We organize everyday people, every day!
At Community Coalition, we strengthen community by building an intersectional network of community residents, youth, service providers, and organizations.
Community Coalition is a grassroots organization composed primarily of youth and adult residents of South Los Angeles. We unite the voices of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and people of color to bring about social change together. CoCo works on the frontlines of social change to dismantle systemic racism and economic inequity. CoCo focuses on the root causes of problems to create sustainable change that goes beyond short-term solutions.
By involving thousands of community members in issue campaigns, our work ensures that solutions are rooted in both the needs and aspirations of the community. This approach leads to more effective and long-lasting change that can withstand challenges and continue to benefit the community in the future.
We Organize for Equal
Access to Opportunity
Our mission is to transform the social and economic conditions that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy.
As a powerful united voice, Community Coalition is dedicated to using our vast platform to elevate local organizing efforts and advance racial and economic justice initiatives.
A Word About Community Organizing
Community organizing is the foundation of CoCo’s social change strategy. It is a strategy rooted in power building that brings people directly impacted by problems together to drive change. We know that those who are closest to problems are the ones who are also closest to the solutions.
Community organizing empowers people to take control of their lives and destinies. It provides a toolbox for everyone to develop leadership skills, gain confidence, and become active participants in shaping their communities. Organizers don’t just make statements, we make a difference in the lives of people.
It’s all about people and their power. People, power, progress.
Our Reach
1000
Community Residents touched annually through community meetings and townhalls.
35000
Following on social media platforms
18000
The number of residents engaged over the last two years. They keep CoCo informed on their issues, and what the solutions should be.
Our Victories
2024: Stop The Stops Rally
The PUSH LA Coalition convened on June 12, 2024 for a press conference and rally ahead of a significant motion hearing by the Los Angeles City Council. “It has been four years since this motion was introduced. It’s been a lot of work to keep pushing it forward … to work with them, and so we’ve done all the work on the outside to answer all the questions, do the research,” said Leslie Johnson with Community Coalition.
2023: CoCo Marched to Free the Land
On October 7, 2023 the people of South Los Angeles reset the debate around negligent landowners and nuisance properties that contribute to violence, abuse, and entrapment. Black and Brown residents have been ignored for too long, and these conditions would not be tolerated in other (whiter) communities like Beverly Hills. We marched to FREE The Land in a call to action to liberate 12 motels along the Figueroa Corridor between Gage and Century.
2022: CoCo Continues To Build Permanence in Vermont Corridor
CoCo officially acquired a new site located at 7514 S. Vermont Avenue. The property will serve as the future home of CoCo’s Center for Community Organizing (CCO).