Los Angeles Catholic Worker

If you missed it, please feel free to come visit some other time!

A friend of the LACW’s Claudia Larson has made a wonderful documentary on the life of Catholic Worker foundress Dorothy Day, called Don’t Call Me a Saint. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York and was included in Vanity Fair’s “Must See list. If you are interested in the life of this remarkable women we all recommend it!

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Claudia Larson
one lucky dog productions
2512 Lyric Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027

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We have three new photo albums available.

• Stations of the Cross
• Easter
• Seder

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke at a press conference today at the corner of 6th and Gladys right across from our kitchen. Five Catholic Workers attended with signs to demand that that mayor house the homeless instead of sending them to jail. We were successful in drowning out the mayor’s speech with our demands, however the story is far from over.

The area of Skid Row is only 3/4 of a square mile and has a population of 12,000. In the last year there have been over 9,000 arrests, of which only 1.5% have been for violent crimes, with 1 person arrested for gun possession and one gang member. The city of LA has spent $10 Million to add 50 extra police officers to the neighborhood while only spending $100,000 on housing the homeless. This is not right!!!

We need to demand change. Please take some time out of your busy schedules and contact the mayor to let him know how you feel about this issue. You can email Mayor Villaraigosa at mayor@lacity.org or snail mail him at:

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
200 North Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

The phone number for City Hall is (213) 978-0600

To read more on this issue, check out the study on the “Safer Cities” Initiative by UCLA Law Professor Gary Blasi and watch the Los Angeles Community Action Network’s Youtube Videos.
Also watch and read about the protest at latimes.com and California Catholic Daily.

The Pacific Life Community Retreat was held in Santa Barbara this year and was attended by people from as far north as Vancouver BC and as far East as Salt Lake City. Click here to see photos of the event.

We had a moving protest rally and march at Vandenberg Air Force base on March 2nd. One of the attendees has posted a wonderful Youtube video of the march and the arrests. Click here to see pictures of the event.

I’ve added some photos of last Sunday’s music party. A good time was had by all.

Here are some photos of the recent School of the Americas protest in Los Angeles

Due to the abundance of meals available on Skid Row around the New Year we will be closed on Tuesday the 1st. If you were planning to come and volunteer please consider coming some other day!

Students from St. Paul, Damien, Bosco Tech and Ramona Convent High Schools walked from Salazar Park in East LA to the ocean last Sunday to raise money for the LACW. Thanks to all the students, teachers and parents for their time and effort!