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For many years communities like Pacoima have been planned and built for us, instead of with us. The effects of the lack of community input are evident: polluting industry next to homes, lack of economic development opportunities, lack of green space, a...
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Participants shared their own definitions and examples of the word "community," and create photographic works based on these shared ideas using found photography and embroidery.
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Venice Arts' Community Story Lab ventured out together for their first group shoot around Venice and gathered photographs that could help shape how they envision their "community."
This week we ventured out into the streets of Venice to begin production for the next installment of Departures.
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In the Southeast Asian communities of Long Beach, Restorative Justice practices can help heal youths suffering from zero-tolerance policies in schools, as well as trauma from the legacy of the Cambodian genocide.
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The practice of community conferencing is derived from the Maori people in New Zealand. Locally, similar practices can empower youth and community with the knowledge that there is an alternative to the criminal justice system.
Reyner Banham's love letter to L.A. was the first hint I had of the depth and contradictions of the city where I had chosen to spend the rest of my life.
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With active modes of transportation on the rise in L.A. and across the United States, the public health lens must be taken into account when planning the future of transportation in this city.
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The fictional continent of Kentifrica serves as a platform to explore themes of intermingling history and identity, and how particular neighborhoods reconstruct narratives to keep their culture alive.
"How did a Chicana from Pacoima," Judy Baca jokes, "end up in the canals?"
The Lincoln Place Apartments offer a great Venice history lesson, as well as an object lesson in the old saying "forgive but don't forget."
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The compact space within the Japanese American Cultural Community Center hosts ukulele connoisseurs from all around town, from Hawaiian expats to young musicians from Silver Lake and the Arts District.
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