URL: http://cangress.org/

Collection: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Description: Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) was formed in 1999 when 25 residents of Downtown LA came together, acknowledged the problems that existed in their community, and made a commitment to do something about those problems: to stand together, organize and become a force in the community that demands change. LA CAN’s mission is to “help people dealing with poverty create and discover opportunities, while serving as a vehicle to ensure we have voice, power and opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting us.” In its early years, LA CAN focused mostly on issues related to civil rights and preventing the criminalization of poverty. Other core projects have been added over the years, such as women’s rights (2001), the human right to housing (2002), and healthy food access (2004), and the organization also has projects that focus on economic development, civic participation and voter engagement, and community media. In 2007, LA CAN expanded its housing and healthy food access work into South Central Los Angeles.

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Subject:   Los Angeles (Calif.)--Economic conditions.,  Social justice--California--Los Angeles. ,  Civil rights--California--Los Angeles.,  Poverty--California--Los Angeles.,  Women's rights--United States.,  Food security--United States.