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AHJNetwork

@AHJNetwork

We envision a future where youth feel empowered & systems are transformed with arts as a strategy for foundational change 🎨

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined July 2015
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We’re celebrating! AHJN has received a Meredith Willson Award from @themusicmanfoundation. The funding will help us as we work to permanently change the juvenile justice system through healing-informed arts programming and helping us create an ecosystem for supporting our youth.
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This year, we had the pleasure of working with a small group of CalState LA film students to create a mini documentary on the work we do with our member organizations! We're excited to announce the documentary is now live, and you can watch a short trailer here.
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A week ago, we had the honor of accepting the first ever Getty Prize. We were selected for this award by the incredible Mark Bradford. Let's take a look back at the wonderful moments we shared together at @gettymuseum!
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⭐️ THE GOOD FIGHT FEST 2024 ⭐ R️eel created by Sylvanus Leone
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We're 2 days away from the Good Fight Fest! Come out for a full day of arts, food, and community! @cvfoundation #GFF2024 #AHJN
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We are 10 days away from our annual Good Fight Fest! This year, we’ll have a youth-led art exhibit, a gardening workshop, contour drawing class, dj’ing/beatmaking workshop, dance and hat making, and much more! RSVP: classy.org/event/the-good-fi…
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@LA205024 Jan 2024
Hey West Hollywood! @AHJNetwork Program Manager Rebekah Rose's "Peaches and Tea," is now on display at West Hollywood Park's Five-Story Parking Structure, celebrating gender expansiveness LGBTQIA+ joy. ✨🌈 Check out @WEHO_TIMES to learn more: l8r.it/lFd5
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Jacob Jackson of the YJC urges accountability & investigation of @LACProbation leadership & officers on duty & when #BryanDiaz died in custody at Barry J. Sylmar Juvenile Hall. Jacob shares that his brother was killed by LA County law enforcement officers. @LAYouthUprising
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We hope to see you at Good Fight Fest 2024 🎨🗣️ Join us for a full day of thought-provoking panels, art workshops, and our youth talent show! 🌟 Lunch will be provided! Stay tuned for more details! ✨ #AHJN #GoodFightFest Register here: ow.ly/aiQ350QzMtb
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Have you learned about the school-to-prison pipeline and wondered what you can do to help stop it? Join us tomorrow afternoon to learn practical tools to defend students' rights alongside other community leaders.
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Unforgettable night at Moonlight Rollerway, capping off an extraordinary year of progress! Nostalgic tunes, laughter, high spirits - all celebrating our united effort towards transforming juvenile justice. Here’s to our continued collaboration! 🎉
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Our TAs have been hard at work—our latest network-wide training by AHJN was full of fun activities, learning, and networking opportunities! #AHJN #NWT2023 #artsforhealing
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We are honored to have been selected as a winner of the 2023 @LA2050 Grants Challenge! 🥳 You can check out our winning proposal now on the Ideas Hub at LA2050.org #forabetterLA #LA2050X
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This Saturday, come to Pongo Poetry Project for Ignite Pongo. You'll have the chance to hone your skills as a Poetry Mentor, learn how to remove barriers to self-expression, and encourage honesty from survivors of difficult life experiences. Sign up here: bit.ly/ignitepongo
Text reads: IGNITE PONGO. Saturday Nov. 4th, 10 AM - 3:30 PM PST. Virtual attendees will: learn about Pongo's approach to writing healing poetry, understand how poetry engages trauma and racial trauma, discover the benefits of poetry writing and how it contributes towards racial justice, practice Pongo's Taking Dictation technique, develop warm-up writing activities for poetry workshops.

ALT Text reads: IGNITE PONGO. Saturday Nov. 4th, 10 AM - 3:30 PM PST. Virtual attendees will: learn about Pongo's approach to writing healing poetry, understand how poetry engages trauma and racial trauma, discover the benefits of poetry writing and how it contributes towards racial justice, practice Pongo's Taking Dictation technique, develop warm-up writing activities for poetry workshops.

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This Saturday, come to Pongo Poetry Project for Ignite Pongo. You'll have the chance to hone your skills as a Poetry Mentor, learn how to remove barriers to self-expression, and encourage honesty from survivors of difficult life experiences. Sign up here: bit.ly/ignitepongo
Text reads: IGNITE PONGO. Saturday Nov. 4th, 10 AM - 3:30 PM PST. Virtual attendees will: learn about Pongo's approach to writing healing poetry, understand how poetry engages trauma and racial trauma, discover the benefits of poetry writing and how it contributes towards racial justice, practice Pongo's Taking Dictation technique, develop warm-up writing activities for poetry workshops.

ALT Text reads: IGNITE PONGO. Saturday Nov. 4th, 10 AM - 3:30 PM PST. Virtual attendees will: learn about Pongo's approach to writing healing poetry, understand how poetry engages trauma and racial trauma, discover the benefits of poetry writing and how it contributes towards racial justice, practice Pongo's Taking Dictation technique, develop warm-up writing activities for poetry workshops.

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(1/2) Join us this Saturday as we come together for a day of learning and making. We will host a discussion with youth leaders about accessing inner power, abolition, and the importance of connection to self, nature, and others. 🌱🌎 Sign up here: tinyurl.com/greenarrowco
Graphic with yellow background and green text. Text reads, "Organized by Arts for Healing and Justice Network and Green Arrow Co-Lab. Stewardship as an abolitionist practice. In person event! Discussion. Workshops. Food. Youth Voices. Movement. Community. Saturday, September 2nd, 10am-2pm. At Re:Ciclos. 3554 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90004".

ALT Graphic with yellow background and green text. Text reads, "Organized by Arts for Healing and Justice Network and Green Arrow Co-Lab. Stewardship as an abolitionist practice. In person event! Discussion. Workshops. Food. Youth Voices. Movement. Community. Saturday, September 2nd, 10am-2pm. At Re:Ciclos. 3554 West 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90004".

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(2/2) Agenda: 10am - Opening Blessing 10:15am - Opening Circle 11am - Defining Stewardship & Relationship to Abolition 11:45am - Workshop Stations: Drumming, Puppet Creation, Animal Connection, and more 1:45pm - Transition Circle, Closing 2-3pm - Eat, puppet karaoke
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Hey @LACountyCEO & @LACountyBOS we will not stop until the new Dept of Youth Development is FULLY funded m-at least $150 mill & ALL Youth removed from inhumane conditions at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall! 🖤🤎 @SupJaniceHahn @SheilaKuehl @kathrynbarger @HildaSolis @HollyJMitchell
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THIS THURSDAY! ✨
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Join us for this virtual AHJN Creative Town Hall taking place March 31st from 5-7pm. For more information and to register, please visit bit.ly/ahjntownhall or visit the link in our bio. This event is made possible by the generous support of @art4justicefund ✨
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Join us for this virtual AHJN Creative Town Hall taking place March 31st from 5-7pm. For more information and to register, please visit bit.ly/ahjntownhall or visit the link in our bio. This event is made possible by the generous support of @art4justicefund ✨
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@TheActorsGang @armoryarts @artworxLA @WriteGirlLA @GMCLA @IOWriters @JailGuitarDoors @RAAlliance @HomeboyInd @StreetPoetsInc @USTheatreCo @TiaChucha @igiveabeat @NoEasyPropsOrg
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