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An intersectional and intentional community space for all youngbouls and the youngbouls at heart.
Facilitate peace, practice mindfulness, empower your community, and heal your inner child among likeminded individuals. Form a family that connects with nature, promotes physical and mental wellness, volunteers to support others, and participates in collaborative conversations and initiatives.
Young·boul
/yəNG-bo͝ol/
noun
A child or youthful person. Derived from a Philly dialect.
Vision statement: to create an inclusive environment to empower the community and heal trauma
Mission statement: to connect people with the right sources to heal, promote healthy lifestyles, organize against injustice, build third spaces, and de-center capitalism from daily living.
Core values: unity, community, representation, empathy, safety, inclusion
Core Initiatives and Practices
Core Initiatives and Practices
Stoop Talk
Stoop Talk
BIPOC support group for young adults aged 18-25 years old to share their personal experiences regarding race, gender, sexuality, and politics while completing a craft. There will be a general topic and set of open-ended questions to generate conversation reflective of the monthly meeting's topic. Group meets once a month.
Grown Folx Stoop
Grown Folx Stoop
BIPOC support group for people aged 25+ years old to share their personal experiences regarding race, gender, sexuality, and politics while completing a craft. There will be a general topic and set of open-ended questions to generate conversation reflective of the monthly meeting's topic. Group meets once a month.
Cousins' Night In
Cousins' Night In
Weekly basis classes dedicated to helping people explore their creativity and learn trades and to connect in a community space.
Cousins' Night Out
Cousins' Night Out
Monthly creative event or gathering to bring the community together in a public setting.
Cousins Walk
Cousins Walk
Cousins' Walk: An annual 4/20 friendly heritage walk and block party on April 20th to represent the families in our communities alive and passed. Accompanied by booths with organizers talking about and offering free resources pertaining to gun violence, health concerns, police brutality, colonization, immigration, and other community issues. Furthermore, free stations to create memorial tributes to honor family, friends, and to overall engage in adult-oriented crafts and self-care practices will also be available. Moreover, there will be vendors from local businesses, artists, and live performers.
Readed R
Readed R
Readed R is a book club which focuses on diverse, transformative literature selected to liberate the mind and highlight works from femme, queer, and authors of color. Book club meets once a month and offers up to 20 copies of the book for free. Club members will also have opportunities to design bookmarks, sew book covers, and make and read stories to the youth and elderly.
Community Apothecary
Community Apothecary
Community garden dedicated to growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Instructor guided lessons teaching people how to garden, farming in urban communities, and about herbalism and natural remedies. Weekly food banks, hot meals, and clothing donations.
Youngbouls @ Heart Adult Summer Camps
Youngbouls @ Heart Adult Summer Camps
Adult day camps that allow people 18+ to congregate in the summer to explore traditional summer camp experiences. The camps are one-day day camp sessions. The end of summer camp reunion is welcome to all who attended a camp session and will be a team field day, with each camp session representing as one team verses the others. There will also be a talent show towards the conclusion of the games where s'mores will be roasted and a light barbecque meal will be offered. Signups by people who have never attended summer camp will be prioritized.
Join the Community
Join the Community
Support the Community
Support the Community
Donate by texting YOUNGBOUL to 53-555
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