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Transforming communities through intentional support and healing

Transforming communities through intentional support and healingTransforming communities through intentional support and healingTransforming communities through intentional support and healingTransforming communities through intentional support and healing

About Project X LB

Where Potential Meets Purpose

At Project X LB, the “X” stands for both possibility and transformation a reminder that change begins when we Support, Heal, Inspire, Flourish, and Transform together.

Our mission is rooted in a simple truth: every community holds its own solutions. What’s often missing are access, advocacy, and support. That’s where SHIFT comes in.

By centering the lived experiences of Long Beach families, we design programs that uplift, educate, and empower.Whether it’s:

  • providing washers and dryers through Gentle Care,
  • developing teen leaders through SHIFT Youth,
  • supporting parents of young children, or
  • walking alongside justice-impacted youth,

we meet needs with dignity and build pathways toward lasting change.

Our mission

To engage and support youth and families by Supporting, Healing, Inspiring, Flourishing, and Transforming through education, resources, and partnerships advancing equity, empowerment, and lasting change.

Vision

A community where youth and families are supported, healed, inspired, and empowered to flourish. Through meaningful engagement, education, and collaboration, we envision a legacy of transformative justice, equitable growth, and collective progress for every generation.


Our Approach: SHIFTing Systems for Families

At PXLB, we know that real change isn’t just about one program or one family — it’s about reshaping the systems that surround us. That’s why our work is rooted in the Water of Systems Change framework and carried out through our signature SHIFT model:

Support • Heal • Inspire • Flourish • Transform

Together, these two frameworks guide everything we do, from parent workshops and youth programs to community events and resource distribution.


The Water of Systems Change

The systems that shape families’ lives operate at many levels:

  • Policies, Practices, and Resources — the rules, routines, and flows of support families experience every day.
  • Relationships and Power — how people connect, share decisions, and build trust across boundaries.
  • Mental Models — the cultural narratives and beliefs that shape how families are seen and supported.

PXLB works across all six of these conditions to spark change that lasts.


SHIFT: Our Way of Doing Systems Change

Support

  • We strengthen families by meeting immediate needs with dignity, from washers and diapers to workshops and community resources.
  • Systems Change Lens: Changing how resources and practices flow into communities.

Heal

  • We provide spaces where parents and youth can process trauma, build resilience, and rewrite harmful narratives.
  • Systems Change Lens: Shifting mental models from “at-risk” to “resilient and resourceful.”

Inspire

  • We connect families, schools, and community partners to build trust, collaboration, and shared leadership.
  • Systems Change Lens: Strengthening relationships and connections across the community.

Flourish

  • We elevate parent and youth voices so they can shape policies and decisions that directly affect them.
  • Systems Change Lens: Balancing power dynamics and influencing institutions to be more responsive.

Transform

  • When support, healing, inspiration, and flourishing come together, we see transformation not just for one family, but across systems and communities.
  • Systems Change Lens: Aligning all six conditions for lasting change.


Why This Matters

SHIFT isn’t just a program: it’s a movement for systemic transformation. By linking daily parenting tools and youth leadership with long-term systems change, PXLB ensures that every family can access the support they need to thrive today and for generations to come.

Project X LB

Long Beach, California, United States

+1.5623433637 Tax ID # 92-1316109.

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