Mission Statement

  There is a strong need in the Los Angeles areas for education based programs geared towards the inner-city youth. It is known to be a high crime rate area, with high levels of gang and drug activity. The inner city-youth are the at-risk youth, because the public schools are notorious for being over-crowded and underfunded. The majority of this youth interested in skating and street art come from low-income or poverty stricken families; many from broken homes. We saw the inner-city youth as a vulnerable group with too many chances to go down the wrong path. We thought to ourselves if only they had a place where they could go to get away from all the negative influences, a place to express them productively, a place that could be their safe-haven. So, we created it here at The Garage Board Shop in collaboration with The Urban Warehouse!