Executive Director, Downtown Women's Center
Executive director of the Downtown Women's Center, an organization focused on ending homelessness for women in downtown Los Angeles
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Lisa Watson
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FROM Lisa Watson
Design and Architecture
Designing Women at the Downtown Women's Center Women are the fastest growing homeless population in the country. So the Downtown Women's Center has opened a new complex that includes permanent residences, a day center, as well as a store and café, on Skid Row. The architect Maureen Sullivan, of Pica + Sullivan Architects, DWC executive director Lisa Watson and DWC residents talk about the healing power of good design—by women, for women. Downtown Women's Center The store at the Downtown Women's Center Chris Gonzales shows off her room at the Downtown Women's Center
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