Anti-Recidivism Coalition

This project will Support Foster and Systems-Impacted Youth in gaining Access to Creative Industry Employment in the Hollywood entertainment industry by providing stipends and wraparound supportive services to formerly incarcerated youth enrolled in vocational training to become International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union members. We aim to be the support system that all young people deserve to have while pursuing postsecondary education, to foster income equality and socio-economic mobility among systems-impacted youth.

The Anti-Recidivism Coalition's creative programming supports foster- and system-impacted youth who are returning home from incarceration. We provide these youth with training and employment opportunities in creative industries, including the music and film industries. These opportunities and pathways for employment aid in reducing the racial disparity in these industries and help close the racial wealth gap by providing these youth with the potential to be employed in high-paying and sustainable careers.

The Anti-Recidivism Coalition's mission is to end mass incarceration and create safe, healthy communities through a support network for formerly incarcerated people. Our program connects Foster- and Systems-Impacted youth returning home from incarceration in Los Angeles access to Creative Industry Employment in music and film to address significant Income Inequality in our community through Youth Economic Advancement.

To make Los Angeles a healthier place to live for some of the city’s most vulnerable young people, ARC will expand and enhance its unique mentorship program for incarcerated youth by training additional formerly incarcerated members to serve as peer mentors, and developing a scalable model that can be replicated in additional juvenile facilities in the next three years.