Dance and Dialogue is celebrating 10 years of service to 30,000 youth &teens in LAUSD and beyond! Arts in combination with SEL is the way forward. ⁦Alberto M. Carvalho⁩ ⁦Mayor Karen Bass⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ ⁦The Beverly Hills Courier⁩

“Just as waves arise when the wind blows, action changes reality. Action has the power to break down walls and to elevate our life condition. People of action don’t give up. Though they may seem deadlocked, they always manage to open a way forward.”

Dance and Dialogue teacher retreat today in Temescal Canyon! A time to share gratitude, laughter and many stories. A time to refuel and decompress from the last very busy year. This is the main team that pulled us through! 🌹🌹🌹💖💖💖 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💖

So grateful to have passionate arts specialists who truly want to make a difference in the lives of others.

canvasrebel.com/meet-ricka-kel… My interview with Canvas Rebel!

Dance and Dialogue ending our 10th year with a crescendo!! ⁦⁦Jeff Thacker⁩ ⁦Dmitry Chaplin⁩ ⁦Robert Roldan⁩ ⁦Marko Germar⁩ ⁦Wade⁩ gratitude 4 bringing your excellence to students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to meet you!

“The greatest mission and responsibility of people of faith today is to strengthen their commitment to building a world free of the scourge of war and bring people together based on the shared goal of realizing peace and happiness for all humankind.”

“The only thing that renders us powerless is when we give up and decide for ourselves that we can’t go on. That is like closing the door on our inner potential or locking away our spirit by our own hand. Giving up is the cause of defeat.”

"If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up - lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well."

So grateful for the recognition for what we do #4TheKidsofLA!

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So proud of how far we’ve come. instagram.com/p/C8dBiF9ppxk/…