On July 12, 2016 joyistLA staged its first joyous embrace in five locations across Los Angeles. The goal? Refuse terror, spread joy. Check out what happened, and visit www.joyistla.weebly.com to see what joyistLA has planned next!

On July 12, 2016 at 2 PM, JoyistLA  staged its first Embrace.

Five locations. Fifty artists. One goal:


Refuse Terror. Spread Joy.


The Joy Experiment

Kristen served as a producer for The Joy Experiment, bringing the JoyistLA team on board to create events including The Re-United States of America with SoulPancake and Reverse Trick-or-Treating with Amy Poehler's Smart Girls. Check them out below!


link to Amy Poehler's Smart Girls article

On Election Day, SoulPancake and The Joy Experiment (http://joyexperiment.org/election) went to a polling station and asked people to put aside their politics, and experience a little joy together on a stressful day. Naturally, we brought a bounce castle to help us out. The result?

Holiday Joy Experiments

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