Below is a list of our current and former partners. We invite you to explore and engage with their transformative work.
FROM THE FIELD
18th Street supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public
Embracing our diversity to educate LA’s youth, ensure academic achievement, and empower tomorrow’s leaders, we are 32nd Street USC Magnet Schools.
A Place Called Home first swung open its doors in 1993 – a year after the LA Unrest, amidst a crime epidemic that rendered the streets of South Central unsafe for its children of any age.
The mission of Amazing Grace Conservatory is to train and develop emerging artists & at risk youth in the performing and digital arts by offering
For nearly 100 years, the American Heart Association has been fighting heart disease and stroke and helping families and communities thrive.
Animo Jackie Robinson is a public, tuition-free, college preparatory charter school serving a diverse population in Los Angeles, California. Its mission is to help transform public education so ALL students graduate prepared for college, leadership, and life.
Art Division is a non-profit (501)(c)3 organization dedicated to training and supporting under-served youth who are committed to studying the visual arts. Art Division distinguishes itself by providing in-depth services to young adults aged 18-27.
Located across from USC, CAAM researches, collects, preserves, and interprets for public enrichment the history, art, and culture of African Americans with an emphasis on California and the western United States.
We are the Cancer Support Community Los Angeles (CSCLA), a place where all impacted by cancer – men, women, children, family, and friends – may be part of a community of caring support
Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) is an all volunteer, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization based in Los Angeles Chinatown that builds grassroots power through organizing, education, and mutual help.
CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold and multilingual Los Angeles based dance company, dedicated to transforming the world through dance.
Dignity and Power Now (DPN) is a Los Angeles based grassroots organization founded in 2012 that fights for the dignity and power of all incarcerated people, their families, and communities. Its mission is to build a Black and Brown led abolitionist movement rooted in community power towards the goal of achieving transformative justice and healing justice for all incarcerated people, their families, and communities.
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation is a social justice non-profit in South Central Los Angeles that achieves long-term, comprehensive community development.
We build capacity for communities, students, and future leaders to advocate for nature, climate, and equity on the Los Angeles River.
Healing Dialogue and Action brings together people wounded by violence and broken criminal justice systems.
Hearing Loss Association of America (www.hearingloss.org) is the nation’s largest organization for people with hearing loss. HLAA-Los Angeles is one of approximately 120 chapters nationwide and we share the mission of our National Organization.
LA Commons engages communities in the creation of public art that tells their unique stories and serves as the basis for dialogue, interaction, and a better understanding of Los Angeles.
Freewaves creates public media art events that bring diverse audiences and independent media artists together in dialogue on current issues.
Our mission is to be your home for connecting through the arts; a place where you’re invited to find your creative voice through dance, music, theater, and other performing arts.
The Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma (LBACA) is a community coalition that is dedicated to improving the lives of children with asthma in the greater Long Beach area.
The Mission of the Los Angeles Community Action Network is to help people dealing with poverty create & discover opportunities, while serving as a vehicle to ensure we have voice, power & opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting us.
Los Angeles Poverty Department creates performances and multidisciplinary artworks that connect the experience of people living in poverty to the social forces that shape their lives and communities.
The Octavia Lab, named after the award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, is a do-it-yourself makerspace located inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library.
The Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative is a structured network of public, private and government agencies working together to reduce suffering and improve the lives of veterans, service members and military families in LA County. This is achieved through strategically improving their access to services, reducing barriers and coordinating care, and influencing policy to improve their lives.
Nova Community Arts is a community-focused center dedicated to arts education for all ages in a welcoming and inclusive environment. We are located in the Atwater Village neighborhood of sunny Los Angeles.
POOR Magazine is a poor people led/indigenous people led, grassroots non-profit, arts organization dedicated to providing revolutionary media access, art, education and advocacy to silenced youth, adults and elders in poverty across the globe.
Public Matters designs and implements long-term, place-based, socially engaged art, media, education, and civic engagement projects that advance social change.
Reform L.A. Jails is a committee formed to support a 2020 county-wide ballot initiative to grant the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Civilian Oversight Commission with subpoena power to effectively and independently investigate misconduct and to develop a plan to reduce jail populations and to redirect the cost savings into alternatives to incarceration.
Through education, grassroots organizing, and offering tools to create social change, Solidarity For Sanctuary focuses on impacting the lives of the Latinx community, people of color, youth, and allies.
Street Symphony creates opportunities for musical engagement and dialogue between world-class musicians and people disenfranchised by homelessness, incarceration, and poverty in Los Angeles County.
Since 1904, Children’s Bureau has been a private, nonprofit leader in preventing child abuse and neglect and treating children who have suffered.
The Miracle Project is a fully inclusive theater, film and expressive arts program focused on building communication, self-esteem, job and social skills for individuals with autism and all abilities…
Trauma Informed LA is an all-volunteer grassroots organization founded in 2014. Its mission is to foster resilient communities that promote healing and well-being through collaboration, education, and community engagement
The Urban Voices Project brings the healing power of music directly to individuals disenfranchised by homelessness, mental health issues, and unemployment in the Greater Los Angeles area.
USC
The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has been a national leader in advancing the pharmaceutical field since our founding in 1905. We continue to serve as an innovative force.
USC Annenberg uses journalism, communication, public diplomacy and public relations to deepen our understanding of an era of profound disruption and transformative change, to reinvent how we engage with our community and to advance the future of our fields.
The largest and oldest of the USC schools, USC Dornsife functions as the academic core of the university, offering courses and advancing knowledge across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences
The largest and oldest of the USC schools, USC Dornsife functions as the academic core of the university, offering courses and advancing knowledge across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences
The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy is committed to transforming how we prepare the next generation of physical therapists to deliver the highest level of care to society.
As the university’s sixth art school, the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance completes USC’s signature reputation as a world-class academic institution with a deep commitment to the arts.
The Iovine and Young Academy’s mission is to empower a diverse generation of leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs through an integrated learning framework that cultivates the innate human abilities for complex unbridled creativity.
The Keck School of Medicine converges the strengths of USC, driving innovation in health and medicine to serve our diverse communities.
Through innovative research, education and clinical practice, the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy optimizes people’s engagement in the ordinary and extraordinary activities of life.
The Roski School of Art and Design is one of the oldest art schools in Southern California and boasts a noteworthy history, illustrious alumni, internationally renowned faculty and bright, talented students
USC Architecture is a dynamic platform for educating and inspiring citizen architects to analyze problems and create design solutions that both respond to the challenges of our time and embrace the promise of a better built environment.
Since its founding in 1929, the School of Cinematic Arts has served as a dynamic crucible where students and faculty transform their dreams into the new philosophies, technologies and artistic movements that influence how we entertain, educate and express ourselves.
The vision of CM&BHC builds on USC’s existing academic strengths and unique reputation within the creative and technology industries to serve as an incubator for innovation in the use of entertainment applications at the intersection of behavioral science, medicine, and public health.
The USC School of Dramatic Arts is a leader in dramatic arts education. The School uniquely blends artistic training in a conservatory environment with outstanding faculty and the full academic experience found only within a major research university, and bridges the classical foundations of the dramatic arts with all of its contemporary and future expressions.
The mission of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy is to improve the quality of life for people and their communities, here and abroad. We achieve this mission through education and research that promote innovative solutions to the most critical issues facing society.
The mission of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is to promote social justice and well-being at every social level through advanced education, community engagement, interdisciplinary scientific activity, advocacy, and professional leadership.
The Thornton School of Music brings together a stellar faculty chosen from a broad spectrum of the music profession and musically gifted students from around the globe.
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is an innovative leader in the cancer field, setting a global standard for cutting edge research that is accelerating programs to prevent, control, and cure cancer. We have created a highly inclusive and engaging culture of collaboration, an environment that fosters and supports revolutionary, interdisciplinary approaches to the treatment and prevention of cancer.
