Ohun tí a ń ṣeWhat we do

Our programs

What runs through the year, for children, teenagers, and adults, across Los Angeles. Two programs have their own page. The rest are described in full below.

The programs

Two women in gèlè listen to the Yoruba lesson beside the market stalls
Online, by arrangementPending: the ages

Yoruba Language Lessons

Speaking, reading, and tone marks, taught over video call by our teacher. Times are set with her.

Enrol a learner
A man in a purple and teal print shirt and cap smiles on Degnan Boulevard
Pending: the cadencePending: the ages

Yoruba Cultural Collective

Members who put culture to work: the Solar Hub, Green Goods, and a circle that keeps ideas moving.

Meet the Collective
Children at the craft tables in Àgbàlá Ọmọde with a Ludo board and paper crafts
Pending: the cadencePending: the ages

Kids & STEM

Àgbàlá Ọmọde, the children's compound, and the STEM Hub.

On this page
Pending: the cadencePending: the ages

Cultural Exchange

Pending: what the program is

On this page

Each card says who it is for and when it runs, so you can find the right one at a glance.

Àwọn ọmọThe children

Kids & STEM

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Kids & STEM is two things under one name. Àgbàlá Ọmọde is the children's compound: it runs at the Odunde Festival and through the year, and it is where the youngest members of this community meet each other. The STEM Hub is the technical half, built on the belief that a child who knows where they come from carries that into everything else they learn.

A mother and her two children play ayo and Ludo at the Àgbàlá Ọmọde table

Àgbàlá Ọmọde

The children's compound. Games, art, and ayo, at the festival and through the year.

Ages
Pending: ages and what they build
See it at Odunde
Children build with craft sticks at a long table lined with small blue robots

STEM Hub

The technical half of the children's program.

Ages
Pending: ages and what they build
What they build
Pending: ages and what they build
Ask about joining
Ìpàdé àṣàMeeting of cultures

Cultural Exchange

Hide detailsShow detailsabout Cultural Exchange

Pending: what the exchange is

Who it is for
Pending: who it is for
Cadence
Pending: the cadence
How to join
Pending: how to join
Ọdún kanOne year

When things run

One line per program, across one year. Worth a screenshot.

Pending: when it runsYoruba Language LessonsOnline, scheduled with the teacher
JuneOdunde FestivalLeimert Park
Nov or DecEnd-of-Year Gala
Pending: when it runsKids & STEMÀgbàlá Ọmọde runs at the festival
Pending: when it runsYoruba Cultural CollectiveSolar Hub, Green Goods

What these programs have produced, with a source line under every number.

Ẹ dara pọ̀ mọ́ waJoin us

Take part

Three ways to be part of the programs.

Enrol

Start Yoruba lessons

Online lessons for children and adults, scheduled with the teacher. Write to her to start.

Enrol a learner
Volunteer

Help with a program

One form, and we place you.

Volunteer
Give

Give toward the programs

Gifts hold up the language lessons, the children's programs, and the festival.

Donate

Write to the teacher

Lessons are arranged directly with our teacher. Tell her about the learner and she replies with a level, a time that works, and a start date.

Siblings, time zone, one-to-one or with others, or the best time to reach you.

Rather speak to a person? Pending: the general inbox

Give to Omo Yorùbá

Two ways to give until the online form is set up.

The online giving form is not set up yet.

Write to us and we will take the gift by hand, or send a check to Pending: mailing address