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826LA
Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Formation
2005
Founders
Nínive Calegari and Dave Eggers
Type
Non-profit organization
Purpose
Education
Headquarters
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart 1714 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026
The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart 12515 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066
Region served
Los Angeles
Executive Director
Joel Arquillos
Main organ
Advisory board: J.J. Abrams Judd Apatow Fiona Apple Miguel Arteta Mac Barnett Steve Barr Joshuah Bearman Father Greg Boyle, SJ Stefan G. Bucher Mark Flanagan Naomi Foner Mitchell Frank Ben Goldhirsh Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Nicole Holofcener Spike Jonze Miranda July Catherine Keener Al Madrigal Melissa Mathison Katie McGrath R. Scott Mitchell Lani Monos B. J. Novak Jane Patterson Keri Putnam Sonja Rasula Luis J. Rodriguez Tara Roth J. Ryan Stradal Sarah Vowell Sally Willcox
Affiliations
826 National
Staff
20
Volunteers
4,000+
Website
http://www.826la.org/
826LA is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6–18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write. Programs are structured around one-on-one attention. 826LA was founded in 2005 and is one of several chapters of 826 National. To serve students across Los Angeles' various regions, there are two locations: 826LA in Mar Vista and 826LA in Echo Park. The organization also operates Writers' Rooms on the campuses of Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles and Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, and offers a range of virtual writing and tutoring programs.[1]
The 826LA Board of Directors consists of Susan Ko, Sarah Rosenwald Varet, Nancy Yang, Chad DePue, Andy Alcaraz, Ben Au, Adriana Centeno, Matthew Cherniss, Dave Eggers, Jodie Evans, Scott A. Ginsburg, Eileen Shields, Belinda Tan, and Holly A. Thomas.
There are eight other 826 National chapters; San Francisco (826 Valencia), NYC (826NYC), Chicago (826CHI), Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti/Detroit (826michigan), Boston (826 Boston), New Orleans (826 New Orleans), Minneapolis/St. Paul (826 MSP) and Washington, D.C. (826DC).
826LA is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6–18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helping...
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Mann and Apatow are both longtime supporters of the nonprofit organization 826LA, which focuses on encouraging and developing the writing skills of disadvantaged...
of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Bearman is an advisory board member of 826LA, a non-profit tutoring organization in Los Angeles. He lives in Los Angeles...
eight chapters include 826 Valencia in San Francisco, 826NYC in Brooklyn, 826LA in Los Angeles, 826CHI in Chicago, 826Michigan (serving Ann Arbor, Detroit...
2018). ""Critters" around the world raise $100k+ for 826LA in Critical Role matching campaign". 826LA. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved...
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826LA. Additionally, Apatow's book, "Sick in the Head", in which he interviews comedy icons such as Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno, benefitted the 826LA...
Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012. 826LA '826LA raises $6,500 at Mark Moore Gallery's "Spread the Word" with Jason Bentley...
to Benefit 826LA is a compilation album by various artists, released in April 2010. The album was part of a collaborative project with 826LA, the Los Angeles-based...
826LA Staff (January 31, 2012). "Flourish in February: we're planning on enjoying a month with CiL, Dianna Agron, and Valentine's Day poetry!". 826LA...
recreation manifestation and the central event in the Western Serbia The 826LA Paddle Boat Regatta, Los Angeles, CA (paddle boats) Kyōtei – parimutuel...
efforts to teach children of the 826LA Organization the art of songwriting and how to creatively express themselves. 826LA held a workshop titled "Songwriting...
Retrieved October 27, 2020. "826LA's Chickens in Love". Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2019. "826LA to Release 'Chickens...
Here (2010, Art Fag Recordings) "New Beginning" on Chickens in Love (2010, 826LA/Origami) "Jail La La" on The Hyper Fidelity (2010, Cargo Records) "Coming...
Brion and written by children involved with the non-profit organization 826LA. The song was included on a compilation album released by the organization...
Critical Role and the community care most about. These charities include 826LA, Red Nose Day, OSD, Pablove and OutRight International, and since we began...
also active with the youth writing programs 826 National, 826michigan, and 826LA. A graduate of the alternative Community High School and the University...
machine" to discuss their life and work. The podcast was created in support of 826LA, and all proceeds from the show are donated to the organization. The podcast...
nine chapters that make up 826 National: 826 Valencia, 826NYC in Brooklyn, 826LA in Los Angeles, 826CHI in Chicago, 826michigan (serving Ann Arbor, Detroit...
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addition to publishing All Roads Lead to Blood, Chau has previously worked for 826LA, an LA-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching writing skills to students...
Leelila is an active supporter of a non-profit organization in Venice called 826LA, dedicated to helping students from the ages of 6 through 18 develop their...
A few of the organizations that have participated included WriteGirl, 826LA, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and STARS – San Diego Youth Services. VOICE INSTRUCTION...
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