Youth, Birth-5

Rhythm & Truth brings people together through creativity to cultivate connection, resilience, healing, and joy. Founded in 2008 by board-certified music therapist Summer Lall, our multidisciplinary team of creative arts therapists and teaching artists offers music, visual art, dance/movement, drama, and adaptive arts experiences throughout Los Angeles County and virtually throughout the U.S.

Center for the Empowerment of Families Inc. is a grassroots organization which was founded in 2006 by the late Dr. Sharon Jacques-Rabb, a Clinical Psychologist and Licensed M.F.C.C. , educator, lead pastoral counselor and guest speaker at various conferences and workshops. Dr. Rabb’s purpose was to address the problems of disintegration of family systems.

ZEAL Co-Op (Zeal Press LLC) is a worker-owned cooperative of teaching artists and creative practitioners in Los Angeles. We bring community-based arts education to children, youth, and families across LA County, working with teaching artists who are rooted in the communities they serve. As part of the county’s Creative Wellbeing program, we use creative practice to support mental health, connection, and wellbeing. We are growing our presence across the city, county and state, we welcome partnerships with schools, community centers, and organizations.

Our mission at Arts & Healing Initiative is to transform lives through the innate power of the arts, guided by mental health practices, to foster healing, connection, and resilience for all. Through community service, free program offerings, virtual trainings, and curriculum manuals, we empower the public to apply mental health-guided arts practices sustainably in their own lives and communities.

African Soul International is a cultural institution with nearly 3 decades of experience in youth, family and community development through the arts. They integrate traditional cultural experience in modern ways that engage, educate and inform. From high energy presentations, to drum circles of all sizes, their programming will inspire joy and healing for all audiences.