Syd Stewart does not consider the work she does a job. It is a purpose, a calling. In her own words, “There’s nothing like being a hope broker and a blessing distributor.”
As the founder and CEO of Better Youth, Inc., Stewart is celebrating the organization’s more than 15 years of service in Los Angeles as a social impact nonprofit that builds creative confidence, closes resource gaps and prepares foster and system-impacted youth ages 17 to 24 for sustained personal growth and professional success in the creative economy.
An extension of Better Youth’s social support services for Transitional Age Youth (TAY) is housing, which is why members of the organization are standing at 280 North Oakland Avenue in Pasadena on Saturday, Nov. 22, alongside its partner organization, Community Builders Group (CBG), and 21-year-old Ayanna Lockett, who will be receiving the keys to her own micro unit courtesy of their new collaborative housing initiative, Opening Doors. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 