Dr. Mother Love chats with Saundra Bryant regarding her 40 yrs of Service

Saundra Bryant first came to All Peoples Community Center when she was just two. More specifically, she came to our daycare. She participated in our programs throughout her childhood and adolescence. She’s been our Executive Director for over 30 years. Her commitment to her community is demonstrated by her lifelong service to others. 

She has served as a Community Service Member on the Board of Directors of the Asian American Drug Abuse Program of Los Angeles. She served on several panels for the orientation of police officers serving in LAPD’s specialized units, including its SWAT division.

In 1987, Saundra became the first female member of the Los Angeles Host Lions Club, chartered in 1914, and in 1992 was installed as its first female President!

House of Prayer for All Peoples was chartered in May 1946. Until 1964, the church and center worked as a single entity, as one of seven mission centers in the US sponsored by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Then, the Community Center and Church became separate entities.

Started well before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s-60s, this was a revolutionary concept. As the 2008 Strategic Plan says, “At a time when  segregation were still an everyday reality in Los Angeles, the establishment of All Peoples, a multi-ethnic and multi-racial community center, was not just path-breaking, it was revolutionary.”
 All Peoples Community Center has survived World War II, major earthquakes,  Watts Riot, & the 1992 civil unrest.
The Vernon Central community of South Los Angeles has gone from Japanese-American to African-American, to Latinx. All Peoples Community Center continues to serve people of all ages and races. Even when COVID-19 hit, the doors remained open, providing hunger relief for
families and older adults, emergency rental relief & preventing learning loss for school-age youth.