Conga Kids

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About Conga Kids Since 2016, Conga Kids has integrated social and emotional wellness and inclusivity into social dance and music, reaching thousands of kids throughout Los Angeles County, and creating a critical pathway for historically underserved kids, in mostly BIPOC communities. In 2022-2023, we have grown our in-school social-dance Residency program (African Diasporic Social and Partner dances including Merengue, Danzón, Salsa, Authentic Jazz, and Hip Hop, West African Lamban, Cumbia, and Disco-Funk) and piloted the Discover the Diaspora Assembly, dances and music of the African Diaspora, a one-hour, live program in over 50 school sites. While celebrating the cultural and historical context of dance and music, we create learning experiences that connect students to self-confidence, collaboration, and community-building, with the goal to empower young people. Because of partners and volunteers like you, Conga Kids is dancing in-person with 130 Schools and nearly 25,000 Elementary School Students.