Cultural Affairs

If you are 18+ living in Los Angeles, or if you are an adult who has ever lived in Los Angeles, then  

Join the City of Los Angeles’ Civil Rights Department and its Reparations Advisory Commission’s “Black Experience Study LIVE!” to learn about the City’s plans for reparations in LA, and join the study in real time on September 14 at 10AM, 2PM or 6PM. Please register in advance at the link below.

Log in https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdeqhqD8tE9Q0F5RFfIL2JHiI0GFKBD62#/registration or dial 669-444-9171 and enter Meeting ID: 889 2396 4790

For more information on the LA Reparations Advisory Commission, visit Reparations4LA.com, email lacr-reparations@lacity.org, or call 213-978-1845.

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L.A. is piloting a program to create physical spaces where communities with high rates of pollution, poverty, and violence can go to heal.

• Why it matters: The nine Peace and Healing centers are located in L.A. REPAIR Zones, which stands for Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgement of Institutional Racism. Half of Angelenos living in poverty in overcrowded areas live in these zones. About 87% of people living in these zones are people of color, according to the city’s Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, or LA Civil Rights, which launched the $2 million program.
• The backstory: The centers will offer 20 hours a week of free healing programs tailored to the needs of their communities.
• Why now: “There’s so much trauma in our communities right now,” said Capri Maddox, executive director of LA Civil Rights and a board trustee for Southern California Public Radio. She says with gun violence, police brutality, and economic stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, people need spaces to heal.

Is there a center near me?

Here’s a list of the Peace and Healing centers:

1. Para Los Niños in the South LA REPAIR Zone.
2. Volunteers of America Los Angeles  (VOALA) in the Southeast LA REPAIR Zone.
3. Bryant Temple AME Community Development Corporation in the West Adams, Leimert Park, and Baldwin Village REPAIR Zone.
4. Central City Neighborhood Partners (CCNP) in the Westlake REPAIR Zone.
5. YMCA LA in the Wilmington and Harbor Gateway REPAIR Zone.
6. Proyecto Pastoral in the Boyle Heights REPAIR Zone.
7. Creating Justice LA in the Skid Row REPAIR Zone.
8. El Nido Family Center in Arleta-Pacoima REPAIR Zone
9. El Nido Family Center in Mission Hills – Panorama City – North Hills REPAIR Zone.

Read more about it here.