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LAPD’s New Project

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Public Safety for REAL

The project articulates a vision, in which “Public Safety” is generated by cultivating a sense of mutual responsibility among community members for creating the well being of their community. “Public Safety for Real” is about community generated Public Safety. That means taking back the notion of “public safety” –and reclaiming…

LA Poverty DepartmentFebruary 12, 2018

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Holiday Party and Conversation – Sat. 12/22: 5-8pm

CELEBRATING the end-of-the-EXHIBIT and the end-of-the-YEAR with a party and conversation. EVERYONE IS INVITED! LAPD is having a Holiday Party — with Street Symphony at Skid Row History Museum & Archive on Saturday, Dec. 22 from 5 to 8pm. Food, music and conversation. We are using the occasion of the…

LA Poverty DepartmentDecember 14, 2018

LAPD’s New Exhibition

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State of the ART: Skid Row

State of the ART: Skid Row ~ Exhibition An inventory of current arts activity in Skid Row October 7, 2018 through December 29, 2018 Opening Event: October 12, 2018, 6 – 9 p.m. Exhibition hours: Thursday through Saturday 2-5 p.m. Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 S. Broadway, Los…

LA Poverty DepartmentOctober 8, 2018

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

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RELEASED

Friday, January 18, 7pm Q&A following the film with the film's director Philip F. Messina. Two-thirds of convicts released from prison return behind bars within three years. RELEASED presents the hopeful stories of four parolees who prove that the tide of recidivism can be reversed, if former prisoners are given the support…

LA Poverty DepartmentNovember 30, 2018

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Presenting Princess Shaw

Friday, December 7, 7pm screening: Presenting Princess Shaw - directed by Ido Haar Presenting Princess Shaw is the extraordinary story of an aspiring musician, down on her luck, who inspired internationally famous musician, composer and video artist Ophir "Kutiman" Kutiel to create a magical collaboration that would introduce her talent…

LA Poverty DepartmentNovember 29, 2018

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Year-End Letter 2018

Dear Friends of Los Angeles Poverty Department, Download the PDF 2018 is wrapping up and I’m still checking daily to see whether our Constitution will bend or break. At LAPD, we believe our job is about surprise. When we imagine ourselves as Public Radio Underwriters, we include in our verbal…

LA Poverty DepartmentNovember 30, 2018

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Skid Row History Museum & Archive activities

Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Rehearsals for our new performance Public Safety For REAL are open to anyone who wants to participate on Tuesday & Thursday: 7-9pm and Saturday: 2-5pm. Free Movie Nights at the Museum, every 1st and 3rd Friday of the…

LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 23, 2017