Greetings! I want to share some links to the things I have been up to this week.

For community night, we went to a small theater in downtown Culver City to see Of God's and Men, a French film about Trapist monks in an Algerian village under threat by Muslim extremists. The film was awesome, and highlighted a beautiful relationship and sense of understanding between the Catholic monks and the Muslim villagers. I highly recommend it!

Yesterday, Emily (of casa JD) and I went to a conference titled  Urban Creative Solutions: From LA to the Bay at Otis College. The symposium was put together by the Integrated Learning department at Otis, an art and design school on the west side.  The Integrated Learning has worked closely with Homeboy Industries and is connected with people and organizations in San Francisco who work for violence prevention. Theresa we invited to speak about Urban Compass and the prevention side of gang violence and involvement for our students. It was a really cool day!



Finally, some pictures from Wednesday night, when Casa Ita Ford got revenge on the other houses in LA for the stealthy removal of their bulletin boards last month...

Casa DK, toilet papered. What you can't see: the various creepy pieces of artwork and halloween costume props scattered all over the lawn. Note the pyramid of chili beans in front of the gate...

They forked "ITA" in the grass.

The best part? Now I can add, "My house has been TP'd by a Jesuit" to the list of fun facts about myself acquired in the past calendar year.  The list of interesting facts is short, but the other really good one is "I have been to Lil John's birthday party." YEAH!