826LA

Our Mission

826LA is a nonprofit organization with locations in Mar Vista and Echo Park; a satellite location at Manual Arts Senior High School; and relationships with more than 100 Los Angeles schools. We are dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to students’ future success. With this approach and objective in mind, we provide in-school tutoring, assistance with student publications, after-school tutoring, workshops, and help for English language learners All of our programs are free, and our overriding goal is to help our students find their voice and give them the power to express that voice with creativity and confidence.