Los Angeles United Methodist Urban Foundation

Kid City’s Community Joy Initiative co-creates joy and social connection by elevating youth leadership through music and the arts! Youth learn to conceptualize collaborative art forms - dance, song, or visual - and engage with an intergenerational South and Central Los Angeles. Guided by an artist-in-residence, youth host community arts events throughout the year and end with a festival hosted by youth in their own neighborhood.

Everyone needs safe green space where they can relax and renew. Kid City's Breezeway, designed by first-generation students, includes a native garden, outdoor furniture, mosaics, and a vibrant mural. This project builds a virtual and real-life learning tool using the Breezeway model as a living laboratory to transform unused public spaces into green community hubs. We will show how community members can drive project conception, design, and build. Green space should not be a luxury. Let's give young people the tools to green their neighborhood!