Jails are not Homes: Transforming Skid Row MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION 11/19/2009 Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm Multimedia Presentation/MCC Theater See this compelling multimedia presentation on the campaign to build a sustainable community in the downtown Los Angeles community of Center City East (Skid Row). Residents and activists associated with the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) will present their stories, poems, and short films on the resilience of residents in the face of economic recession, homelessness, displacement policies, and negative media representations such as The Soloist. Co-sponsored by the Department of Black Studies and the Center for Black Studies Research.