Healing + Resilience Resources

Scrapbooks, pictures, and home videos may be the traditional way to preserve and share summer memories, but if you've got a smartphone or tablet, you can use it -- along with some cool websites -- to document everything from lazy days to family road trips. Click on the image to learn more.

It's important to build self-care into the day any way you can, whether it’s taking three deep breaths every few hours or listening to a guided meditation to soothe you into a very important good night’s sleep. Check out these 8 meditation apps chosen by Teen Vogue. Click on the image to learn more.

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation offers a wide variety of programs and activities for you and your family. From Family Field Trips to C.S.I. Camp, there’s something available for all age groups. Scroll down to see your next adventure! Click on the image to learn more.

211 LA (or 211 LA County) is the non-profit hub for community members and community organizations looking for all types of health, human, and social services in Los Angeles County. Click on the image to go to 211 LA's Resource Search page.

L.A. Works is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, volunteer action center that creates and implements hands-on community service projects throughout the greater Los Angeles area. We strive to empower Angelenos to address pressing social issues through volunteerism and community collaborations. Click on the image to learn more.

Powerful Youth's youth leadership programs provide experience-based leadership training and summer camps for international youth ages 12-18. Click on the image to learn more.

The Youth Liberty Squad is a youth leadership program created to engage high school students to inspire them and provide them with the tools to become the next generation of social justice leaders. Click on the image to learn more.

Get Lit — Words Ignite fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy on the page and in visual media. We cultivate enthusiastic learners emboldened to inspire social consciousness in diverse communities. Click on the image to learn more.

The Dream Resource Center has emerged as a national source for innovative research, education, leadership development, and policy on immigration issues. Our work is critical to ensure immigrant youth continue to be at the forefront of the national conversations that directly impact their lives and families. Click on the image to learn more.

A Window Between Worlds collaborates with human service agencies across the country, training and supporting the staff at these partner organizations in facilitating our healing arts curriculum. Click on the image to learn more.

Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the nation's leading champion of American poets and poetry, with members in all fifty states. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Click on the image to learn more.

LifeWorks is the youth development and mentoring program of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. We offer one on one, peer, and group mentoring opportunities for LGBTQ+ youth and allies ages 24 or younger. Our goal is to help LGBTQ+ youth to realize their goals and dreams with a safe space, positive and affirming role models, workshops, and activities that are fun and educational. Click on the image to learn more.

The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) was founded in 2009 by a group of Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles, California, as a grassroots response to address the specific needs of TGI Latin@ immigrants who live in the United States. Click on the image to learn more.

Las Fotos Project is a community-based nonprofit organization that inspires teenage girls through photography, mentorship, and self-expression. Offering year-round programming, we provide girls with access to professional cameras, quality instruction, and workshops that encourage them to explore their identity, build leadership and advocacy skills, and strengthen their social and emotional well-being. Click on the image to learn more.

Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Phone number (877) 565-8860. Click on the image to learn more.

That’s Not Cool is an award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse. Click on the image to learn more.

Since 1980, Advocates for Youth has worked with youth leaders to ensure that all young people's rights are respected and that we have the tools we need to protect ourselves from STIs, HIV, and unintended pregnancy. Click on the image to learn more.

The Western Justice Center (WJC) empowers people to strengthen their communities by growing the conflict resolution skills and capacity of youth, educators, schools, and community partners.