Skidrow Coffee

02/07/2026

“Hotel in crisis (again)” exhibit at Skid Row History Museum and Archives.

02/06/2026

Creating Justice LA open mic nights every Thursdays!

02/03/2026

Yesterday we hosted a group of pediatric residents from UCLA who are learning about community based approaches to health. We visited Skid Row People’s Market (), our Peace and Healing Center, and strolled down 5th St. talking about SRO apartments, gentrification, local parks, and also connecting with friends in the neighborhood. It is always uplifting to be with young people critically engaging, which is what our organization Creating Justice LA () is exactly about… Empowering one another by engaging in community, civically, and creatively. Thank you again to Dr. Lydia Kim and all at .

02/03/2026

02/03/2026

Yesterday we hosted a group of pediatric residents and students from UCLA who are learning about community based approaches to health. We visited Skid Row People’s Market, our Peace and Healing Center, and strolled down 5th St. talking about SRO apartments, gentrification, local parks, and also connecting with friends in the neighborhood. It is always uplifting to be with young people critically engaging, which is what our organization Creating Justice LA is exactly about… Empowering one another by engaging in community, civically, and creatively.

01/26/2026

Nationwide shutdown Friday 1/30

01/23/2026

Testing out our espresso machine at the Creating Justice peace and healing center

01/22/2026

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Announcing the next stage in our series of conversations about SRO Hotels, and what’s needed now to have decent, truly affordable housing in Skid Row.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 at 7PM

Join us for a panel conversation moderated by Rosten Woo, and including:

- Jerry Jones, Greater LA Coalition on Homelessness
- Marc Tousignant, director of supportive housing for Enterprise’s Southern California Market and lead author of “Preserving Affordable Single Room Occupancy Portfolios Across California”
- Claire Knowlton, nonprofit finance expert and lead author of “Redesign Required: Lessons for Permanent Supportive Housing from Skid Row Housing Trust Buildings”

This panel brings together leading experts in housing policy and specifically SRO design and financing to talk about lessons we can learn from the recent and ongoing crisis with downtown’s SROs and the demise of Skid Row Housing Trust. Come join the conversation about what is happening behind the scenes, and how we can think big picture about the future of this crucial housing supply in Skid Row, and California at large.

This is the next stage in our latest exhibition, HOTELS IN CRISIS (AGAIN). The exhibition is unfolding in a “learning in public” format, where each new stage of the exhibition will be informed by public conversations.

Come be part of the conversation, and help develop the exhibition (and, we hope, the future of housing in Skid Row) with us!

01/21/2026

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This Friday, January 23, 12pm in PLACITA OLVERA in downtown :

From: the Twin Cities to Orlando, to Columbus, to Phoenix, to Seattle, to Boston, to LA, to New York, members and our allies will demand ICE stop terrorizing our communities and harassing our neighbors.

No one is safe under ICE!

This state violence endangers all of us – our families, our freedoms, and our future, no matter who we are.
In our union, we can meet history where it stands. In the labor movement and in our communities, we take care of each other.

We are putting big corporations on notice. There is no fence to sit on. You are either on the side of ICE or on the side of our community—which includes residents, workers, and customers.

01/17/2026

This Sunday!

01/16/2026

freshly prepared. Romaine lettuce, croutons, and dressing made from scratch! Dijon mustard, red vinegar, Worcestershire, anchovy, garlic, lemon, egg yolk, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, black pepper, and salt. 🥬🥗😋

01/16/2026

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