The Healing WELL offers calm in the storms of poverty and prejudice, mental illness, substance abuse and addiction.  Inspired by ideals of compassion and justice, we love and guide one another so we can step further into brighter futures, healing ourselves and our greater community.”  They promote healing and wellness by offering free daily sessions like meditation, yoga and 12-step support groups to an average of 160 low-income people each month. 

“While doing massage at Lava Mae’s Pop Up Care Village in Oakland yesterday a gentlemen left saying. “Wow…. you just changed my day. You really lifted my spirits and changed my whole day.” Thank you again for allowing for us to be a caring presence amongst those in our community that are unhoused. We are grateful for you!”

Click here to learn more about Care Through Touch Institute.

“Do you have some extra cheer to spread this holiday season? Come join Big Sunday at our annual Holiday Sing-a-Long!

Sunday, December 15: 3 PM – 5 PM

Every year we invite all kinds of people to join us to carol (with a live band!) and to enjoy the holidays together. We’ll deck the halls and light a menorah too! Of course, there will be loads of arts & crafts and delicious holiday treats. We’ll also be collecting toys for kids and winter coats for kids and adults!

Sign up here.”

“This weekend we took a group of students on a college tour to the University of Redlands. Our students enjoyed an exclusive tour throughout the dorms and campus community, followed by an informational session, all you can eat lunch, and a “private” saxophone concert. These tours are imperative because while we encourage our scholars to set their goals high, walking the campus and being apart of the atmosphere, inspires each student to work hard in order to intentionally set those dreams into motion.“

Click here to learn more about Operation Jump Start. 

“Team Prime Time’s mission is to provide intervention programs for at-risk children from low-income areas of Los Angeles that combine academics, athletics, leadership training and the arts in order to prepare them for the future and allow them to reach their full potential.”

Click here to learn more about Teen Prime Time. 

IAMLA is looking to fill several employment/internship positions. See descriptions below.

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles seeks qualified undergraduate or graduate students in the fields of History, Art History (or other Social Science), Liberal Arts, Urban Planning, Museum Studies and other relevant areas of study to serve as a collections and exhibitions assistant.

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles seeks qualified undergraduate or graduate students in the fields of Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, and other relevant areas of study to serve as a Special Events Intern. Course credit is available. weekends will be required.

 IAMLA docents support the museum’s mission by enhancing the visitor’s experience and promoting dialogues that deepen visitors’ understanding of the history and contributions of Italian Americans and Italians in Los Angeles and the United States. Whether guiding visitors through our exhibitions, or introducing our collection to schools, IAMLA docents are knowledgeable and gracious representatives of the museum who bring history to life.

Click here to learn more about these positions. 

“Girls Rock Santa Barbara empowers girls through music education, creative expression, and performance; promoting an environment that fosters self-confidence, creativity, and teamwork.

We challenge gender stereotypes, encourage collaboration and tolerance among peers, and provide a comfortable space for girls of all backgrounds to express themselves. Through music lessons, workshops, group activities, and performance, girls learn skills that help guide them throughout their lives.

We are working together to build a Santa Barbara where youth girls…

• decide what it looks like and feels like to be a girl
• trust and support each other
• recognize the power and pleasure of their own creativity
• use music as a powerful way to communicate and exchange ideas
• are safe and encouraged to explore their identities
• are able to bring every part of themselves into every moment and are continually affirmed in their wholeness
• have their voices valued in a collective community dialogue where we decide what a safe community looks like for everyone
• are celebrated in their state of beings

* Girls Rock Santa Barbara values difference and accepts any and all participants who identify as female, trans, and gender non-conforming.

Why Girls Rock SB?

At GRSB, we believe our girls should love the music they make and love themselves for making it. Since founding the local organization (one of many international sisters to the original Portland-based Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls) in 2014, Executive Director Jen Baron and her dedicated team of staff and volunteers have made sure that young girls don’t miss the chance to strum, pound, rip, and scream if they want.

Why? Because it’s fun and we deserve it.

At the end of the day, it really has nothing to do with the fact that we finally nailed that chord or drum solo. It’s that these girls are given the freedom and encouragement to create art without permission, without perfection, without peer pressure. In that messy, liberating process of creating something that’s truly theirs, these girls figure out that they are enough in all that they do.

And isn’t that always the bottom line? We thought so, too.”

Click here for more information on Girls Rock SB.

“Ms. Kris reading “Thank You, Omu!” by author Oge Mora for Jumpstart Read for the Record day! We are so excited to team up with Jumpstart again to advocate for early literacy skills and language skills for every child! Thank you to everyone who joined us today and shared a story about Omu and her thick, red stew!”

Click here to learn more about The Friends of the Chrildren’s Museum at La Habra.