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525 S Hewitt St
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 355-8500

La Concha, formerly known as Centro de Comunicación Comunitaria was established in January 2014. La Concha is an autonomous community center and safe space located in Boyle Heights, Califas. For any inquiries on use and rental of the space - please send us a message and/or email [email protected] A calendar will be posted monthly to inform you all of programming and workshops at the space!

Lucky Wheels Garage provides its members with the space, tools, and atmosphere to complete moto-related projects without having to purchase a garage full of professional mechanic tools. We have enough equipment for our members to complete any size motorcycle project, from changing their oil to building a full custom frame. We may be gearheads, but we aren't a repair shop. Rather, we provide the opportunity for our members to get in tune with their machines at their own pace, whether they are a novice rider or an ace wrench. We'll always be happy to lend a hand with a project, but we won't fix it for you. That's why we implemented a monthly membership system - Wrenchers can get in the shop at their convenience, without any pressure to complete a project in a specific timeframe. We hope this encourages everyone to challenge themselves to do something just a little beyond projects they've completed before. WRENCH Every customer at Lucky Wheels Garage gets access to our wide selection of community tools. We have multiple sets of the tools you need to get any maintenance or repair job completed. In addition to plenty of socket and wrench sets, we have all the moto-specific tools you might need, including motorcycle lifts, a tire changer, precise measuring instruments, hones, valve lappers, carb sync gauges, a sandblasting cabinet, chain tools, carb cleaning tools, and more. BUILD Feeling like doing a project a little beyond just a tune-up or carb re-jet? We have a dedicated fabrication area with a Miller Syncrowave 250 TIG Welder, a Millermatic MIG Welder, a modular welding table with a professional assortment of clamps and other fixturing tools, a tube bender, a belt sander, a band saw, a plasma cutter, angle grinders, bench grinders, and more to provide our members with the environment to build that custom chopper, classic bobber, or souped-up tracker they've been dreaming of. What's the point of wrenching all day if you can't get out and ride? Lucky Wheels Garage organizes members-only events and rides on a regular basis. Work together, ride together. See our events calendar for more information.

Guidelines for Commenting Please observe the following guidelines. Those who stray risk the deletion of their comments and/or access to The Trust’s Facebook page. 1. Comments that address people using slurs or that negatively reference one’s race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc. are unacceptable and subject to immediate removal. 2. Personal attacks are disruptive to healthy dialogue and will be dealt with accordingly. We want to foster an environment in which people can discuss issues pertinent to their communities. At times, there will be a need to agree to disagree, but we ask that you remain respectful at all times and NEVER attack an individual. 3. Violent threats or suggested violence will result in immediate removal from the community. 4. Many comment threads include “trolls”, people who post comments specifically to start a fight, defame, divide, distract, or otherwise detract from the overall function of the community. Trolls will be subject to immediate removal from our Facebook community. 5. We discourage long, point-by-point arguments which tend to alienate the rest of the community and often stray from the initial purpose of the disagreement. You should keep in mind that you can always communicate with other Facebook users privately. 6. Stereotypes are often divisive and offensive, and any such comment will be monitored closely. Sensitivity is paramount. 7. Avoid minimizing or denying the importance of comments/posts from others. We all have our individual priorities and beliefs; please respect this and act accordingly. 8. If most or all of your comments are repetitive and off topic, we reserve the right to remove you from the community. We will be strictly monitoring those who “hijack” the forum to advance their own agenda; such users are subject to removal from the community. Repeated transgressions will result in removal from the community. 9. Disagreement with comments is natural and encouraged. However, if you take offense to a comment, please address the commenter clearly and respectfully. 10. Please do not use the comments section to air complaints, whether about a post, a particular comment, or the moderation of our page. Please address all such concerns to [email protected]. We are a solutions-oriented community and welcome disagreement, but we want to take every opportunity to expand the conversation. 11. If you have a comment or thought that is unrelated to an existing thread and meets our community guidelines, please post it on the Facebook page’s wall. Your participation and ideas are the heart of this Facebook community! 12. Do not use this Facebook community for self-promotion. The page moderator will assess what constitutes self-promotion. 13. Last but not least, we want to remind you that this is YOUR community. We welcome your participation and contributions to all threads. We ask that you do your part to adhere to the guidelines we’ve set and encourage others to do the same. Please email [email protected]. if you have questions or concerns.

Founded in 1970, VC has been a pioneer in the development of Asian Pacific American film, video, and media. VC was founded by Duane Kubo, Robert Nakamura, Alan Ohashi, and Eddie Wong. Along with a core group of artists, filmmakers, photographers, and educators, VC’s founders began searching for visual resources to build a greater consciousness of Asian Pacific history in America. Fueled by the burgeoning Civil Rights and Anti-War movements, they set out creating learning kits, photographing community events, audiotaping stories, and collecting historical images of Asian American lives. In the 1970s and 80s, VC took on several ambitious projects in the independent film production arena. That first period of production saw the creation of over fifty films and videos, as well as the production of several educational filmstrips and major photographic exhibits – visual statements on the history and contemporary issues of Asians in the US. VC premiered the first ever full length Asian American film in 1980: Hito Hata: Raise the Banner. This landmark film was a building of a community-in-progress, involving artists, professional media personnel, scholars, community organizations, and countless number of individuals and community businesses in the making of the film. In the 1990s and 2000s, VC transitioned from a film production collective to a full-service media arts center. While VC still produced films in this period, the organization also provided support services for Asian American artists and filmmakers, workshops and trainings for the community, and more presentation opportunities for independent media in Los Angeles. Throughout our history, VC programs have evolved to meet the changing needs of a diverse Asian Pacific Community of over 25 different languages, cultures, and nationalities. The organization has created award winning productions, nurtured and given voice to our youth, promoted new artistic talent, presented new cinema, and preserved our visual history. Today, VC continues to be a conduit for the Asian Pacific global communities to the American public through its numerous arts programs. Our programming includes: the annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and year‐round screenings and exhibitions; the Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists; the Digital Histories video production and digital storytelling program for senior citizens; a Media Development Fund for independent filmmakers; and C3: The Conference for Creative Content. Visual Communications is also home to the VC Archives, one of the largest photographic and moving image archives on the Asian Pacific experience in America. We see media as a powerful tool to create and share meaningful perspectives, and our programs ensure that the AAPI community has access to the resources tell their unique stories.

LTSC CDC collaborates with other nonprofit, community-based organizations to help them build multifamily affordable housing projects that serve their communities, and increase the capacity of the organizations to engage in broad neighborhood-based community building work including affordable housing. Through these collaborations, LTSC CDC has partnered with over 15 community-based organizations and has completed 22 projects with 800 units of affordable housing and approximately 125,000 square feet of community facility space. LTSC CDC has developed more than $200 million in community-serving nonprofit real estate projects. Currently, LTSC CDC sponsors over a dozen different community and social service programs, with over 100 paid staff persons and hundreds of volunteers to provide competent and compassionate services in many languages. Services include individual and family mental health counseling, child abuse prevention, case management, support groups, senior services, childcare, preschool, after-school youth programs, and domestic violence programs. LTSC CDC is also working with the community to create a Sustainable Little Tokyo.

From its inception, as a not for profit organization, Artcore has dedicated itself to the task of finding and exposing artists locally and internationally whose work shows dedication, excellence and originality. Artcore focuses on artists of all walks of life spurring the creativity of both emerging and established artists. Artcore's operative word has always been "opportunity," both for the artists, and for the community to have access to art. Artcore is committed to its mission of making art accessible without the constraints of the market economy. As such it exercises freedom of choice based strictly on quality and contribution to the community. One of our strategies is to expand contact between visual artists regionally and internationally by seeking the artists’ involvement in our vision. Another strategy is to draw increasingly diverse audiences from the widest possible spectrum of our community. Mature developed artists will establish year-round art programs and workshops designed for children, youth and adults to discover visual arts and its core values.

Since 1994, InnerCity Struggle has worked with youth, families and community residents to promote safe, healthy and non-violent communities in the Eastside. We organize youth and families in Boyle Heights, unincorporated East Los Angeles, El Sereno and Lincoln Heights to work together for social and educational justice. InnerCity Struggle provides positive after-school programs for students to become involved in supporting our schools to succeed. We have empowered students to reach their family's dream of college. The work of InnerCity Struggle demonstrates that youth and parents working together are a powerful force for improving their communities and making real change. InnerCity Struggle has also educated and empowered thousands of Eastside voters to be heard at the ballot box on critical issues impacting our communities.

HOW ARTS PROGRAM WORKS The Arts Program is one of Lamp's services and is rooted in the firm belief that the process of making art is inherently therapeutic. Since 1998, when it was founded by Rory White, the program has offered Lamp Community members a safe and encouraging environment in which to tap into their creativity. From visual arts to music and creative writing, the artists explore creative self-expression as they develop their individual voices, display the artwork, inspire each other, and make creativity a consistent, healing part of their lives. Led by community arts advocate Hayk Makhmuryan, the program currently consists of Lamp Art Project (Visual Arts) and Music Studios, complemented by workshops exploring other creative outlets from writing to photography, as well as periodic art shows and other participatory activities. OUTCOMES More than simply providing an opportunity to develop skills and technique, the Fine Arts Program plays a central role in the recovery and stability of many clients, and for over a decade, has served as a shining example of Lamp’s innovative, service enriched model. Most artwork is available for sale as originals and prints. Member Art Prints available for sale online at lamp_artproject.imagekind.com HOW YOU CAN HELP? Donate! Volunteer! Spread the word! Follow us on facebook or join our mailing list -- DONATIONS: Lamp Art Project happily accepts donated art materials (sketchbooks, brushes, pencils, pastels, paints, paper, etc), as well as monetary donations. We also sell greeting cards and giclee prints of artwork. Prints are available upon request. Proceeds from sales go to the artists, as well as to support Lamp Community programs. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: We have lots of volunteer opportunities, from helping at the studio to planning and assisting at workshops, events, and art shows. Please contact us with any questions.

The Japan Fair will be held on September 26 & 27 at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) Plaza in Little Tokyo. Please visit our JapanFair.org website for TICKET INFORMATION PARKING INFORMATION: ow.ly/BZBbZ For Film Festival information: http://www.jffla.org/

The Arts District Community Council of LA is a non profit organization; 501c3 (in formation), made up of a district wide coalition of community stakeholders whose goal is to preserve, protect and enhance the neighborhood which it serves. We are proud to represent the diverse interests of the Arts District.

The Latino Equality Alliance was established in response to Proposition 8 when Latino LGBT leaders determined they themselves would take on the challenge of increasing support for Latino LGBT people and issues in the Latino and LGBT communities. Everyone (LGBTQ and Straight Allies) is welcome to join our Latino LGBTQ movement for equality. News, events and community action activities will be posted on this group. We welcome your participation and activism. For more information call or email at: 323.286.7224 or [email protected]

River LA was formed in December 2009 as the outgrowth of the recommendation from Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan. In 2009 and 2010, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Councilman Ed Reyes and Council President Eric Garcetti appointed the initial board of directors, who are all volunteers. Start-up funding for the organization came from CRA-LA. Additional funding will come from a variety of city, state, federal, foundation and private sources. River LA does not have any land-use authority or powers to implement eminent domain proceedings. Instead, it is working cooperatively and transparently with public and private stakeholders to carry out its mission. Its efforts are concentrated in the area covered by the Los Angeles River Implementation Overlay district (LA-RIO), and other similar districts, if subsequently established.

At WriteGirl, we match girls with women writers who mentor them in creative writing. Every year, we produce dozens of workshops, panel discussions and special events to help girls get creative, get through high school and get to college! Through one-on-one mentoring and monthly creative writing workshops, girls are given techniques, insights and hot topics for great writing in all genres from professional women writers. Workshops and mentoring sessions explore poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, songwriting, journalism, screenwriting, playwriting, persuasive writing, journal writing, editing and more.

Art Share was founded in 1997 by Chip Austin Hunter as an affordable housing project and community arts center. For many years it operated with primary interest in serving the inner city and East LA youth through after schools art classes. Past programs have included BLAST (Building Language Arts Skills Together), FACT (Families and Communities Together) and a variety of free classes in dance, visual arts, music and recording arts. The organization suffered greatly during the recession and as a result, all employees and programs (except for FACT) were suspended in 2011. Building maintenance had been neglected and the organization was near collapse. The board worked tirelessly to bring the building back to life and maintain our residential program. New leadership was put into place and outreach efforts were made to re-establish positive relations between community partners. Art Share was reborn the summer of 2012--the building was repainted, the logo rebranded and new programs and new initiatives are in place.

LELA started as Lantern of the East, an art movement initiated by four Asian artists, Lee Kye Song, Hideo Sakata, P. Khemraj, and Yoko Kamijyo, who became concerned about trends in the contemporary art world in the late 20th century. These artists viewed the art scene as becoming increasingly dominated by commercial forces and tending towards a mono-cultural, Western-oriented bias. This perception was reinforced when he NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1996 at their special exhibition of '20th century Great Artists' featured scant representation from Asia. The Lantern group believed that Eastern art, with a different sensibility derived from the intrinsic religious and culturl traditions of the Asian region, needed to become a more active force in the contemporary visual art scene and that in doing so, would be a driving force in shaping the world of contemporary visual art in the 21st century. The Lantern of the East then became Lantern of the East - Los Angeles, or LELA, as the founders were motivated by the conviction that art can unite people in our troubled modern world across boundaries of race, faith and national borders, helping all of us to reconnect with our fundamental spiritual essence and to find an inner peace and happiness. In that spirit, the founders began, in 1996, and continue an annual international art festival to communicate the spirit of "Global Art Community" to the far and remote corners of the world. The movement these Asian artists started became rooted in many locations on a global level, from the Korean city of Pyong Taek and their hosting LELA International Art Festival to APEX in L.A., which marked the 10th anniversary of the LELA by hosting an International Art Festival being it's largest and most ambitious project in its history. It presented not only the spirit of Eastern art to Westerners but also introduced the sensibility of Central and Latin American art. The founders of LELA hope that more cities in the world like Pyong Taek and Los Angeles join this movement and provide spaces to enjoy and appreciate all that represents the diversity and intrinsic beauty of our global artist community.

The Institute for Field Research (IFR) was created in March 2011 by a group of leading academic archaeologists (click here for a link to our Board of Directors page). Operating as an independent, nonprofit academic organization has allowed us to break down traditional institutional barriers and deliver archaeology field schools to students regardless of the university in which they matriculate. Furthermore, by working with leading scholars from universities across the world, the IFR can deliver a broad range of regional and temporal programs and ensure excellence in research and in teaching. Students are no longer limited to the expertise of faculty members at their home campus; and, faculty can recruit the best students from universities across the world. The IFR signed an affiliation agreement with Connecticut College – a highly ranked, private liberal arts institution – in November 2012. Through this agreement, students receive 8 semester credit units (equivalent to 12 quarter units) for attending any of our field schools. These units are easily transferable to student’s home institution through official Connecticut College transcripts. Our vision is to raise awareness and enhance the protection of our shared human past. We seek to reinforce the idea that archaeology is a public good by fortifying the place the discipline holds in the public consciousness and imagination. Our mission is to expand the offerings of archaeology field schools to students across the world, develop a system of excellence in both research and pedagogy and use economies of scale to ensure the affordability, growth and sustainability of our field schools. Whether taken for required fieldwork training, additional academic credits, accelerated graduation, resume-building achievements, or simply to realize a once-in-a-lifetime transformative experience, IFR field schools infuse within students a lifelong relationship with archaeology.

The Arts District Community Council of LA is a non profit organization; 501c3 (in formation), made up of a district wide coalition of community stakeholders whose goal is to preserve, protect and enhance the neighborhood which it serves. We are proud to represent the diverse interests of the Arts District.

Since 1944, Fred Jordan Missions has worked on the streets of inner city Los Angeles and throughout the world to help share God's love by providing nourishing food, warm clothing, blankets and other vital services to people in need.

Guidelines for Commenting Please observe the following guidelines. Those who stray risk the deletion of their comments and/or access to The Trust’s Facebook page. 1. Comments that address people using slurs or that negatively reference one’s race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc. are unacceptable and subject to immediate removal. 2. Personal attacks are disruptive to healthy dialogue and will be dealt with accordingly. We want to foster an environment in which people can discuss issues pertinent to their communities. At times, there will be a need to agree to disagree, but we ask that you remain respectful at all times and NEVER attack an individual. 3. Violent threats or suggested violence will result in immediate removal from the community. 4. Many comment threads include “trolls”, people who post comments specifically to start a fight, defame, divide, distract, or otherwise detract from the overall function of the community. Trolls will be subject to immediate removal from our Facebook community. 5. We discourage long, point-by-point arguments which tend to alienate the rest of the community and often stray from the initial purpose of the disagreement. You should keep in mind that you can always communicate with other Facebook users privately. 6. Stereotypes are often divisive and offensive, and any such comment will be monitored closely. Sensitivity is paramount. 7. Avoid minimizing or denying the importance of comments/posts from others. We all have our individual priorities and beliefs; please respect this and act accordingly. 8. If most or all of your comments are repetitive and off topic, we reserve the right to remove you from the community. We will be strictly monitoring those who “hijack” the forum to advance their own agenda; such users are subject to removal from the community. Repeated transgressions will result in removal from the community. 9. Disagreement with comments is natural and encouraged. However, if you take offense to a comment, please address the commenter clearly and respectfully. 10. Please do not use the comments section to air complaints, whether about a post, a particular comment, or the moderation of our page. Please address all such concerns to [email protected]. We are a solutions-oriented community and welcome disagreement, but we want to take every opportunity to expand the conversation. 11. If you have a comment or thought that is unrelated to an existing thread and meets our community guidelines, please post it on the Facebook page’s wall. Your participation and ideas are the heart of this Facebook community! 12. Do not use this Facebook community for self-promotion. The page moderator will assess what constitutes self-promotion. 13. Last but not least, we want to remind you that this is YOUR community. We welcome your participation and contributions to all threads. We ask that you do your part to adhere to the guidelines we’ve set and encourage others to do the same. Please email [email protected]. if you have questions or concerns.

SOSM/Untitled Project Space is an artist run project space located along the arts district of downtown Los Angeles. The space and its programming serves as a point of convergence for diverse artistic practices by encouraging the active exploration of what art is and can be.