Housewarming: Little Tokyo & Skid Row

244 San Pedro Street,Los Angeles CA 90012

21 May, 2022

Description

Walk-n-Talk through downtown LA, as we look at our housing history and discuss community driven solutions. Take a walk with us through Little Tokyo and Skid Row, as we imagine solutions to our housing crisis. We’ll start and end at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo and in between, we’ll hear from both Little Tokyo and Skid Row advocates about community-driven ideas and solutions. We’ll also get a “Homelessness 101” and “Housing 101” and a look at some of the past policies and practices that got us to this point. We’re excited to provide lunch from a local vendor, and fantastic community-based artists that are anchored in this work will perform throughout the day. Schedule: 10:00am: Meet at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center 10:30am - 12:00pm: A historical tour from Little Tokyo to the Little Tokyo Service Center's redevelopment of the Umeya Rice Cake Building and the Skid Row History Museum, ending at the Los Angeles Community Action Network. 12:00pm - 12:30pm: Lunch from a local community vendor. 12:30pm - 2:00pm: Los Angeles Community Action Network presentation and performance. 2:00pm - 3:00pm: Return to JACCC in Little Tokyo. 3:00pm - 4:30pm Presentations on Affordable Housing 101 from Little Tokyo Service Center and the Community Vision process from Sustainable Little Tokyo and performance. This roving teach-in is presented as a program of The Most Beautiful Home...Maybe, an experiment that aims to use art to influence housing policy. Housewarming is presented in conjunction with the performance, The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe, at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) in Los Angeles, May 19-21. Click here for tickets, and more information. Parking: Joe’s Auto Parks/Sho Tokyo Garage Adjacent to JACCC/Aratani Theatre 350 E. 2nd Street, L.A. 90012 COVID-19 Masks and social distancing will be observed, and lunch will be provided outside.Please do not attend if you have symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, chills, head or muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea, or vomiting.Please do not attend if you have had a positive COVID-19 test within the past week, or if you have been advised to self-quarantine by a medical professional.