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Youth Empowering Sensory Spaces

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At LAPL, every mind is welcome, and every story is worth telling.

In 2025, we supported a new initiative to create Youth Empowering Sensory Spaces in five LAPL locations—transforming how young people experience and engage with their local library.

Furnished with features like noise-cancelling headphones, wobbly chairs, soft lighting, and sensory mats, these spaces were created to support youth with developmental disabilities, learning differences, or sensory sensitivities, and their families. Librarians organized inclusive public programs and trained staff, reducing barriers, fostering belonging, and modeling equitable service.

Participating branches:

Arroyo Seco Branch Library
Canoga Park Branch Library
Central Library – Teen’Scape
Harbor City – Harbor Gateway Branch Library
Venice Branch Library

“Library spaces are not meant to be static. They're meant to adapt and change and grow with the needs of our communities that we serve.”

— Kadie Seitz, Librarian, Youth Services

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Stacy Lieberman

As President and CEO of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles (LFLA), Stacy Lieberman is an innovative and inclusive leader whose career dwells at the intersection of arts and culture, lifelong learning, storytelling, and equitable access. Stacy guides the Foundation’s philanthropic and public-facing priorities to serve the Los Angeles Public Library, embracing the notion that libraries are beacons of democracy where everyone is welcome. She works intentionally with community leaders, donors, and internal and external strategic partners to raise awareness and resources for the Library and its life-changing initiatives.

With more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive, Stacy has left an indelible mark on iconic L.A. arts, non-profit, and educational institutions such as The Broad, the Autry Museum of the American West, and the Skirball Cultural Center. Building on an early career in book publishing, she has dedicated her professional life to sharing stories and broadening the reach of public institutions to welcome visitors and students of all ages and backgrounds to experience educational, arts, and cultural opportunities.