SACRAMENTO — A free showing of the “Lion King” film “Mufasa” at the Delta Shores shopping center was just one of the pop-up events being held over the winter holiday for Sacramento kids.
“If you don’t give them something to do, they’re going to find something to do,” said Jackie Rose of the Rose Family Creative Empowerment Center.
Rose leads a nonprofit group that helps organize these events, giving kids an alternative to sideshows, gangs and drugs.
“It interrupts what young people might do, they might change their mind and come over here to a pop up instead of hanging out with folks that they shouldn’t be with”
Other pop-ups include a bowling night, a trip to the Imaginarium light show at Cal Expo, and a summer basketball league.
The events take place when youth are most at risk — on weekends and during the holiday and summer seasons when they are out of school.
Termir Knox, 17, said he encourages his classmates to come.