The South LA Wellness Tour is a FREE 7-day community initiative created by South LA Wellness - a collective of local wellness practitioners - in partnership with adidas + Wanderlust, with the purpose of deepening mindfulness practices in the South Los Angeles area.
Seeds from the Ancestors workshop that includes a tour of the Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles Exhibition on display at CAAM, a calming meditation in the Rose Garden at Exhibition park and an interactive writing session exploring personal narrative, generational wounds and connection to the ancestors. Hosted by: Arianne Edmonds (@arianneedmonds | @J.L. Edmonds Project), Amanda Charles, Stephanie Renee Payne & Tyree Boyd Pates (@tyreebp)

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Come learn about Early Black Angelino life. For July’s GMD Los Angeles Tour, we’re heading to California African American Museum (CAAM) to get an historically inside on ‘The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914’. This month’s special guest is Arianne Edmonds, Founder of the J.L. Edmonds Project. RSVP HERE

Inspired by The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914, capture your own story and share what you want to tell about today. Report on your neighborhood or an important event, highlight inspiring people, and more. Led by teaching artist James Brooks, spend the afternoon creating a mini zine publication using a mix of collage, drawing, and writing techniques. RSVP HERE

Presented in partnership with Able ARTS Work and made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

How did, Jefferson Lewis Edmonds, a former slave come to found a newspaper, advocate for improved social and economic conditions, document the growing African American population in Los Angeles, and report on injustices locally and nationally? Presented in conjunction with The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914, join Arianne Edmonds, Founder of the J.L. Edmonds Project and exhibition co-curator, for a discussion with educators from Facing History and Ourselves. Edmonds shares her family’s perseverance, how she discovered this story and its impact on Los Angeles, and how this history can be brought to Southern California classrooms.

Presented in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves, a nonprofit educational organization.

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Tour The Liberator: Chronicling Black Los Angeles, 1900–1914 with exhibition co-curators Tyree Boyd-Pates, History Curator and Program Manager at CAAM; Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Assistant History Curator at CAAM, and Arianne Edmonds, Founder of the J.L. Edmonds Project, to delve deeper into this trailblazing turn-of-the-century black publication. RSVP HERE

LA MADE 2019: A cultural series featuring free music, dance, theater and conversations with local entertainers at libraries throughout the city.

Come learn about the life of Liberator newspaper editor, Jefferson L. Edmonds, in an engaging presentation by his great-granddaughter Arianne Edmonds. Through immersive storytelling, visuals and audience interactive sharing sessions, Edmonds will tell the story of how her great-grandfather rose from a life began in slavery to creating a lasting legacy in Los Angeles by speaking out against racism and injustice.

General Assembly: Downtown Los Angeles

The Fearless workshop is designed to be a space of inter-generational learning and mutual exchange; a community ecosystem of collaborative and nourishing learning. Join the JL Edmonds project with an evening of experiential storytelling and legacy building. 

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Compton High School: Compton, CA

Compton Girls Club is for girls from the hood, exploring self care, discovering self confidence and navigating the real world.Based in Compton High School.

JL Edmonds Project spent the afternoon with 15 girls from Compton High School to discuss Jefferson's story and building their own legacies

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery: Individual Artist Fellowship Exhibition 2018

#GURLMuseumDay is a community, magazine, shop + tours for gurl art lovers & artist, founded by @dianelindquist. The JL Edmonds project had the chance to present the story of The Liberator and the Edmonds family archive at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery  at the COLA 2018 showcase. Special guest and talented artist, June Edmonds, gave a tour of her artwork and shared her connection to LA and the Edmonds legacy.