Wayne Perry
Artist, Art Fabricator, Co-founder of Cermaic Studio 153
Talks about his very early years in the neighborhood, his parents, migrating farther east, and his experience on Gentrification, from Echo Park to Lincoln Heights.
From rough streets to flower shops, boutiques, and coffee shops, is there a middle ground to be found?
Ceramic Studio 153
Wayne Perry Art
Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
Photo: Mario Mesquita
Father Tomas Carey (Vicar)
Church of the Epiphany
On another occasion Father Tomas was able to share more on his opinion on where he would take visitors for the first time, what makes the neighborhood”moving,” living tenements, race and language, as well as changes he has seen since he moved into Lincoln Heights.
Justice and Advocating
Father Tomas Carey has been an integral role in connecting with his parishioners and building community at the Church of the Epiphany when it had been dwindling.
Produced: Mario Mesquita
Sound: Mario Mesquita
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.