East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice led the ELARA students on a Ground Truthing Field Trip around East L.A. during the Fall 2017 semester. The field trip was an exercise...
On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, our Urban Futures Lab Fellows hosted a "Happy Hour" event where they reflected on their first year and shared their ambitions and dreams for the...
On Thursday, August 24, 2017, we partnered with C.I.C.L.E. and the Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California (PWC) for Taste of Temple Street: Filipino Bites by Bike, presented by Metro...
ASPIRATIONS: From Purpose to Action /// Urban Futures Lab Module 6 began in September 2017 – the mid-point of the two-year arc of the fellowship. As an inflection point, the Module asked...
On Thursday, August 24, 2017, we partnered with C.I.C.L.E. and the Pilipino Workers' Center for Taste of Temple Street: Filipino Bites by Bike, presented by Metro. This was a Hidden...
By: Omar Vargas // With each module, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections around a theme. The focus of Module 5 was Leadership. It was 2 in the morning and I...
By: Andy Alvarez // With each module, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections around a theme. The focus of Module 5 was Leadership. I have always found community engagement to be a...
By: Christopher Barahona // With each module, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections around a theme. The focus of Module 5 was Leadership. I’m always the mediator in my family and all...
By: Shirley Ramirez // With each module, Fellows dig into readings, exercises, conversations, and reflections around a theme. The focus of Module 5 was Leadership. To just pick up the phone and call...
On July 28, 2017, Mike Blockstein's essay, "The Case for Complexity," was published on the Americans for the Arts' ARTSBLOG as part of their Excellence and Equity in Arts for...