Sarah Meacham and Sybil Venegas interviewing Guillermo Bejerano.
Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
In seven chapters, Departures recounts the rich cultural history of Highland Park with video interviews, slideshows, maps, and editorial content. These are the people who helped make that happen. Click on a thumbnail below to meet the people who live, work, serve and provide expert knowledge on the history and issues affecting Highland Park, with biographical info, video interviews and links.
Angelina Saenz
Kindergarten Teacher, Aldama Elementary School
Arthur Snyder
Former City Councilmember, District 14
Artichoke
Highland Park-based Band
Charles Fisher
Historian & Preservation Activist
Christopher Nyerges
Outdoor Instructor
Ed Reyes
City Councilmember, District 1
David Judson
Owner & President, Judson Studios
Diep Tran
Chef & Owner, Good Girl Dinette
Dolores Guerrero
Artist
Duardo Family
Longtime Highland Park Residents
Eliot Sekuler
Planning Board Member, Lummis Day Foundation
Eric Avila
Associate Professor, UCLA
Guillermo Bejerano
Writer & Artist
Heather Hoggan
Co-President, Arroyo Arts Collective
Jean Stern
Executive Director, Irvine Museum
Jeff Chapman
Director, Audubon Center at Debs Park
Jesus Trevino
Director & Writer
Joe Rodriguez
Artist & Founder of Mechiano Arts Center
John Arroyo
Urban Planner
John Nese
Owner, Galco's Soda Pop Stop
John Valadez
Artist
Jose Huizar
City Councilmember, District 14
Josef Bray-Ali
Co-owner, Flying Pigeon LA & Bike Oven
Judithe Hernandez
Artist
Julie Deamer
Founder, Outpost for Contemporary Art Gallery
Kim Walters
Director, Braun Research Library
Laura Cooper
Associate Professor, Art Center College of Design
Leo Limon
Artist
Linda Taira
Corridor and Special Studies Branch Chief, Caltrans
Lisa
Member, Knit Riot
Nicole Possert
Historian & Preservation Activist
Oscar Duardo
Co-founder, Milagro Allegro Community Garden
Patricia Parra
Longtime Highland Park Resident
Raul Baltazar
Artist
Ricardo Munoz
Retired Administrative Judge & Attorney
Richard Duardo
Owner & Master Printer, Modern Multiples
Richard Ledesma
Retired Officer, Los Angeles Police Department
Robert Gottlieb
Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College
Robert Winter
Architectural Historian
Rosalio Munoz
Co-Chair, Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War
Ruben Martinez
Award-winning Journalist, Author & Musician
Ryan Ballinger
Owner, The York
Sonya Fe
Artist
Suzanne Lummis
Founder & President, Los Angeles Poetry Festival
Sybil Venegas
Professor, East Los Angeles College
Timothy Brick
Managing Director, Arroyo Seco Foundation
Tricia Ward
Founder, Tierra de la Culebra Park
Victor Valle
Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Warren Ontiveros
Urban Farmer
William Deverell
Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
Ximena Gil
Program Educator, Audubon Center at Debs Park
Yim Tam
Teacher, Benjamin Franklin High School
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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What the Community Says: San Gabriel River
We hear from the community their stories and memories of the San Gabri...
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Exploring the San Gabriel River's West Fork
Last week the Departures production crew headed out on a little field ...
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Mapping the Untold Stories of the San Gabriel River
To better construct the narrative, we invite you, the community, to sh...
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KCET Departures Receives NEA Art Works Grant
Departures receives one of 832 Art Works grants totaling $23.3 million...
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