Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD)

Founded in 1985, LAPD is made up of people who make art and live and work in Skid Row...

 

WALK THE TALK

Performance, visual art and community conversations. It's an epic history of Skid Row!...

 

Festival for All Skid Row Artists

LAPD's yearly arts festival at Gladys Park in Skid Row...

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LAPD’s New Project

LAPD’s New Exhibition

Free Movie Nights at the Museum – every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month.

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Budrus – Nov. 16, 7pm

“Budrus” – directed by Julia Bacha |  Running time: 1h 10m Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites Palestinian political factions and invites Israeli supporters to join an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier.…
LA Poverty Department
October 23, 2018

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Founded in 1985, Los Angeles Poverty Department is the first ongoing arts initiative in Skid Row.

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