 | This article contains promotional content. (August 2023) |
 Echo Park Time Travel Mart | |
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Nínive Calegari and Dave Eggers |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Education |
| Headquarters | The Echo Park Time Travel Mart 1714 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart 12515 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066 |
Region served | Los Angeles |
Executive Director | Joel Arquillos |
Main organ | Advisory board: J.J. Abrams Judd Apatow Fiona Apple Miguel Arteta Mac Barnett Steve Barr Joshuah Bearman Father Greg Boyle, SJ Stefan G. Bucher Mark Flanagan Naomi Foner Mitchell Frank Ben Goldhirsh Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Nicole Holofcener Spike Jonze Miranda July Catherine Keener Al Madrigal Melissa Mathison Katie McGrath R. Scott Mitchell Lani Monos B. J. Novak Jane Patterson Keri Putnam Sonja Rasula Luis J. Rodriguez Tara Roth J. Ryan Stradal Sarah Vowell Sally Willcox |
| Affiliations | 826 National |
| Staff | 20 |
Volunteers | 4,000+ |
| Website | http://www.826la.org/ |
826LA is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6–18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write. Programs are structured around one-on-one attention. 826LA was founded in 2005 and is one of several chapters of 826 National. To serve students across Los Angeles' various regions, there are two locations: 826LA in Mar Vista and 826LA in Echo Park. The organization also operates Writers' Rooms on the campuses of Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles and Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, and offers a range of virtual writing and tutoring programs.[1]
There are eight other 826 National chapters; San Francisco (826 Valencia), NYC (826NYC), Chicago (826CHI), Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti/Detroit (826michigan), Boston (826 Boston), New Orleans (826 New Orleans), Minneapolis/St. Paul (826 MSP) and Washington, D.C. (826DC).