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Participants on Los Angeles County podcast say arts aid healing for system‑involved youth but outreach remains uneven
Summary
On a Los Angeles County podcast episode, youth commissioners, a former foster youth and county arts staff described how arts programs support healing and career pathways for system‑involved youth, praised the county’s Creative Well‑Being approach and urged better outreach and referral systems so young people can find free and paid opportunities.
On a Los Angeles County podcast episode of Talk to Me, participants discussed how arts programs — from makeup and dance to poetry and beat‑making — support healing, mental health and career pathways for youth affected by the foster care and juvenile justice systems.
Host Sherry Bradford opened the discussion and invited panelists to describe how art had helped them. Arlena Ortega, a podcast guest who said she ran a makeup class in a group home, said makeup and hairstyling “was like meditating for all of us.” Chris, introduced as a youth commissioner in Portland County, argued that arts teach both creativity and discipline, quoting John F. Kennedy: “art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom.” Elizabeth Nails, who works for the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture,…
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