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Skid Row Marathon Film & Panel Discussion on Homelessness
August 25, 2018 @ 11:45 am - August 26, 2018 @ 3:00 pm
$25Two screenings of SKID ROW MARATHON, an acclaimed independent film about an innovative running club formed by a judge for the court that oversees the Skid Row district in LA. An avid runner, he started a running club for clients which had some remarkable transformative effects.
Two showings:
Saturday August 25, 11:45am at Metro 4
Sunday, August 26, 3 pm at the MCC Theater UCSB
(UCSB SHOWING FREE TO UCSB STUDENTS W/ID)
Saturday’s showing is $25/per ticket, a benefit for New Beginnings Counseling Center and its many outreach programs to those struggling with housing insecurity and homelessness in our community.
The Sunday showing at UCSB is FREE to UCSB students WITH ID (others, suggested donation, $25), and is sponsored by:
The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts of the College of L&S;
Department of History;
Department of Sociology;
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center;
Multi-Cultural Center;
UCSB Alcohol and Drug Program;
The Blum Center for Global Poverty Alleviation.
Thank you to our UCSB co-sponsors!!
The quickest way to get info and reserve seats is:
For the trailer, see http://skidrowmarathon.com