Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
Writing on the Wall

Street Art Documents the Undocumented

Ramiro Gomez Jr. creates street art that affectionately looks at a workforce which he is part of, and quietly works as hard as the people it portrays.

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Green Justice

Ancestors Finally Return to El Pueblo

After improperly excavating the remains of more than 100 people at the first cemetery in El Pueblo de Los Angeles, they were returned to their eternal resting place in April.

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This Week in History

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

The Act marked a significant point in U.S. history when a specific group was targeted in an exclusionary immigration law. But it was not the first of its kind, nor was it the last.

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L.A. Letters

Writers, Riots & the Expo Line

Mike the Poet highlights the poets and musicians that have been left out of the discussion of post-L.A.Riots literature and art.

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    Land of Sunshine
    Thoughts and musings on the shifting culture of our neighborhoods.
    Filipinos are the Minority in Historic Filipinotown and L.A.'s Japanese Population in Steady Decline
    May 15, 2012

    Filipinos are the Minority in Historic Filipinotown and L.A.'s Japanese Population in Steady Decline

    by Yosuke Kitazawa
    Mural Curatorship Gets Crazy on Gideon's Wall
    May 15, 2012

    Mural Curatorship Gets Crazy on Gideon's Wall

    by Ed Fuentes
    Departures Heads to South Robertson
    May 14, 2012

    Departures Heads to South Robertson

    by Kelly Simpson
    How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
    May 14, 2012

    How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing

    by Jeremy Rosenberg
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    Watch Listen Learn

    Youth Voices
    Digital literacy program to engage students in multimedia production.
    Departures Partners with The HeArt Project & La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
    Mar 12, 2012

    Departures Partners with The HeArt Project & La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

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    Playing is Learning
    Dec 16, 2011

    Playing is Learning

    by Rubi Fregoso
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    Community
    Share your stories through writing, photos and videos.
    Index to 'Good Food: Changing Course'
    May 3, 2012

    Index to 'Good Food: Changing Course'

    Extraordinary Women From Your Community - Week Four
    Mar 30, 2012

    Extraordinary Women From Your Community - Week Four

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    Funders and Partners

    Support for the Departures is provided through these funders as well as local community partners and viewers like you.

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