Los Angeles Catholic Worker

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

The 2008 Catholic Worker gathering will be in Worcester, Massachusetts, From July 9th through the 12th. For more information visit: pieandcoffee.org/cw2008. Please RSVP as soon as possible!

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
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Here’s the brand new addition of the Agitator. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the movement!

In this issue:

• The Catholic Worker After Dorothy Day, an interview with Dan McKanan
• “Don’t Call Me a Saint,” a review by Faustino Cruz
• Catholic Workers Disrupt Mayor
• Largest Demonstration at Vandenberg in a Decade by Allison McGillivray
• The Winter Soldier Investigation by Dahr Jamail

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.

Come join the party! The Catholic Worker Seder of Liberation will be at 2 PM on March 30th (the Sunday after Easter), in the basement of Dolores Mission School. Call 323-267-8789 to R.S.V.P. and sign up to bring a salad or a desert and grape juice or wine. Click here for pictures of last year’s Seder.

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.

It’s time to rise up! March and rally to stop the war at Hollywood and Vine, March 15th at 12 noon. For more information call 213-251-1025 or visit answerla.org.