About Us

Community Services Unlimited Inc. (CSU), is a 501c3 established in 1977 and head quartered in South Central Los Angeles.

Since then it has created community programs and organizing campaigns like the early Safe Seniors to the more recent Free Medical Screening Program and the most recent From the Ground Up.

CSU has also provided fiscal sponsorship and support for many grass roots organizing efforts ranging in diversity from Police Watch, Community in Support of the Gang Truce, and Food Forestry International.

Our Mission

Our mission is to foster the creation of communities actively working to address the inequalities and systemic barriers that make sustainable communities and self-reliant life-styles unattainable. 

We are committed to supporting and creating justice-driven community-based programs and educational initiatives, which seek to foster dialogue, and create awareness and critical consciousness.

Our Vision

We envision equitable, healthful and sustainable communities that are self-reliant, inter-relating and where every individual has the support and resources needed to develop to their fullest capacity.

 

Our vision in informed by ACTION (Active Community To Improve Our Nutrition), a food assessment conducted  in partnership with the Healthy School Food Coalition, Blazers Safe Haven, the New Panther Vanguard Movement and Atlachinolli Front . View our ACTION report here. 

Support CSU

There are many ways to Support CSU, the Paul Robeson Community Wellness Center and Village Market Place. As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic the importance of having well functioning local food systems is gaining increasing attention. We are proud to be part of a network of community organizations and small farmers who are working to keep our community fed during this crisis.

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