Please support the IPR Healing Arts Space - we have been unjustly kicked out of the Rakestraw Community Center, a place we have called home for the past two years. What they don't understand is that even though they can kick us out of the center the Healing Arts Space lives in every youth, child, community member, artist, elder and volunteer that have come together around our mission to use the arts to facilitate healing and decolonization!

Please contribute to IPR today (GoFundMe). All funds raised will directly fund ongoing efforts to provide free programming to youth and the community in LA and beyond. No organizer will profit from these contributions.

Over the past two years volunteer organizers and community members have helped provide free services to the local youth and community that have included:

- Over 60 workshops on art, poetry, creative writing, conflict resolution, vocational job skills, community healing, activism, well-being (physical-mental-emotional-spiritual), pursuing higher education and entrepreneurship.
- Over 500 hours of mentorship and support to youth and aspiring local artists.
- On average 10 hours per week of open space for youth to congregate in a safe environment where they typically are creating art, music, business planning and connecting with one another.
- 20 community events focused on using art and music to share the message of community empowerment, healing and love.
- 5 educational trips with youth organizers to camps located in the desert or mountains with the purpose of getting out of the city and reconnecting with the healing and beauty of natural environments.
- Facilitated dozens of workshops on the work of the Healing Arts Space with community partners throughout Los Angeles County and the other communities across the state.
- Served as an incubator and supported the development and growth of 5 youth owned and operated start-up businesses. These businesses ranged from merchandise and apparel, vegan catering and education, art and music.

Much love and respect,
IPR