NEW EARTH ORGANIZATION
Transforming Future Leaders
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The young people we work with largely come from communities characterized by high concentrations of poverty, violence, and gang activity. We understand that cycles can be hard to break without access to what is possible. We aim for equity for our population so they can thrive in a holistic and sustainable way. We believe that basic essentials are just the beginning - enrichment programming, emotional wellness practices, and vocational training is what we offer to our youth to combat systematic barriers.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
F.L.O.W.
Our flagship poetry and music program is curriculum based, step-by-step process that focuses on inspiring young people to discover and craft their inner voice, share their experiences, and express themselves through art. The program teaches youth to express themselves and work through the difficult experiences in their lives while providing foundational English-class content and supporting literacy development.
Our Objectives are:
1. Teach students about the structure of poetry and then guides them to tell their own stories through poetry pieces through a project-based learning curriculum.
2. Promote literacy and enhances writing skills through English writing, reading comprehension, and critical thinking instruction based on the California Language Arts Standards of education.
3. Enable youth to find their voices through creative and positive outlets that instill in them a sense of empowerment, ultimately reducing their risk of recidivism.
Down To Earth
Agricultural programming in which students gain real-life work experience while benefitting from the therapeutic effects of gardening.
Our Objectives are:
1. Provide students with a sense of purpose by working with the earth and planting seeds that result in an abundance that is tangible in their own lives.
2. Provide job skills in horticulture and landscaping by teaching about tools, equipment and techniques.
3. Provide an effective therapeutic tool to help our students fave their frustrations and challenges while giving them a positive outlet for their expression.
Beyond Boundaries
A wilderness expedition that provides adventure therapy and allows youth to explore the world outside of the neighborhoods where they grew up and became system impacted.
Our Objectives are:
1. The program offers system-impacted young people an opportunity to leave the confines of the neighborhood and communities in which they live and gain a different perspective about the world around them.
2. Allow our alumni time for reflection and restoration before they return to their home environment.
Youth Diversion + Development
In collaboration with Los Angeles County’s Youth Diversion & Development Department, the City of Culver City, the Culver City Police Department, and the Culver City School District, this revolutionary 12-week holistic program diverts youth away from arrest, suspension, or expulsion and leads them through New Earth’s programs instead, thereby preventing the young people from ever entering the juvenile justice system.
Our Objectives are:
1. Provides young people with leadership training in lieu of arrest, suspension, or expulsion – ultimately diverting them away from entering the justice system.
2. Empowers our young people to make healthier choices by exploring identity, purpose, and a prosperous future through arts and career training.
3. Provide holistic interventions, identifying coping skills, life skills, arts, leadership, restorative justice, community, and social/cultural issues.
New Earth Campus
House all operations and post-incarceration programming. The center represents a landmark achievement for our organization and is helping to further strengthen our continuum of services for in-risk youth in Los Angeles. Young people also receive connections to resources, access to groceries, supplies, rental assistance, transportation, hot meals onsite & delivered, baby supplies for new parents, and childcare payment assistance.
Our Objectives are:
1. Provides trauma-informed wrap-around services, including creative arts programming, case management, basic needs support, a high school diploma program, job training including paid fellowship and placement, and a recording studio.
2. Provide services at the NEALC in the languages most spoken by our served population including English and Spanish, in addition, we utilize translation services for any additional language needs.
New Earth Digital
Is a social enterprise that offers businesses a range of digital media services including unique and custom merchandise design, social media marketing, professional website and app design, video production, and content curation, all made by our team of highly-talented and trained creatives are justice- and system-impacted youth ages 18-25 in L.A. County
Our Objectives are:
1. Provide our Digital Media Fellows with real-world experience in digital media and technology, business etiquette, professional development, project management, and project budgeting.
2. Provide diversity pipeline opportunity for the company while providing opportunities for underrepresented youth to enter the workforce and earn living wages that break generational poverty outcomes.
3. Increase diversity in the digital media and technology industry, and to break barriers to economic stability for system-involved youth.
Where we work
Awards
Fast Pitch Competition Grand Prize 2013
Social Venture Partners
Fast Pitch Annenberg Audience Award 2013
Social Venture Partners
Josephine "Scout" Fuller Award 2012
Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
New Earth provides mentor-based arts, educational, vocational programs, and wrap-around services that empower at-promise youth ages 13-25 and their families. We support youth to reimagine their lives, move towards positive life choices, and discover their genius as future leaders of tomorrow. We are causing a cultural shift.
New Earth has created a set of five proprietary performance outcomes, known as F.R.E.E.E. Qualitative and quantitative data for each outcome is collected from academic test results, grades, school incidence reports, and juvenile justice system case file audits. Additionally, participants report on housing status, emotional and behavioral health, and job placement. The success of our young people is proven by the following performance outcomes:
· F (formally free of system involvement)—93% of participants remain free from incarceration (compared to a 30% county-wide youth non-recidivism rate)
· R (regularly housed)—95% report having stable housing
· E (educationally advanced)—87% have graduated high school
· E (employable)—75% are job-ready and placed in outside employment
· E (emotionally balanced)— 75% report an increased ability to regulate emotions
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
New Earth creates new worlds for system-impacted youth. We interrupt the patterns that lead them to become the next statistic. This is done through a series of innovative arts and educational-based mentorship and enrichment programs that nurture self-expression, stimulate positive growth and promote systemic change. Our programs take our students from correction to introspection to new direction; helping release self-imposed and societal barriers to realize their full potential. Empowerment is accomplished by deconstructing the criminal identity that has been imposed on youth through the use of music, creative arts and self-expression; rebuilding positive self-identity and empowering youth with a strong sense of self. New Earth programs expose each youth to their uniqueness, talent, creative/personal potential, and self-control, as well as to the possibilities that await them in a world BEYOND their neighborhood.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
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NEW EARTH ORGANIZATION
Board of directorsas of 09/18/2023
Jayson Mercurius
JLM Strategic Talent Partners
Term: 2019 -
Harry Grammer
New Earth Organization
LaShondra Mercurius
JLM Strategic Talent Partners
Casey Affleck
Actor/Director/Producer
Bradford Bancroft
Marriage & Family Therapist
Ali Aratsu
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Marsha Watkins
LA County Department of Education
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 09/18/2023GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.