South Central • Council District 9

South Central takes care of South Central.

A community collaborative rooted in healing, growth, and collective care. By the community, for the community.

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The South Central Wellness Collaborative committee at the park the committee
Who We Are

Wellness that looks like home.

To provide a safe and supportive space in South Central that provides accessible, culturally sensitive, and quality mental health services, resources, education, and support to Black and Brown residents and mental wellness practitioners within South Central, while fostering a supportive and informed community.
Holistic wellness for the South Central community in CD 9

Let's be clear about one thing

Wellness is not a luxury.

Groceries packed for families

also food.

Fresh groceries and full plates for our neighbors.

A free haircut at the wellness summit

also being seen.

Free cuts, care, and dignity for every person who shows up.

Hands in a basket of herbs

getting your hands dirty.

Earth, plants, and the medicine that grows from them.

A healing circle outdoors

also stability.

Mental health support, healing circles, and being held.

Our Annual Summit

Empowermind

Empowermind is our community wellness summit, where healing shows up as art, movement, massages, music, and pure community joy. It is a free day built so that wellness meets people exactly where they are.

Behind it is a committee that showed up every Friday, sometimes more, for eight months straight. Since 2023, a small vision has grown into something powerful, all of it rooted in one belief: wellness should be felt in every community, with no barriers.

"Let's grow, heal, and thrive together."
Empowermind 2026 recap collage
Liberation Through Wellness event flyer
Flagship Event

Liberation Through Wellness

Annual gathering
11AM – 3PM
Augustus Hawkins Nature Park, 5790 Compton Ave, LA 90011

A full free day of refreshments, wellness resources, raffles and giveaways, music, and workshops. Bring your friends, family, and loved ones. Everything is free.

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In 2026, This Looked Like

When we center real needs,
we don't just support healing. We create it.

Every number here is a neighbor, a family, a moment of care that did not exist before the community made it real.

200+
Families fed
Groceries
+ gift cards sent home with families
Diapers
Provided for babies in the community
Yoga
Free community movement and breath
Artists
Local artists paid for real, true-to-us work

we don't do this alone

Built alongside the people and orgs who show up.

Fresh Slate LA Changing the Narrative North Gate Market South Central LAMP Artivists United Avalon Carver Council District 9
Join Us

There's a place for you in this.

Attend

Come to the next gathering. Bring your people. Everything we host is free and open.

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Vend

Share your goods, food, or services with the community at our events.

Become a vendor →

Facilitate

Lead a workshop in movement, mental health, art, or healing. We pay our facilitators.

Pitch a workshop →

Volunteer

Join the committee. We meet, we plan, we show up for each other every week.

Lend a hand →

Donate

Fuel free wellness in South Central. Every dollar feeds, heals, and supports a neighbor.

Give today →

Keep up with the collective.

@southcentralwellnesscollab

Events, recaps, and everyday community care. Follow along and never miss a gathering.

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