LEARNA New Horizon Wholistic Wellness Initiative
A New Horizon Wholistic Wellness Initiative addresses the emotional and psychological wellness of adults so they may be wholistically well. With applicable workshops, retreats and conferences holistic wellness, education, and intergenerational empowerment for historically underserved and economically disadvantaged populations become. This culturally responsive and community-centered programming partakers learn emotional intelligence and resilience so they are safe mind, body spirit soul, thus creating societal safeness.
What is the primary issue area that your application will impact?
Adult literacy
In which areas of Los Angeles will you be directly working?
South Bay South LA
In what stage of innovation is this project, program, or initiative?
Expand existing project, program, or initiative (expanding and continuing ongoing, successful work)
What is your understanding of the issue that you are seeking to address?
As a 14 year educator I have witnessed young adults strive to be literate in their reading and writing. They pour over text books and dictionaries to learn new words. They write papers and learn the art of argumentative essays, and persuasive and creating writing. However, I became aware of a larger issue. The students from 17-65 years of age were not emotionally literate. Therefore, I engage literacy from an emotional and psychological stand-point to cultivate wellness in the heart mind, body and soul of the individual thus impacting the community. Cultivating the emotional and psychological wellness of individuals raises their literacy and threshold to make sound decisions that ultimately impact LA as a community and society. The New Horizon Initiative is a bold and community-centered wellness campaign to ignite wholistic transformation by addressing adult wellness literacy. This initiative will shift mindsets, increase resource access, and foster safe and thriving communities.
Describe the project, program, or initiative this grant will support to address the issue.
The New Horizon Initiative (Oct 2025–Dec 2026) brings holistic wellness and safety to South LA and the South Bay through culturally rooted programs that empower adults. It addresses wellness literacy via monthly workshops on mental, physical, and financial health; mentorship; and resource distribution. Community safety is promoted through healing circles, prayer walks, resource fairs, and empowerment events that prioritize trust, trauma recovery, and public belonging.
The adult literacy-based wellness workshops will cover nutrition, stress regulation, faith based wellness principles and financial literacy. Community safety in embedded throughout The New Horizon Initiative, through healing circles, prayer walks, adults are taught how to take care of themselves. This equips them be emotionally and mentally present at resource fairs that teach financial literacy, job accessibility, and health resources. Thus community safety is rooted in the presence of wellness, stability, dignity and balance.
Describe how Los Angeles County will be different if your work is successful.
The New Horizon Initiative builds capacity. It envisions an LA that is transformed. Wellness is a human right and through this LA County where communities once defined by violence and hopelessness will be a place of resource-sharing, wellness advocates and safety.
By 2050, the New Horizon Initiative will have expanded across LA County, creating a network of trained wellness leaders, safe community hubs, and faith-based healing spaces. Its scalable model—rooted in cultural relevance and community trust—will reduce health disparities, normalize wellness literacy, and embed healing practices into everyday life. As it grows, LA will be known for neighborhoods where safety, wellness, and resilience are led by the people, for the people.
Approximately how many people will be impacted by this project, program, or initiative?
Direct Impact: 2,250
Indirect Impact: 7,000