Key Projects

CCLP runs and supports impactful projects across the worlds of news, information, technology, and civic discourse.

Africa – U.S. Initiative (AFUSI)

The Africa – U.S. Initiative is a joint endeavor from the Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership and Policy; the African Centre for the Study of the U.S., University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; the Center for African Studies, Howard University; the Institute for African Studies, George Washington University; and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Visit the AFUSI homepage here.

It seeks to incubate strategies for development through convening some of the brightest minds from across the globe to share and discuss their expertise. Through Africa’s Future monthly forums that include a host of panels, the Africa Initiative generates new insights every month. The Program is led by CCLP Senior Fellow Adam Clayton Powell III.

Election Cybersecurity Initiative (ECI)

The ECI, supported by Google, is an internationally recognized, non-partisan, independent project dedicated to protecting campaigns and elections. We lead cybersecurity workshops in all 50 states featuring input from cybersecurity experts and appearances from local election officials to sitting United States Senators. This work is essential to safeguarding of American democracy. Visit the ECI website here.

The Local News and Student Journalism Initiative (LNSJI) explores the ways in which students can cover areas such as community and local events, the opening of local restaurants, stores and businesses, high school sports, arts and music events, graduation ceremonies, weddings and obituaries – the aspects of local journalism that help to build a sense of community, a field that Steve Waldman calls “cohesion journalism.” The Local News and Student Journalism Executive Summary and the full-length White Paper begin to explore the current state of student journalism in America, discuss the importance of cohesion journalism, highlight some of the best current local student projects, and propose new methods of funding and supporting the work of student journalists.

Digital Inclusion Initiative (DII)

Through the Digital Inclusion Initiative, CCLP researches, organizes, and convenes university, local, state, and national stakeholders seeking to provide universal high-speed broadband service to communities in Los Angeles.

In the census tracts directly bordering USC, over 20% of households do not have reliable access to the internet. CCLP’s Digital Inclusion Initiative is committed to further reducing the Digital Divide and ensuring that everyone has access to high-speed, quality internet service. We are partnering with the California Emerging Technology Fund in order to bring cutting edge broadband delivery technology to get past the “middle mile” and bring broadband directly into the homes of those who need it most.

Local News and Student Journalism Initiative

The Local News and Student Journalism Initiative (LNSJI) is a collective banner for CCLP’s effort to begin to explore the ways in which high school and college journalists and journalism can help to address the loss of local news coverage. Read the Executive Summary or the full-length White Paper. Visit the homepage here.

The Local News and Student Journalism Initiative (LNSJI) explores the ways in which students can cover areas such as community and local events, the opening of local restaurants, stores and businesses, high school sports, arts and music events, graduation ceremonies, weddings and obituaries – the aspects of local journalism that help to build a sense of community, a field that Steve Waldman calls “cohesion journalism.” The Local News and Student Journalism Executive Summary and the full-length White Paper begin to explore the current state of student journalism in America, discuss the importance of cohesion journalism, highlight some of the best current local student projects, and propose new methods of funding and supporting the work of student journalists.