As we celebrate 50 years of Friends Outside in Los Angeles County in 2022, during National Women’s Month we also celebrate the women of Friends Outside Los Angeles. Today, we are celebrating former board president and women’s advocate, Joyce Ride!
George Ferrick, FOLA’s First Paid Executive Director
Mary: How did you become the first paid FOLA Executive Director? George: I found out about Friends Outside from Alice Callahan, a nun who became an Episcopal Priest and was the founder of Casas de las Familias. She told me about the job opening at FOLA. I had just gotten a master’s degree in Family […]
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Meet our Honorary Co-Chairs for FACES 2022!
As we celebrate 50 years of Friends Outside in Los Angeles County in 2022, during National Women’s Month we also celebrate the women of Friends Outside Los Angeles. Today, we are celebrating former board president and women’s advocate, Joyce Ride!
Mary Interviews Curtis Dowds, Our Founder’s Son
Mary: Tell us a little about yourself and your mother. Curtis: I am my mother’s oldest child. My mom was born in 1918 in Arkansas, in the Mississippi Delta. At the age of eight, driven mostly by drought-induced crop failures, mom and her parents moved to Alhambra, CA, just as the Depression hit. My mom […]
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Paying Tribute to Former Board President Joyce Ride
As we celebrate 50 years of Friends Outside in Los Angeles County in 2022, during National Women’s Month we also celebrate the women of Friends Outside Los Angeles. Today, we are celebrating former board president and women’s advocate, Joyce Ride!