Small business owners who have never worked in the public sector or have little experience in that area and who are interested in learning what it takes to win a contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) construction program, can attend one of three business boot camp seminars.

 Rising from the bottom of the AME Church to the top is the meaningful testimony of the Rt. Rev. T. Larry Kirkland. In 1977, the Rt. Rev. H.H. Brookins brought him from Mississippi to head the newly organized Brookins Community AME Church. This congregation had no members, so those from other AME churches attended the services.