Pete White, Founder and Co-Director of LA Community Action Network.
LA CAN is a leader in organizing and empowering members of LA’s downtown “Skid Row” and South Los Angeles communities. Facing barriers related to economic, racial, and gender discrimination, their collaborative model of action helps give voice and power to local residents on issues that matter to their everyday lives.
The LA CAN headquarters is a vibrant space for conversation, education and organizing, as well as for artistic and media production. Their rooftop garden illustrates their commitment to encouraging vitality within spaces that are too often incorrectly and unfairly categorized as barren.
Pete, who was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, sees the LA CAN headquarters as “a space where all things downtown grow…This is also a space where creativity is welcomed. We say – whatever is your craft, you bring it here. If it’s poetry, if it’s political song, if it’s analysis, you bring it here.”
La oficina central de LA CAN es un espacio para conversar, educar y organizar a miembros de la comunidad del Sur de Los Ángeles y “Skid Row.” El jardín en la azotea del edificio demuestra la dedicación a promover vitalidad en espacios que típicamente son considerados estériles.
