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The museum space serves as a literal and artistic common ground, a welcoming space for Angelenos to meet and mingle and explore civic issues together.

Worlds of Homelessness conference - October 2019

Worlds of Homelessness proposes an interdisciplinary and global engagement with homelessness and its connections to inequality, gentrification, racism and migration. The project creates a platform for local and international artists, architects and scholars to come together to share ideas.

The Worlds Of Homelessness event series including discussions, music performances, and film screenings took place from October 22. through 27., 2019 in Los Angeles at the Skid Row History Museum and Archive, NAVEL, and SCI-Arc, and culminated with the Los Angeles Poverty Department’s 10th Annual Festival for All Skid Row Artists on October 26. and 27., 2019.

The project was developed by the Goethe Institut in cooperation with the Los Angeles and Los Angeles Poverty Department, which has created art with and promoted the activism of Skid Row Artists for decades; the Thomas Mann House, the renowned and independent architecture school SCI-Arc, the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin and NAVEL, a collectively driven cultural organization.

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LA Poverty Department
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The STRONGEST MAN 10/18

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LA Poverty Department
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Tokyo Uber Blues 10/4

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LA Poverty Department
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Housing is Healthcare, Part 2 – May 22

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) is pleased to announce the Wednesday, May 22 panel conversation Housing is Healthcare (Part 2) from 6:30-8pm at the Skid Row History Museum & Archive, 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, 90012. In light of the new ABT Global study about Project Room Key highlighted in this week’s Los Angeles Times and Cal…
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Lady Los Angeles & Stop The Raids – 3/15

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LA Poverty Department
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City of LA Council District 14 CANDIDATE FORUM

City of Los Angeles Council District (CD 14) CANDIDATE FORUM Tuesday, February 27 from 5:30 to 7:00pm at the Skid Row History Museum and Archive 5:30pm-6:00pm: Open networking6:00pm-6:45pm: Moderated discussion with candidates Ysabel Jurado - Teresa Hillery - Genny Guerrero - Nadine Diaz - Eduardo "Lalo" Vargas6:45pm-7:00pm: Closing with March…
LA Poverty Department
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