10x10 2019 IMPACT REPORT

10x10 - LOS ANGELES
In May 2019 we launched the first 10x10 event in Venice, Los Angeles
and in May 2020 we will be hosting our third. 10x10’s model has
brought together over 240 people in the Venice / West LA
community to raise over $US41k in support of grassroots
organizations, empowering guests to champion causes close to
their hearts, but often far from reach. Issues like homelessness,
food provision, mental health, or the US prison reform affect our
whole community. By enabling meaningful human engagement
with the everyday-heroes who run these charities, we break down
barriers to giving, create space to cultivate lasting relationships and
foster solidarity within communities. LA events seem to have a
flavour of their own, more like a community gathering than a
networking event, the event spaces have ranged from a
women’s-only co-working space to a rustic, even romantic,
industrial warehouse of the Unlikely Florist. As LA is so vast, it is our
goal to activate 10x10 within another county (outside of Venice) so
we can run several locations at once and amplify our impact across
the city.
IMPACT STORY
POPS THE CLUB - Arielle Harris (Associate Director of Programs) | popsclubs.org
Mass incarceration affects not just those convicted of crimes but also
their loved ones left behind. Our community experiences this loss as a
“shared sentence.” Stigma and trauma are part of the fabric of the lives
of 1 in 14 children in America who have faced this kind of separation.
And yet the pain of the prison system for those left behind remains
invisible. POPS the Club exists to serve teens who are enduring this
pain. POPS participated in our November 2019 event with the aim to
raise money to support their club with money for food.
The money that we raised will help us feed the students in our clubs,
$US5k will feed an entire club for a whole academic year. This is a
huge win for us and the students!
- LUISA COOPER
HEAD OF LOS ANGELES
2019 IMPACT REPORT
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