The Urban Warehouse

Throughout the funding of this grant we are hoping to create a brighter future for the children of Los Angeles by giving them the opportunity to grow via experiences as well as educational opportunities all summer long.

We teach our youth responsibility, accountability, and critical thinking so they can build their own businesses and dreams!

We teach our youth responsibility, accountability, critical thinking so they can build their own business and dreams!

Mentoring inner-city youth to value a higher education mindset through our after-school program. Utilizing skateboarding as an incentive to meet their education goals including an increased proficiency in reading and math and increased GPAs. Coming full circle when these same participants return to our program as mentors to younger participants and continue to engage in community service.

Our program is tailored to provide alternatives to vulnerable inner-city youth in East LA. Many of our participants come from low-income families or children in the foster system with minimum guidance. The Skate-4-Education after school program offers skateboarding as an academic incentive by exchanging skateboarding gear & skate ramp time when they meet specific education goals (i.e., 3.0+ GPAs). By keeping them off the streets & engaged in developing their educational goals, they can redirect their energy towards more positive endeavors.

The inner-city is known to be a high crime rate area, with high levels of gang and drug activity. The public schools are notorious for being over-crowded and underfunded. The majority of the inner-city youth interested in skating come from low-income or poverty stricken families; many from broken homes. We saw the inner-city youth as vulnerable group with too many chances to go down the wrong path so have created a program called 'Skate-4-Education" that trades skateboarding for education.