Category Archives: economy and equality
2/07/2011: Maya Goded
This past Saturday evening, Mexican photographer Maya Goded inaugurated a solo exhibition called Las Olvidadas at the California Museum of Photography in Riverside. Goded is a documentarian associated with the Magnum cooperative and known for her work in marginalized and … Continue reading
1/31/2011: Community redevelopment and homeless services in Covina
46,800 people live in this small city in the San Gabriel Valley, two dozen of them without permanent housing. That may not seem like a lot, especially by Los Angeles County standards, but what may make Covina unique is that … Continue reading
1/31/2011: bus riders vs. condo canyon
Sunyoung Yang joins us to talk about recent opposition by West side residents to an ambitious Bus Only Lane that will change the commute on Wilshire and encourage more people to get out of their cars and onto the MTA. … Continue reading
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1/31/2011: The national homeless count
The Homeless count in Los Angeles County is done every two years and is headed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the lead agency in the county’s Continuum of Care. Two years ago when the count estimated that … Continue reading
1/31/2011: the national homeless count from Covina, CA
On this week’s show, we ride along with volunteers on part of the National Homeless Count from the City of Covina in the San Gabriel Valley. We also find out why the community redevelopment agency in Covina is working to … Continue reading
1/24/2011: alliance building in tough times
The Program for Environmental and Regional Equity researches and facilitates discussions on environmental justice and social movement building. The program, based at the University of Southern California, is trying to forge a new model of how university and community can … Continue reading
1/10/2011 Helie Lee: Macho Like Me
Los Angeles author Helie Lee is 1.5 generation Korean American. Several years ago, Helie spent two harrowing years in China and in Seoul planning to help her family defect from North Korea. Helie’s latest undertaking is a one-woman performance that … Continue reading
1/10/2011 The Soldiers’ Project: Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
As the U.S. approaches a decade of warfare and occupation in Afghanistan, more and more service men and women are coming back from deployment with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hear In The City Producer Luis Sierra Campos spoke to a … Continue reading
01/03/2011: Street art at MOCA, street art in LA
As part of the “Art in the Streets” exhibition, the Italian street artist known as BLU was hired by MOCA to paint a mural on the north wall of the Geffen Temporary Contemporary in Little Tokyo. The museum had the … Continue reading
12/06/2010: Construction jobs for women
Construction work is one of those professions that is the distinct domain of men in most places in the world. Hear in the City producer Luis Sierra Campos visited a workshop where 19 women of from the ages of 18 … Continue reading
