Our Mission
La Plazita Institute, Inc. (LPI) mission is using a comprehensive, holistic and cultural approach designed around the philosophy of “La Cultura Cura”, to engage with youth, elders and communities to draw from their own roots and histories that will express core traditional values of respect, honor, love, and family.
Overview
We are a 501(c)(3) community organization with initiatives to engage vulnerable youth and families to improve the following focus areas:
- Cultural Restorative Justice
- Agriculture, Conservation, Community Revitalization, Economic Self-Sustainability
- Community Learning, Non-Traditional Leadership, Social Enterprise
- Traditional and Spiritual Healing
- Racial Equity, Health and Family Wellness
- Community Engagement and Collective Impact
Organizational Goals
1.Reduce disparities in incarceration, recidivism and adjudication of youth and adults
2. Increase innovative opportunities for previously incarcerated youth and adults
3. Improve workforce, economic opportunity and increase employment rates
4. Increase community driven sustainable business models and enterprises
5. Improve economic and community vitality by bolstering agricultural systems
6. Improve health equity through improving access and provision to healing and healthcare
7. Improve food security by providing healthy food to local children and families
8. Improve racial healing and equity through engagement in collective impact initiative
9. Increase organizational capacity to sustain cultural healing practices while scaling community-driven indigenous models
