Growing MINDZ

Preparing for the Growing Mindz Winter Wonderland ❄️☃️❄️⛄️

Why is Art important in our youth?

Back to School Supply Giveaway! Saturday 16, 2025 from 12-2pm…. 🖤Children must be present🖤

This Saturday we will have a Community Clean Up🥰 volunteers are welcome 🤗

Growing Mindz started out as just a way of arts & crafts for our youth but this year this Mentoring program will expand. Stay tuned for growth🖤

December 2:
Self Reflection:
What are you grateful for?

Growing MINDZ is all about the kids I want to start off by thanking the youth that came out and volunteered today! Next thank you for everyone who came out I enjoy this event every year🥰 have a great school year🖤

Come out tomorrow 🖤 can’t wait to see you all🥰

This work has amplified resident voices in city policy and increased resident power to codirect investments in their own neighborhoods. After seeing the success at Summit Lake, SeKoria Finney teamed up with her neighbors to create a community garden in a nearby vacant lot called Growing Mindz. This memorial garden is a beautiful, thoughtful space tended by a team of local stewards, created by and for neighbors.

​​How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly How can communities build civic trust? A multiyear effort in Akron, OH, has some lessons to share in how public space can be leveraged to support racial equity.