Walking In Our Light
Each year, Taxco Theater in Canoga Park hosts a Community Gratitude Procession. In 2025, Walking In Our Light will take place on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Community members were asked to share their light.
These are some of the stories from the Connectopod community.
Jesse and Vanessa walk in the light of their friendship and support of each other.
Connectopod producer Betsy Foldes Meiman worked with them for this video in her role as performing arts instructor at The Therapeutic Living Center for the Blind
First-generation Victoria Benitez interviews her 'mama valorosa' (courageous mother) in Spanish with an English intro. Vicky says interviewing her single mom Norma, gave her a deeper insight into
- and appreciation of- her mom's fighting spirit. A fighting spirit that Vicky has obviously inherited! Just listen to the one-minute intro to her piece! Vicky is a great writer. She took the initiative to record and edit on her own.
Melissa Peruch, producer of "restrictED," a podcast series on eating disorders, their causes and treatments, shares her light with every project she touches. Here, she shares what Connectopod means to her. Walk in the light Melissa share with other by listening to reStricted here
The Arts help us walk in our light as individuals and
together as communities!
Our students take their experiences into all the other areas of their lives!
'Lady of the Valley' Mural, a Levi Ponce original, is located at Van Nuys Blvd. and Arleta Street in Pacoima. Learn more about this project HERE
This restoration project was done by
This was a collaborative effort with Levi Ponce, JP Murals, The Gr818ers, and Connectopod.
We are grateful to Taxco Theater for hosting the annual
Walking In Our Light celebration for the community.
To learn more about Taxco Theater, visit them on Facebook or Instagram @dca_taxcotheatre