Self
Help Graphics Community Meeting
Ave. 50 Studio
Tuesday,
June 28, 2005
Self Help Graphics Board meets
with the Coalition of Concerned Citizens for Self Help Graphics at Ave.
50 Gallery in Highland Park on Tuesday, June 28 at 7pm.
Coalition Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selfhelpartistcommunity
Self Help Graphics
website: http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com
Artists and concerned community
members sign in at the Self Help Graphics community meeting at Avenue
50 Studio in Highland Park.
Attendees included Chon Noriega,
Alma Lopez, Ricardo Duffy, Judy Baca, Maria Elena Gaytan, Leo Limon,
Pocha Peña, Gustavo LeClerc, Barbara Carrasco and Harry, Linda
and Diane Gamboa.
Over 200 people attended
the three-hour meeting.
Avenue 50 gallery was filled
to capacity wth artists expressing their concern and commitment to helping
Self-Help Graphics out of its current crisis.
Self Help Board members address
the crowd and provide answers to the commmunity regarding budget, insurance,
fundraising, staff and the changing of the locks at Self Help Graphics.
UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center Director Chon Noriega moderates the meeting,
A second room is set up to
handle the overflow crowd.
Maria Elena Gaitan talks
with Quetzal Flores during the meeting.
Organizer Jimmy D. (left)
and Harry Gamboa, the artist who sent out the first email photograph
of the locked gate at Self Help Graphics.
Community members take the
lead in demanding full disclosure and accountability from the Board.
The Self Help Graphics Board
listens to commitments of assistance from artists, community members
and peer organizations.
Artists and community members
are encouraged by the Board's willingness to work with them to find
a solution to the crisis. Nearly $850 is raised in less than ten minutes
by passing the hat.
For more information
about Save Our Centro Coalition members or events, please email us at
centrowatch@aol.com.
c/s 2005
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