Cultivating Hope curates safe and healthy spaces for the community to re-imagine education. 

Cultivating Hope creates a welcoming space for individuals of all backgrounds and ages to heal from trauma and reimagine their futures. Our methodology fosters culturally inviting practices that promote both personal and community healing. We integrate restorative justice, social-emotional learning, and indigenous community circles into all our programming, ensuring that every voice matters.

We started this organization because we believe that talking isn’t enough. True learning goes beyond lectures—it’s about action, experience, and growth. To truly reorient schools toward being student-centered, we need to create environments where students feel safe to make mistakes. When kids know it's okay to fail, they’re free to explore, grow, and build resilience.

It’s not about isolating each student as they navigate their learning journey alone. It’s about bringing the community together, so every voice, every perspective, enriches the learning experience. That’s where our 7 core principles come in: building community, competing, empowering students to teach one another, sharing responsibility, reflecting deeply, playing, and creating solutions. These are the building blocks for resilient, confident learners.

This belief in community and shared growth is at the heart of everything we do. Barak Bomani, co-founder of Cultivating Hope, Inc., beautifully captures the transformative experience of a Community Circle in the poem below. It reflects how connection, trust, and healing come to life in these spaces.

Cultivating Hope creates a welcoming space for individuals of all backgrounds and ages to heal from trauma and reimagine their futures. Our methodology fosters culturally inviting practices that promote both personal and community healing. We integrate restorative justice, social-emotional learning, and indigenous community circles into all our programming, ensuring that every voice matters.

Cultivating Hope, Inc. is based in Compton, CA. We serve all of Los Angeles County:
Agoura Hills, Alhambra, Arcadia, Artesia, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Beverly Hills, Bradbury, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, Cerritos, Claremont, Commerce, Compton, Covina, Cudahy, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Downey, Duarte, El Monte, El Segundo, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Hidden Hills, Huntington Park, Industry, Inglewood, Irwindale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, La Puente, La Verne, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Maywood, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Norwalk, Palmdale, Palos Verdes Estates, Paramount, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, South El Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena, Temple City, Torrance, Vernon, Walnut, West Covina, West Hollywood, Westlake Village, Whittier