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The 2000 DNC brought about the birth of the Los Angeles media center for Independent Media Center (IMC) (also known as Indymedia.org). It became the fastest independent media collective to go from inspiration, after clashes between police, protesters and indie journalists at the November 1999 World Trade Organization WTO summit in Seattle, to having live satellite transmission capabilities and ...
The similarly august California Club was founded in Los Angeles in 1888 when "at least 12 of the 125 founding members were Jews." But "as the original Jewish members died off, this power center became off limits to Jews." The Jonathan Club, a likewise prestigious social group, was established in Los Angeles in 1894. [2]
The club has two founding dates set in stone at the entrance to its Downtown Los Angeles building — 1894 (when it was a political club) and 1895 (when it segued into a non-political social club and was chartered by State of California). The club bases its anniversaries on the June 8, 1895 date. [3] Membership in the club is by invitation only ...
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Nonprofit L.A. One way to do that? Donate time and/or money to one of these worthy causes (plus, science shows volunteering makes us happier, so it’s a win win).
A view of the Midnight Mission. The Midnight Mission is a human services organization in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row. [1] [2] It was founded in 1914. [3]A secular non-profit, [4] [5] the organization provides food, drug and alcohol recovery services, "safe sleep" programs, educational training, a mobile kitchen, and family housing with an emphasis on developing self-sufficiency.
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In 2006, O'Keefe met Lila Rose, the founder of an anti-abortion group on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus. [73] They secretly recorded encounters in Planned Parenthood clinics in Los Angeles and Santa Monica , in which Rose posed as a 15-year-old girl impregnated by a 23-year-old man.