This looks fine@ >=== FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 7:00 PM === > >Films For Peace and Common Peace present: > >"Ties on a Fence: Women in Downtown >Los Angeles Speak Out" (52 mins.) > >In Los Angeles County an estimated 80,000 >people are homeless on any given night, with roughly >4000 emergency beds available. > >This documentary is a compendium of conversations >and interviews with the women who are currently >residing on downtown Los Angeles' 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. > >EZTV >1629 18th Street, Ste 6 >Santa Monica, CA 90404 (access north from Olympic only - >parking lot on east side - across from Cross Roads school) > >$5 donation > >Reservations are requested. >RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The Skid Row area is often stigmatized by "normal" >society, who seldom interact 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 residence 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 of >whom have become her friends. > >We are privileged to have the film-maker at this event. >You are in for a very special evening. > >Sign up for future films at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Questions: call Mona at 310-452-9681 . > >[Please reply if you would like to be removed >from this mailing list, or for any other changes.] > >####
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