Village Talk
Village Talk
You've had the Birds & the Bees Talk, you've had the Driving While Black Talk, but you've never had THEE Village Talk.
We Love Leimert's Village Talk is a space for Black Play, Black Thought & Black Talk to imagine our future huemanity at our monthly town hall at the Leimert Park Village Art Walk.
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Electric Vehicle Pilot
Sankofa City:
Zero Emissions
Mobility Pilot
In partnership with LA Clean Tech Incubator, KAOS Networkz and Ride On BIke Shop, We Love Leimert brought the Electric Vehicle program to Leimert Park Village and Greater Crenshaw Corridor. The pilot offers low cost electric bike tech and free electrical shuttle rides to folks in the Crenshaw District.
Give Black Women their Flowers: A Virtual Brunch in Honor of Breonna Taylor
Festivals in the City: Kwanzaa in Leimert
We Love Leimert partnered with UCLA's Fowler Museum to celebrate Kwanzaa in partnership with the Leimert Park's living legends. Local cultural bearers and treasures explored the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in a mini doc and West African dance workshop presented during a virtual public program.
Leimert Park Live!
Leimert Park Live!
We Love Leimert partnered with LACMA in the summer of 2020 to produce Leimert Park Live! A virtual public program that celebrated LACMA's Betye Saar retrospective Call and Response and explored the importance of Leimert Park Village in LA's Black Arts Movement and Black liberation movements from the late 1960's to present.
Sankofa Supermall
Sankofa Supermall
We Love Leimert presents Sankofa Supermall a communal oasis celebrating the diversity of Black lifestyles, perspectives, and tastes that coexist in Black LA.
This We Love Leimert activation features, an art exhibit, Black owned boutique marketplace, and interactive workshops.
*Initially launched at the Destination Crenshaw Groundbreaking Celebration in 2020.