About D’Artagnan

D’Artagnan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Social Justice Learning Institute, a non-profit organization that works to help his community achieve health and educational equity. His leadership helped establish community gardens, a farmers market, and create healthy lifestyle centers in Inglewood. He also developed the Urban Scholars program to provide students with opportunities for academic support, personal growth, college guidance, and jobs. The program is available in seven schools, including Inglewood’s. Among the students who have completed the program, 95 percent have graduated from high school and 85 percent were accepted to college. D’Artagnan is a community organizer with extensive program development and policy experience and he’s helped passed green school policies and statewide policies democratizing food access.