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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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Current Exhibition & Performance

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Vote for our L.A. REPAIR grant!

Los Angeles Poverty Department is excited to announce that we are on the ballot for a grant opportunity through L.A. REPAIR (Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism), L.A.'s first participatory budget pilot program! As we approach the L.A. REPAIR Vote, we're eager to invite you to be an active…
LA Poverty Department
March 20, 2024
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Adversity Generates Innovation – 3/27

Welcome to the Covid HotelUnveiling unexpected lessons about healthcare for the homeless that emerged from LA County-run quarantine sites during the Covid crisis. March 27 at 6:30 pm: Panel ConversationAdversity Generates Innovation Moderated by Clancey Cornell, a clinical social worker and member of LAPD’s archive staff whose interviews are featured in…
LA Poverty Department
February 19, 2024
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Welcome to the Covid Hotel 3/9-12/14

Welcome to the Covid HotelUnveiling unexpected lessons about healthcare for the homeless that emerged from LA County-run quarantine sites during the Covid crisis. Exhibition: March 9 – December 14, 2024Open: Thu, Fri, Sat: 2-5pmOpening reception March 9, 4-7pm. March 27 at 6:30 pm: Panel Conversation Adversity Generates InnovationModerated by Clancey Cornell, a…
LA Poverty Department
February 19, 2024

Movie Nights at The Museum

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Lady Los Angeles & Stop The Raids – 3/15

FREE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUMFriday, March 15, 2024, 7pm Screening: Lady Los AngelesBy writer/director Antonia Crane Runtime: 15 min. A young Latinx trans woman makes her rent in a story with no heroes and no victims. Lady Los Angeles illuminates the perspective and desires of one LA-based sex worker. Panel discussion w. Antonia…
LA Poverty Department
February 29, 2024

Workshops

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Theater workshops – Tue. 2pm & Thu. 7pm

Performance workshops / rehearsals Each Tuesday from 2-5pm and Thursday from 7-9pmat the Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 South Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90012 We create theater performances from scratch and with creative input from everyone involved. Improvise, write and perform with us. Skid Row’s original creative group…
LA Poverty Department
April 20, 2023

Info / Projects

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Walk The Talk website

Walk the Talk is no ordinary walk. It’s a biannual parade! LA Poverty Department brings Skid Row to life with performances along the parade route that pay tribute to neighborhood initiatives and the men and women whose contributions to the community call for a big, blaring celebration! On May 30, 2020 we celebrated…
LA Poverty Department
February 24, 2020

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