognizing the importance of data, we researched to collect and analyze data on maternal and infant health among Black families. 


Designing data-informed, evidence based recommendations for policymakers to lobby for changes and healthcare improvements.

Cheryl A. Branch

Executive Director, Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches

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.

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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




left to right: Dr. Clyde Oden, Jr., OD, M.Div., MPH, MBA, Rev. Cecil Leonard "Chip" Murray, F.A.M.E. Los Angeles (ascended April 2024), Bishop Johnny Ray Youngblood, Mount Pisgah Baptist Church New York, .Rev. Dr. Kelvin T. Calloway Sr., Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church Los Angeles, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Pastor Emeritus Trinity United Church of Christ Chicago,


Gold Transparency 2024

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: 

  • 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!

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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.

LAM is a Guidestar Member Charity
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches call (323) 238-0446

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