SLA 2025: Designing Community Safety

In 2025, ACDC’s A-VOYCE Summer Leadership Academy (SLA) was a seven-week-long curriculum serving high school-aged youth as community designers. This year’s curriculum focused on the theme of Community Safety, bringing together a series of thoughtful workshops, field trips, guest speakers, staff, and artists to support the youth’s development.

SLA youth applied their lessons and reflections to plan and organize one of ACDC’s largest events, Films at the Gate.

Check out our zine below, recapping the 2025 SLA program!