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Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
In 1922, in the burgeoning area of downtown Los Angeles known as Little Tokyo, leaders of three separate struggling Japanese missions combined their efforts to create one strong church. They called it the Japanese Union Church. As construction workers and parishioners lowered the ceremonial cornerstone that year, they were laying a foundation built on unity and co-existence -- values that would continue to be represented throughout the life of the structure.
Today the simple yet grand four-columned Colonial building houses the Union Center for the Arts. It stands as a monument to what can be accomplished when cooperation, understanding, and the singular vision of a community guides the way.
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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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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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