Architecture + Advocacy
Architecture + Advocacy empowers communities to un-design the spatial injustices affecting their neighborhoods. A+A is seeking to use this financial investment to expand its programming and offerings in the coming months through relationships with youth programs, community-based organizations, and architecture and construction-industry firms.
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LEARN ·2025 Grants ChallengeNeighborhood Design Lab
Architecture + Advocacy’s Neighborhood Design Lab aims to transform LA’ neighborhoods from the ground up by equipping the next generation of leaders with the problem-solving, community-building, and design-justice skills to repair neighborhood inequality. By going beyond traditional in-class STEAM models, our hands-on, social-impact-focused architecture programs teach youth in South LA to co-create with local community members, facilitating grassroots change, while learning skills for the creative industry.
- LEARN ·2022 Grants Challenge
Architecture + Advocacy: Undesign Injustice
Architecture + Advocacy hosts design workshops that empower K-12 students and their families to address the foundational causes of spatial injustice. Participants are equipped with the tools of architecture and Relational Creativity, which empower them to design grassroots solutions to spatial injustices affecting their neighborhoods. A+A workshops give participants an opportunity to reflect on their experiences with injustice, listen to others' experiences, and collaborate to design equitable solutions to real-world social issues.