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Beat the Odds® at Lowman Special Ed & Career Tr...

We have launched a Beat the Odds® initiative in partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District’s Lowman Special Education and Career Transition Center, serving students with disabilities through young adulthood....

Recipes for Connection

The current state of the world, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has highlighted the critical importance of accessible and culturally-responsive programs that promote healing, well-being, and connection. The World Health...

Inaugural Beat the Odds Youth Leadership Pilot ...

What is Beat the Odds®? Beat the Odds®: Social and Emotional Skill Building Delivered in a Framework of Drumming is an evidence-based, trauma-informed program which integrates activities from group drumming...

Connecting through Grief, Loss & Rhythm

In collaboration with New Hope, Gino Gamboa, Afro Peruvian drum maker and Remo facilitator, and our Community Initiatives Manager, Heidi Parker, led families through an experiential journey of the benefits of...

When Giving Becomes Receiving: A Transformation...

This is the first in a series of reflections by our Founder & Director, Ping Ho, MA, MPH, on her transformational journey to India. "Service is external meditation; meditation is...

The Value of Workplace Wellness

We’ve heard a lot of terms recently about the state of the workplace (great resignation, quiet quitting, quiet hiring, great reshuffle, big quit.) While those terms may have different meanings,...