Carol Archie,
UCLA David Geffen
School of Medicine
and The Venice Family Clinic

In 1988, Dr. Carol Archie was a volunteer physician at the Venice Family Clinic, interested in developing a prenatal care program for women with no other access to such care. Now, as a UCLA Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Archie has expanded her ongoing role with the nation's largest free clinic to presiding over its board. "I regard my contribution to the life of the Venice Family Clinic as perhaps the single most important contribution that I can make to our community as a physician," she says. Venice Family Clinic staff and UCLA volunteer physicians care for over 18,000 patients annually.

Gary Gitnick,
UCLA David Geffen
School of Medicine
and The Fulfillment Fund

Dr. Gary Gitnick, UCLA Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases, has partnered with the Fulfillment Fund since 1973. As founder and innovator of the Fulfillment Fund, Dr. Gitnick has seen his vision of providing long-term educational mentoring to disadvantaged students result in an enterprise that serves 3,000 youths annually. Fulfillment students represent L.A. County's lowest-income and most underserved neighborhoods. More than 95 percent of mentored Fulfillment students graduate from high school, and most matriculate to college.

Juan Gomez-Quinones,
UCLA Department of History
and The Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture

UCLA Professor of History Juan Gomez-Quinones has worked for 14 years to sustain a community-serving Latino cultural institution for Los Angeles: the Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture, whose board he currently chairs. Professor Gomez-Quinones' partnership was instrumental to the museum's receiving a $1-million California legislature appropriation to support educational programming for children and youth. His dream of making Latino art available to children in public schools was realized in the museum's development of four separate curriculum guides on Latino art for public middle and high school teachers in Los Angeles.

Mary Keipp,
UCLA Office of
Instructional Development
and The Watts Labor Community Action Committee

The Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) and the Community-Based Learning (CBL) program at UCLA's Office of Instructional Development have been teaming up for seven years to provide career-readiness and educational enhancement services for students and young adults living in Watts. Through her commitment to the residents of LA's communities and to UCLA students, UCLA Program Manager Mary Keipp has had an impact in building effective partnerships. Three current WLCAC-CBL partnerships serve about 1,000 youths annually: the City of Los Angeles' Youth Opportunities and L.A. Bridges programs, and L.A. County's Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency teen services program.