Appeal for the Homeless

The Leon and Mary Fields Foundation
Do Something Saturday
Project KengiKat Proudly presents
Operation Give Hope
Saturday March 14, 20096:00PM ~ 9:00PM
West Los Angeles Cold Weather Shelter
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DONATIONS NEEDED
Gently used clothes for men and woman(big and tall sizes are welcome)Gently used shoes175 Do Something Kits(or items for Do Something Kits)Jackets, Coats, gloves, socks

MEALS
If you are a restaurant in the Los Angeles area that can help providemeals for up to 175 homeless men and woman, we really could use yoursupport.
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The West Los Angeles Cold Weather Shelter will be closing as of March15, 2009. The approximate 175 men and women who use the shelter as aplace to rest in the evenings will have no place to go for shelter.Our local area mission and shelters are already having a hard timehousing the current demand as more and more people are becominghomeless. Please help me support the men and women right here in theWest side by donating for this worthy cause.

Please contact kengi@dosomethingsaturday.org
PLEASE CONTACT KENGI DO NOT DROP YOUR DONATIONS OFF AT SHELTER

Watch Kengi's appeal.

Mapping LA

LA Times new Mapping LA is an interesting and controversial interactive project to refresh the map of Los Angeles communities.

Mapping is an extremely powerful way to project power, whether in the Middle East or right here, in the local world of neighborhood councils. It helps determine identity, resources, and in some cases, even survival.

Here's Denis Wood in his book The Power of Maps, exploring how maps project and shape reality. And here's Arthur Jay in his book The Power of Projections: How Maps Reflect Global Politics and History.

Here is a spat on Mar Vista's map, led by Chuck Ray, an active Mar Vista resident involved in the Mar Vista Community Council, taking LA Times to task for ignoring the neighborhood council maps in its project.

Conclusion? Maps matter!