"African American Leisure, Southern California Tales and Bruce’s Beach" An illustrated lecture by Alison Rose Jefferson, Ph.D. The history of the Afro-Angeleno...
Facilitating Knowledge and Community Pride Through Cutting Edge Programming at SAMO High
To encourage awareness of local history and civic engagement with Nick Gabaldón Day 2016 as a focal point, myself, Alison Rose Jefferson, Ph.D. (historian and Santa Monica Conservancy member), Sara Wan...
Great Breakfast, Thoughtful Dialog, Fun and Engagement with the Members of The L.A. Breakfast Club
On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 I was invited to speak about the history of race relations at Santa Monica Beach at Los Angeles Breakfast Club meeting by member Steve McAvoy. For over 90 years the Club has...
Greetings from Los Angeles, California and Cheers for the New Year!
I hope for all of you, 2015 was a year of accomplishments, memorable moments, inspiration and a few adventures. Often this time of year promotes reflection on ones activities of the past year, and how to...
Travel, Adventure, Learning, Exploration and Renewed Inspiration
Also, this past summer I managed to squeeze in a little travel and adventure that was inspirational and educational. I made a presentation at the 2015 Collegium for African American Research (CAAR)...
Accomplishments and New Life Opportunities
For me it was a busy year of finishing up a phase of investment in knowledge attainment to explore new life directions and enhanced career opportunities. To those of you who do not know, yes, in December...





