The Los Angeles Service Academy (LASA)

How do LA’s youth experience LA and how do they imagine LA’s future? LASA invites them to consider how they can be problem-solvers and visionaries of both the LA of today and of tomorrow.

Designed as a supplement to the regular school year, the Los Angeles Service Academy provides an intensive introduction to the infrastructure and institutions of greater Los Angeles for high school juniors who have expressed an interest in public, civic, and civil service.

Participants gain the experience and knowledge necessary to better understand the intricacies – infrastructural, historical, political, economic, and otherwise – of the region in which they live, and build lasting bonds of friendship, camaraderie, and work experience with a diverse group of peers.

LASA combines seminars, fieldwork and student engagement. Our hope is that, over time, LASA will change the lives and career paths of hundreds of high school students in the region and will become an agent of change and community building throughout Los Angeles. [https://laserviceacademy.org/about/]