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Off-Ramp

Skid Row's Only Women's Shelter

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Mar 1, 2008
L-R: Downtown Women's Center volunteer Ivy Quicho, clients Fannie and Geraldine, executive director Lisa Watson, and tenant "Grandma" Connie Jacobs.
L-R: Downtown Women's Center volunteer Ivy Quicho, clients Fannie and Geraldine, executive director Lisa Watson, and tenant "Grandma" Connie Jacobs.
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John Rabe
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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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The Downtown Women's Center was founded in 1978 by a woman who realized that there were no shelter spaces for women. Almost thirty years later, the center has 47 full-time residents living in supportive housing apartments, a drop-in center, plus meals and counseling services. John Rabe drops in for a visit.

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