On October 11, 2016 the Urban Futures Lab Fellows hosted the fourth Supper Club! We had conversations about how to work in communities that we're not a part of and what making a deep impact means to each of us. Thank you to our special...
By: Shirley Ramirez --- Each month, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections on a theme. October’s theme = The role of arts in shaping communities October’s Urban Futures Lab theme of socially engaged art gave me some mind blowing moments when exploring different artists making...
By: Andy Alvarez --- Each month, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections on a theme. October’s theme = The role of arts in shaping communities Thinking about the way that my community, East L.A., is now as opposed to how it was ten years ago, is...
By: William Warrener --- Over the coming months, the Urban Futures Lab Fellows will explore and respond to a range of civic and cultural issues, all the while applying their ideas to Los Angeles and the specific communities of which each Fellow is a member. Taking the...
Starting just after Labor Day 2016, we kicked-off Urban Futures Lab's 2016-2017 year with our new Fellows. The Lab is a radical re-imagining of job training for young adults (18-26) from low-income Los Angeles communities of color. It blends employment, project-based training, and mentorship with fellowship components...