The We in Me, homeLA’s pilot education program that considers homelessness through the lens of empathy with several programs in November at The Box parking lot.
The We in Me: Embodying Empathy
Thursday, November 4, 2021
6-9p
The Box parking lot, 822 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
*No RSVP needed
Please join us for The We in Me: Embodying Empathy on Thursday Nov 4, 2021, from 6-9pm at The Box gallery’s parking lot during National Homelessness Awareness Month. Embodying Empathy is an evening of programming that centers empathy as a pathway towards civic engagement with performance, movement, embodiment, conversation, and music.
Embodying Empathy will take place in The Box’s large rectangular parking lot and showcase a two-story model home from artist Corazón del Sol’s low-income housing project, Jardin de Estrellas. Jardin des Estrellas is del Sol’s community-focused project inspired in response to lack of low-income housing opportunities in Los Angeles, done in collaboration with Oasis Cannabis and ARCspace. del Sol will introduce the project and a model home prototype will be onsite for viewing by program guests.
The evening’s programming will include a performance of excerpts form Los Angeles Poverty Department‘s latest performance The New Compassionate Downtown; an embodied practice led by Jay Carlon; a conversation between Corazón, Jay, Pastor Cue–founder of the “Church Without Walls” which serves those experiencing homeless in DTLA’s Skid Row–and the audience, facilitated by Bernard Brown; and music by Cubano Percussion.
This event is a part of The We in Me, homeLA’s pilot education program that considers homelessness through the lens of empathy and civic engagement. The We in Me furthers homeLA’s mission to promote intersectionality and cultivate inclusivity through the embodied exchange of ideas around varied contextual imaginings of “home.”
For information on additional The We in Me programming for families happening on November 14th, please visit our website.
The We in Me: Embodying Empathy is produced in partnership with The Box and The Box artists, Corazón del Sol and Los Angeles Poverty Department.
This programming is made possible through the support of homeLA Advisory Board members. This activity is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. homeLA is fiscally sponsored by Fulcrum Arts
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2021
Time: 9a-1p
Community Care Kits: Families, join homeLA artist Emily Marchand and advocate Caitlyn Montgomery in packing hygiene kits for our unhoused neighbors. Seeking donations now.
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