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Urban League Appoints Chief Neighborhood Officer for Neighborhoods@Work
Initiative
Pamela Bakewell-Griggs
to lead Crenshaw program
From
staff reports
The Los Angeles
Urban League recently announced the appointment of Pamela Bakewell-Griggs
to the post of Chief Neighborhood Officer (CNO) beginning April 1.
In her new position, Bakewell-Griggs will be responsible for overseeing
the league’s Neighborhood Initiatives Office and executing the
Neighborhoods@Work program.
Launched in December 2007, the Neighborhoods@Work initiative is a five-year
plan designed to revitalize the South Los Angeles area one neighborhood
at a time. The strategic plan focuses on five key areas of improvement:
education, employment, health, housing and safety. The first neighborhood
to be transformed by the initiative is the 70-block Park Mesa Heights
area surrounding Crenshaw High School. In the future, the League envisions
the plan will serve as a model for initiating change in other urban
neighborhoods across the region.
“Pamela has served as an active and integral member of our community
for many years,” said Blair Taylor, president and CEO, L.A. Urban
League. “Now, she will join the L.A. Urban League as a force
for change. With her help, we plan to take our Neighborhoods@Work initiative
to the next level to continue the League’s pattern of bringing
positive change to the community.”
The L.A. Urban League is partnering with a variety of government, corporate
and community organizations, including the Mayor’s Office, the
Los Angeles Unified School District, the Los Angeles Police Department,
the City Attorney’s Office, the University of Southern California,
Park Mesa Heights community groups and many other private and public
partners.
Prior to her position with the L.A. Urban League, Bakewell-Griggs held
various executive positions at The Bakewell Company, a real estate
company, and at The Brotherhood Crusade, a philanthropic institution
dedicated to raising and distributing funds to L.A. County non-profit
organizations.
Bakewell-Griggs is replacing Interim Chief Neighborhood Officer Anthony
Maddox, who will be moving into the League’s chief of staff position.
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