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LA Más is a nonprofit design organization that uses policy and architecture to create local economic development and elevate solutions on a citywide scale. By advocating for communities that are often underserved or overlooked by traditional service providers, LA Más demonstrates how to support and improve communities while still preserving their local identities. LA Más [...]
LA Makerspace is a community-based organization whose mission is to foster innovation among Angelenos by offering increased access to new opportunities in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics). The Maker Movement is built upon the idea that one learns by making. Makers who tinker and build develop the skills necessary to become innovators in technology, [...]
We Are the Next cultivated civic investment in place by encouraging young people to engage with the cultural heritage and narratives of the built environment. Through civic construction management, workshops, and educational programs, the organization worked to dispel an attitude that our cities are disposable. We Are the Next boasted a small but ambitious portfolio [...]
Los Angeles Wilderness Training (LAWT) made it their mission to provide Los Angeles youth workers with professional training and outdoor equipment so that they and the youth they served could explore the power and beauty of California’s wilderness. LAWT trained adults who worked with youth in how to lead their kids on camping and backpacking [...]
Teens Exploring Technology (TXT) is an organization that encourages inner city teen males to become catalysts of change in urban communities. Their focus is to develop teens from South LA and Watts into a new generation of community and technology leaders. In small learning circles, TXT youth learn research, public speaking, leadership, and project management [...]
Inclusive Action for the City (formerly LURN) is redefining “urban renewal.” Inclusive Action believes that the renewal, revitalization, and revival of low-income communities must be done responsibly, must be led by the community, and must leverage existing resources. By activating its multidisciplinary coalition to bring in new ideas and innovative solutions to revitalize communities, Inclusive [...]
Libros Schmibros is a Los Angeles lending library and used bookshop located in the once majority-Jewish, now majority-Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Hatched by former NEA literature director and San Francisco Chronicle book critic David Kipen, Libros Schmibros is dedicated to bringing writers, scholars, readers, and neighbors together from across a large segment of Los [...]
Global Girl Media (GGM) develops the voice and media literacy of young women in underserved communities around the world by teaching them to create and share digital journalism designed to ignite community activism and social change. Through mentoring, training, and access to a worldwide network of online distribution partners, GGM harnesses the power of digital [...]
DIY Girls inspires women and girls to explore technology and create their own products. The organization’s goal is to increase participants’ confidence and technological skills. With the rise of the DIY maker movement and the growing accessibility of tools formerly limited to engineering labs, the future of technology product development will be determined by those [...]
Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange (C.I.C.L.E.) promoted the bicycle as a viable, healthy, and sustainable transportation choice. Utilizing a multi-faceted approach that incorporated web-based outreach, social and recreational bicycle rides, festivals and events, and bicycle workshops, C.I.C.L.E. educated and encouraged people to begin bicycling as an active and healthy lifestyle option, a valid and [...]
