Curiosity & The Institute of Urban Archiving Gets the Table Turned on them

 

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Highland Park Neighborhood Council Members
Lumis Festival 2015

Ask the Institute of Urban Archiving team what we are doing and what we are all about. We talk potential Lincoln Heights community partners and how to stay in touch. Curiosity is our best friend. We learn from each other and is the best way to get to know one another. We ask questions about what community members are seeing in their own neighborhood. What they want their neighborhood to be and memories they have had.

The Cart, or Mobile Research Lab, it’s evolution, and its useful purpose to take around the neighborhood, inviting people for free coffee in exchange for conversations about changes on their block.

“Why don’t you do it in Highland Park?”

It was a great way to get to know what more the Neighborhood Council can offer their residents.

Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council
Highland Park Neighborhood Council

Produced: Mario Mesquita & Selena Romero
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita

Changes, a Picnic, and Getting to Know Our Neighbors

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Liz Peña
Talks about her recent observations on changes occurring in Lincoln Heights, a neighborhood she has lived in all her life, and what could Lincoln Heights be in the future. Giving a suggestion on how to get neighbors to begin to get to know one another. A simple idea, but brilliant in it’s action: a picnic.

Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita

Ya Entraron Padre…

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EN ESPAÑOL

“Tenemos que luchar contra los blancos que nos invaden!” Is how Father Thomas Carey jokingly introduces the subject of gentrification and what some of his parishioners are experiencing. Parishioners of the Historical Church of the Epiphany talk about race differences, and even lack of human respect for one another as a reason for a disconnect between one another, and their own participation in apathy for human interactions.

What Kinds of Changes Do We Want to See, Growing up in Lincoln Heights, & Fighting for Rights

Vera Padilla
Long time Resident, Teacher, Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council Woman

“I think that’s what we want to see here…”

Is Highland Park something that we want to see happen in Lincoln Heights? Fight for your rights and where to start. Vera talks about changes she sees as positive that would help Lincoln Heights, growing up, what it was like in La Cañada and coming back to Lincoln Heights.

Produced: Mario Mesquita 
Sound: Mario Mesquit

Businesses in Lincoln Heights and Connections to the Neighborhood

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Vera Padilla
Long time Resident, Teacher, Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council Woman
On another occasion, over a snack, I was able to pick Vera’s memory about the businesses in Lincoln Heights and how many have roots in the neighborhood or give back in somewhat to the neighborhood they conduct their business in.

Produced: Mario Mesquita 
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita