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....
Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 1: This is OUR Time Capsule: One Year in Review https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-1-this-is-our-time-capsule-one-year-in-review/s-gPGSOqw2mLM **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks before...
Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 2: What Do You Meme? - Breaking Down the UFL Experience https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-2-what-do-you-meme-breaking-down-the-ufl-experience/s-WDgOSD40L9i **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks...