Community Coalition
Karren Lane is an experienced professional in the nonprofit sector, currently serving as Program Director at The California Wellness Foundation since February 2021. Previously, Karren held the position of Vice President of Policy at Community Coalition and served as Program Director at Weingart Foundation from November 2018 to January 2021. Karren's expertise encompasses program management and policy development within community-focused organizations.
Community Coalition
Our Mission: To help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy. Who We Are: Community leaders, including U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass, founded Community Coalition as a non-profit organization in 1990 in response to the 1980's crack cocaine epidemic that devastated South LA. The goal was to provide preventative community-centered solutions to the drug problem. Community Coalition works with African American and Latino residents to build a prosperous and healthy South LA with safe neighborhoods, quality schools, a strong social safety net and positive economic development in order to reduce crime, poverty and substance abuse in our community.