Hope in the City 3 (Part of LA Fashion Week)

HOPE IN THE CITY creatively addresses despair in the world by producing a visual contrast in what can seem like our darkest hour. HOPE IN THE CITY connects the visual to the voice, weaving tales through the garments presented on the runway.

HOPE IN THE CITY is a charity gallery and fashion runway event organized by Mosaic. The 3rd annual show features a gallery of over 20 local and professional artists and a runway fashion show of 22 established and up-and-coming designers showcasing their designs to encourage the unleashing of creativity and talent to create good in the world. All proceeds benefit local LA service organizations.

Host Jeanne Mai (from the Style Network’s “How Do I Look”) will bring you an exciting evening of fashion, art, and mingling.

Enjoy live music, DJ, and our marketplace.

Date: March 24th

Location: (the gorgeous) Vibiana 210 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90012
Downtown LA

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“Apathy on the Streets” by Adrian Koehler

Adrian Koehler guides our ServeLA team at Mosaic. Recently, he became part of Take Part – “a new cause-related site designed to help you explore today’s issues and get involved. We believe that with the right information and tools for action, individuals can—and will—make a difference.”

In “Apathy on the Streets” Adrian writes: “Today I was scooting down the road on my way to run the everyday errands. I was unexpectedly torn in two. No, not from a wreck on my beautiful new scooter, but emotionally from what I was about to witness.

An L.A. front-loader sanitation truck was pulled up to (a homeless man named Mr. M’s) cart. The two men standing aside the cart went to work tearing off all of its appendages, pulling out its innards, and emptying its soul. I felt like I was watching a murder, paralyzed on the outside, screaming on the inside.

Questions were flooding my mind:

Did they even know what they were doing? Did they care about Mr. M? What would happen if he came passing by? Do they realize they are tearing apart and discarding the entire earthly possessions of one man? The hardest question that broke my paralysis was, “What am I going to do?”

I knew I would be forever retelling a story of cowardice and apathy if I kept on my way to the post office. Was it my right to step in? The question came back again….”

For the rest of the story go here.