Featured Resources: Local Summer Programming!
Youth Speak Collective
- Digital Arts, Visual Arts, Youth Council, and Womyn's Circle
- Contact: Mayra Esparza - mayra@youthspeakcollective.org or 818-890-2928
- Address: 11243 Glenoaks Blvd, Pacoima
- Website: http://www.youthspeakcollective.org
Yo! Valley
- Boxing, College Prep, Arts, Media, Sports, Leadership, Field Trips
- Address: 11844 Glenoaks Blvd, San Fernando
- Website: http://www.facebook.com/YOValley
Pacoima Beautiful
- Summer Institute - students learn about the environment, A-G requirements, field trips to universities, organizing skills. Registration required!
- Contact: Osbaldo Robles - orobles@pacoimabeautiful.org
- Address: 11243 Glenoaks Blvd, Pacoima
- Website: http://www.pacoimabeautiful.org
The Unusual Suspects
- Free, week long theatre program (6/10-6/14) - in "Forum Theatre," participants explore and stage themes and issues in their community, culminating in a performance on June 14. In this unique theatre form, the audience is asked to participate on stage to resolve conflicts and provide positive outcomes to the situations seen in the play.
- Contact: Joyce Lee - joyce@theunusualsuspects.org or 213-488-8488 x 207
- Address: CCLA's MultiPurpose Room - 1001 Arroyo Ave, San Fernando
- Website: http://www.theunusualsuspects.org/index.php
The GR818ers
- Hip Hop workshops and Flava of the Month Events (popping battles, all styles battles, guest DJs)
- Contact: the.gr818ers@gmail.com
- Address: Workshops are held at Yo! Valley - 11844 Glenoaks Blvd, San Fernando
- Website: http://www.facebook.com/TheGR818ERS
Boys and Girls Club
- Keystone Club (leadership development), Ceramics, Painting, Arts and Crafts, Wrestling, Martial Arts, and more
- Contact: Nicole Chase - nicole.chase@bgcsfv.org
- Address: 11243 Glenoaks Blvd, Pacoima
- Website: http://www.bgcsfv.org/
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural and Bookstore
- FLYER - yoga, hiking, jewelry making, painting, storytelling, indigenous knowledge circle, danza, hip hop, family zumba, writing workshops, open mic, guitar, son jarocho and more
- Contact: Silverio Pelayo - tiachuchabookstore@gmail.com
- Address: 13197-A Gladstone Ave, Sylmar
- Website: http://www.tiachucha.org/
Sylmar Library
- Yoga, Videogames, Storytelling, Paper Airplane Making, African Drumming, and more
- Contact: Dana Eklund - deklund@lapl.org - 818-367-6102
- Address: 14561 Polk St, Sylmar
- Website: http://www.facebook.com/SylmarLibrary
Volunteering
- Nury Martinez's Campaign - call and visit voters - contact volunteer@nurymartinez.com or 818-962-0047
- Total Family Support Clinic - tutoring, reading books to kids - 13788 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar - contact admin@totalfamilysupport.org
- MEND - complete a volunteer application form at 10641 San Fernando Rd, Pacoima - 818-897-2443 or email volunteering@mendpoverty.org
- Project Youth Green - contact Brianda for volunteer dates - brianda@youthspeakcollective.org
Summer Employment for Youth
- Register: http://www.summerjobsla.com/intro.html
- Raul Bocanegra is offering a summer internship program for students looking to learn about government and the legislative process. Please call 818-504-3911 to sign up.
In addition, all of the local parks will have youth programming and family events. Please visit your local park for more information.
Lastly, if you need transportation, please look into getting a free or reduced-price bus pass. http://www.metro.net/projects/rider_relief/