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. 

Community & Lifestyle

Non Profit

Social Impact

Community Coalition

Alberto Retana

Rosalind Jones

Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Linda Gomez

Marsha Mitchell-Bray

Glauz Diego

Ernesto Rocha

Community Outreach and Program Management

Leadership Team

Teams at Community Coalition

Community Outreach and Program Management

Leadership Team