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TEDx Compton Blvd Women

Two members of the Compton Advocates Team were featured in the recent TEDx Compton Blvd Women event held virtually. Founder Candace Leos tells shares her journey to becoming a community advocate and Executive member Mercedes Flores tells her powerful story.

Their videos have recently been uploaded onto the TEDx YouTube channel. Please click to view their stories.

Candace Leos - Founder

Did you know that making the decision to follow your passion can be scary? But it can also be the most fulfilling thing that you can do. Candace Leos shares her journey about coming to terms with not feeling “good enough” to realizing that our experiences shape who we are in her talk “The Unintentional Activist”.

Mercedes Flores - Executive Team

In a modern spin on the phrase "It Takes a Village," Mercedes Flores shares why it truly Takes a Community! Listen as she shares her story and explains how having safe spaces available in the community positively impacted her life.

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Community Meetings

Compton Advocates holds bi-weekly meetings in partnership with Vecinos Unidos Por Compton. Our goal is to unite community members. We use our community roundtables to discuss current events, issues that require our attention and potential solutions.

Community Events

Community events are held monthly with special events added as they arise. We also partner with other local groups and sponsors to hold community cleanups, community game nights and larger scale events. We will list all events on our events page and will also post on social media. Find what you're comfortable with and join us!

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

― Margaret Mead

Compton Advocates Coalition is a non-partisan, not-for-profit charitable organization committed to supporting the Compton Community. We do not support or endorse any candidate and will present all information on a neutral platform.