On Saturday, January 21, DWC residents, participants, and staff joined approximately 750,000 others to participate in the Women’s March of Los Angeles – one of the marches affiliated with the Women’s March on Washington D.C. happening around the world. An estimated 2.9 million people participated in sister marches across the globe, making the Women’s March […]
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2016 was a year full of exciting steps forward – and all of the progress we made last year is thanks to YOU! Your support and advocacy made it possible for us to accomplish so much together. Here’s a snapshot of our year in advocating to end homelessness for women and a sneak peek at
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It’s with a heavy heart that we announce that Rose Arzola, the inspiration for the founding of the Downtown Women’s Center, died on Monday, December 5, 2016, following health complications related to age. She was 89. At the time of her passing, Rose was living in a senior care facility in Los Angeles. Previously, she
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In the 1970s, our city was in the midst of a crisis. With the reality of de-institutionalization and the resulting surge of homelessness in Los Angeles came the fear that there was no way out. A small group of women joined together in response to this fear, and at first went all but unnoticed. These
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We are thrilled to announce that this July, the S.L. Gimbel Foundation Advised Fund at The Community Foundation – Inland Southern California awarded DWC with a $500,000 grant to support our Day Center. This gift is the largest private foundation grant that DWC has ever received for programming support. “A grant of this size
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