Agency for Civic Engagement
ACE connects students and faculty with nonprofit and governmental organizations that are dedicated to helping underserved communities. Students work collaboratively across Woodbury’s disciplines to combine their skills and test their fields of study on real projects for the public good. Projects include architectural design/build works where students build small tactical structures, business plans for organizations, graphic design including way-finding signage and logos, films and videos promoting a message, journalistic and creative writing, and other services.
The incredible thing about these new structures is that they give the garden integrity and define us as a program,” says Jane Haven, executive director of Taking the Reins. “There’s a shape now rather than just a dusty environment” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke at a fundraiser at the L.A. river on June 30, 2015, kicking off his bid for a second term. An installation by Woodbury University’s ACE Center provided the backdrop for Mayor Garcetti’s speech, which was held at Mission Art Projects, an artist collective on the east bank of the L.A. river.