{"article":{"id":129878,"heading":"Protest to Save Self Help Graphics","author":"Califaztlan","created":"2005-06-20 20:01:07","modified":"2005-06-22 18:51:08","last_modified":"Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:51:08","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A demonstration has been announced to take place in front of Self Help Graphics. The peaceful protest and picketline is to demand the immediate opening of Self Help Graphics and the removal of its Board of Directors, which had the cultural center closed and locked up. Take a stand with artists, activists, and community members to save LA's oldest and world renown Chicano arts center! <br><br> PROTEST TO SAVE SELF HELP GRAPHICS! <br>  <br> Wednesday, June 22nd at Noon <br>  <br> Self Help Grahics 3802 Cesar E. Chavez  Ave. LA 90063 <br><br> Bring signs, banners, and artworks! Come in Day of the Dead costume! Bring your digital cameras! <br><br> Self Help Graphics Board of Directors - You're Fired! Art For The People!  <br><br> [ for directions to SHG, follow this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpgraphics.com\/about\/directions.shtml\">http:\/\/www.selfhelpgraphics.com\/about\/directions.shtml<\/a> ]  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Without culture the people have nothing. Stand up to defend Self Help Graphics!","numcomment":8,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/06\/129878.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":129887,"heading":"More info Please","article":"Who owns the center and contact inforamtion?\r\nIs it public or private?\r\nWhy was it closed?\r\nHow do we get it reopened?\r\n\r\n","author":"?","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-20 21:49:11","modified":"2005-06-20 21:49:11","fileurl":""},{"id":129888,"heading":"More info Please","article":"Who owns the center and contact inforamtion?\r\nIs it public or private?\r\nWhy was it closed?\r\nHow do we get it reopened?\r\n\r\n","author":"?","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-20 21:49:41","modified":"2005-06-20 21:49:41","fileurl":""},{"id":129899,"heading":"answer to &quot;more info&quot;","article":"read artist mark vallen's story about the closing of self help... he gives lots of details. self help is a non-profit cultural center thats been open since the late 60s. this mess reminds me of pacifica radio being hijacked a few years ago by a board of directors that wanted to make it a corporate radio station. the people organized and took by the station... same will have to happen with self help. the story on self help by vallen is at.... http:\/\/www.art-for-a-change.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/self-help-graphics-finished.html","author":"obsidian blade","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-21 00:30:49","modified":"2005-06-21 00:30:49","fileurl":""},{"id":129920,"heading":"why show up?","article":"Galleria Otra Vez \/ SHG  has been and still is the only  art center and gallery  in  East  Los Angeles  where  La Raza  me included  have been  inspired and  taught  how to express our creativity   as artists .   I grew  up living  along side one the artist  who  gave life to SHG  Gronk.  I'm an artist  who  learned  so much from  Arturo  Urista ,a teacher  who  was the director  of the gallery  in  1992.   ","author":"gothic","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-21 07:04:51","modified":"2005-06-21 07:04:51","fileurl":""},{"id":129956,"heading":"more info here","article":"this is from yesterday's times:http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-selfhelp18jun18,1,5091217.story","author":"evol","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-21 17:24:53","modified":"2005-06-21 17:24:53","fileurl":""},{"id":129957,"heading":"more info here","article":"From the LA Times:http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-selfhelp18jun18,1,5091217.story","author":"evol","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-21 17:26:39","modified":"2005-06-21 17:26:39","fileurl":""},{"id":130118,"heading":"GOOD!","article":"This is great! I hope you get a good crowd seeing how this is taking place during the week and during the day. Don't forget to mention the community meeting on June 28 at Ave 50 Studio in Highland Park. (see link for details http:\/\/www.art-for-a-change.com\/blog\r\n\r\nThe Board must GO! ","author":"Carade8ylorena","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-06-22 18:01:15","modified":"2005-06-22 18:01:15","fileurl":""},{"id":130137,"heading":"SHG BOARD, YOU'RE FIRED","article":"","author":"El Apestoso","parent_id":129878,"mime_type":"image\/gif","created":"2005-06-22 18:51:08","modified":"2005-08-15 03:13:24","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/06\/yufrd1.gif","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2005\/06\/yufrd1.gif"}}]}