Friday, February 2, 7:00PM Films For Peace and Common Peace present:
"Ties on a Fence: Women in Downtown Los Angeles Speak Out" (52 mins.) In the Los Angeles County an estimated 80,000 people are homeless on any given night, with only about 4000 emergency beds available. Conversations and interviews with the women who are currently residing in downtown L.A.'s Skid Row. Most of the 6000 women on skid row sleep outside at night. The women punch holes in cardboard boxes and use plastic strips to tie the cardboard to fences to give them protection. The women who participated in this film tell their stories, struggles and their experiences of poverty as they are trying to navigate through the various bureaucracies of government programs. The Skid Row area is often stigmatized by the "normal" society, who seldom interacts with the homeless population. This creates a vast gap between the two societies and also creates more difficulties for homeless people to get out of their situation. They become trapped in a vicious cycle. Film-maker and fine arts major, Corina Gamma has been artist in residency at the Downtown Women's Center for several years, teaching arts and crafts to women who reside in the Skid Row area. This film, a labor of love, brings the audience closer to a world that is otherwise outside anyone's daily path. After the screening film maker, Corina Gamma, will lead the discussion, sharing insights of the women, many who have become her friends. We are privileged to have the film maker at this event. You are in for a very special evening. Friday, December 2, 7:00pm EZTV 1629 18th Street, Suite 6 Santa Monica 90404 (access from north side of Olympic ONLY - parking lot on east side,- across from Cross Roads school) $5 donation Seating is limited so reservations are necessary- RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sign up for future films at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions: call Mona at 310-452-9681 . [Please respond if you would like to be removed from this mailing list, or for any other changes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ### ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give at-risk students the materials they need to succeed at DonorsChoose.org! http://us.click.yahoo.com/wlSUMA/LpQLAA/E2hLAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
