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Southland Sessions
Stories in the Stream: Third Annual Southeast L.A. River Arts Festival Goes Virtual
For the community of Southeast Los Angeles, this homegrown arts festival and all of the people involved are a reminder to never give up and do it ourselves.

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The Right to Live: Southeast Los Angeles Life in Three Moments
Located 20 minutes from downtown, the southeast suffers from life-threatening pollution across the cities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Lynwood, Maywood and Vernon.
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Artbound
Photos of Latino Youth Resistance, From the 1960s to Today
Protest photographs bridge Latino youth cultures across space and time. They remind us that Chicano youth continue to not only speak out about injustice but thrive despite it.

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Departures
How Bell Gardens is Banking on Bicycle Club Casino's Luxury Hotel
Though the extravagant casino stands in great contrast to the surrounding working class communities, its relationship to the city is complicated
Departures
How Bell Gardens is Banking on Bicycle Club Casino's Luxury Hotel
Though the extravagant casino in Bell Gardens stands in great contrast to the surrounding working-class communities, it is as intimately tied to the local economy,as it is insular.
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Departures
Cha Cha Economy and Alternative, Latina Business Models
Business is booming for Ana Guajardo and dozens of other local Latina and POC vendors.
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Departures
Worth Gold: Feminism and Leadership at the Miss Bell Gardens Pageant
Despite dwindling numbers, the Miss Bell Gardens pageant cultivates leadership from woman to woman.

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Departures
I Can Defend Myself: a Trans Teenager's Family Clears a Path for Trans Youth
"Just think: that baby that you covered when they were cold or fed when they were hungry, that is the same one that's telling you they're trans, or gay."

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Departures
The Time is Now for Chicas Rockeras in Southeast L.A.
The first-ever rock camp in Huntington Park hosted over 26 children ages 8-17, for a week of band practice and workshops that focused on local social and environmental issues to build critical thinking skills.

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Departures
Lost Girl: Tales about Loving and Leaving 1970s El Monte
El Monte has produced numerous writers, including Benita Morgan Bishop who documents 1970s El Monte through the wide-eyed perspective of her young narrator.