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I Fly! or How to Keep the Devil Down in the Hole

PERFORMANCE - APRIL 4, 5, 6, 2019 @ 8:30pm REDCAT theater The other L.A.P.D. collaborates with residents of Skid Row to create provocative performances that confront vital issues and ask urgent questions. Their new piece addresses the meaning of “Public Safety.” What’s a low-income neighborhood of color to do, targeted…

LA Poverty DepartmentFebruary 20, 2019

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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

LAPD’s New Exhibition

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Peace N-Hood Round Table discussion

March 15, 2019: 6 – 8 PM Los Angeles Poverty Department is pleased to present "Peace N Hood" a Round Table Discussion based on Manuel Compito - aka OG Man's "Neo-novel Coloring Book" dedicated to Stop The Violence, Keep The Peace. The Peace N Hood Round Table features "gang specialists"…

LA Poverty DepartmentFebruary 20, 2019

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Manuel Compito & Scott Taylor: Bridging the Divide.

January 19 to March 23, 2019. Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 2pm - 5pm. There will be a presentation, date TBD, by Manuel Compito aka OG Man, of his comic book, “PEACE N HOOD”. Listen to the KCRW podcast of Edward Goldman reviewing the exhibit Bridging the Divide. It starts at…

LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 7, 2019

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

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On The Bride’s Side – March 22

Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7pm –On The Bride's Side A documentary film by Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande and Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry. A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist help five Palestinians and Syrians reach Sweden. Escaping Syria's conflict has provoked thousands to flee, and hundreds of thousands…

LA Poverty DepartmentJanuary 7, 2019

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Winter Shelter – Start Sleeping

Find a place to sleep and Helpful Homelessness Resources here: LASHA Winter Shelter Program Hotline Phone: (800) 548-6047 Start Sleeping US Homeless Resources & Sleep Accommodations Starting today, March 1, Basset Park in Service Planning Area 3 (San Gabriel Valley) will operate nightly as a Winter Shelter Program site till March…

LA Poverty DepartmentFebruary 13, 2019

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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