Grantee Database
ARCHITECTURE ADVOCACY
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$13,200.00
Project Description
With the support of the California Arts Council, Architecture + Advocacy will offer hands-on arts and design programming that empowers youth (aged 14-24) and their families in South LA to shape their neighborhoods through creative expression and civic action. By going beyond traditional in-class STEAM models, our work bridges the gap between art, architecture, and civic engagement, using the built environment as a canvas for cultural storytelling and community visioning. 200+ youth (ages 14-24) in South LA and their families will co-create in architecture workshops and community-led design-builds, held after school and on the weekends.
Organization Summary
Architecture Workshops: Hands-on educational workshops that equip residents (aged 8-19 in our youth workshops, and 20+ in our adult workshops) with fundamental architectural skills
Design-Builds: Collaborative workshops where we co-design and construct small-scale community-serving resources, such as outdoor seating, creative storage, and community gardens.
Community Organizing + Events: Public events, such as walking tours and block parties, that celebrate the untold stories of marginalized communities, empower residents to speak out, and facilitate feedback on proposed developments.
Advocacy Campaigns: Media campaigns that raise awareness of spatial injustice among the general public and seek to change policies that govern land development to better serve residents of low-opportunity neighborhoods.
Leadership Development: Throughout all of the above programs, we train college students and emerging professionals to facilitate meetings, engage with communities, speak out on issues, and participate in grassroots justice movements.
Organization
Architecture + Advocacy
Address
PO BOX 18205
LOS ANGELES
90018-0205
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(919) 937-0041
