October 28th-November 4, 2022 FREE! Registration recommended. For Dia de los Muertos, a commemoration of lives lost to traffic crashes along City Terrace Drive. During this week-long participatory installation, we invite community members to create altars, share stories, and contribute to a cempazuchitl trail marking traffic safety concerns along...
Saturday, July 30 2022 2:00pm to 8:00pm // City Terrace Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90063 FREE! no registration required Come join Public Matters at the City Terrace Art Walk as we celebrate City Terrace art, culture, food, and community! The Art Walk is also an opportunity to reimagine City Terrace...
Saturday, April 23, 2022 // 11:00am to 1:00pm // Jefferson >< Vermont Exposition >< Vermont Join us at one of two locations – or both! FREE! no registration required This spring, University Park Slow Jams takes to the streets surrounding the University of Southern California in a creative call to action...
An overpass bridge on City Terrace Dr. with a large banner reading "Local Community Control" Photo by Brisa Aviles While thinking about what could be the theme for my capstone project, I knew it had to involve my neighborhood of City Terrace. Is is a place...
For my Urban Futures Lab Capstone Project, I held a virtual event titled “Skate Safe Digital Resistive Space.” This event strived to amplify the resistive and countercultural ways marginalized groups (specifically skaters who identify as womxn, non-binary+Black, African, or of Color) create space for themselves, especially in...
Rooted in Poetics is a podcast centering diaspora stories from residents of Long Beach’s Cambodia Town, and from folks who have a deep connection to the neighborhood. This is a project that I have wanted to begin for awhile now, and choosing to incubate this...
Want the latest? Check out our 3.12.2021 newsletter - Leaders in every season. Highlights include updates on our current cohort of amazing interns, University Park Slow Jams parents, and work with public health advocates and teachers....
Parents gather over Zoom and make the case for action. In 2020 streets became more dangerous. But sustained in-person engagement to address this danger became nearly impossible. Despite these challenges, the University Park Slow Jams partners and USC Kid Watch parent network got together repeatedly over...
Throughout this unprecedented year, we’ve seen repeated calls for justice and equity. Thanks to you, Public Matters has been answering this call by training a new generation and a new type of leader through our fellowship program Urban Futures Lab. Fellows are individuals whose passions, skills,...
Want the latest? Check out our 10.26.2020 newsletter. Highlights on University Park Slow Jams, Urban Futures Lab, and upcoming conferences and convenings....