Videos from the Democratic Spaces South LA project are coming soon to this page and the Intersections website.
South LA Democratic Spaces is a collaborative multimedia storytelling investigation that reveals 15 democratic spaces and places in South LA through the eyes of local community organizers and advocates.
These sites encourage positive social change, promote advocacy efforts, and serve as building blocks for community-based social movements.
Interviews were conducted by members of the MetaConnects/Metamorphosis team, along with our partners at Intersections South LA.
Monic Uriarte
Community Organizer/Health Promoter
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Trina Greene
Program Manager
Peace Over Violence
Gabriela Garcia
UNIDAD Community Organizer
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
Tori Kjer / Ronald “Kartoon” Antwine
Project Manager/ Community Organizer
The Trust for Public Land
Pete White
Founder and Co-Director
LA Community Action Network
Neelam Sharma
Executive Director
Community Services Unlimited, Inc.
Jay McAdams
Executive Director
24th Street Theatre
Pearl Loehnig
Community Organizer
Los Angeles Black Worker Center
Janice Burns
Research Analyst and Community Research Lab Manager
Advancement Project
Aurea Montes-Rodriguez
Vice President for Organizational Growth
Community Coalition
Benjamin Torres
President and CEO
CDTech
Tafarai Bayne
Community Affairs Manager
T.R.U.S.T. South LA
Manuel Hernandez
Lead Organizer
SCOPE
Kelly Decker
Executive Director
The Children's Nature Institute
Rudy Espinoza
Senior Program Officer, Local Economic Development Initiatives
Community Financial Resource Center
