St. Joseph Center in the News
St. Joseph Center works with local and national media to share news about our mission to address homelessness and poverty in the community. If you are interested in conducting media coverage of St. Joseph Center, please get in touch with us at publicrelations@stjosephctr.org.
- Joi Richardson, VP of External Affairs & Communications — jrichardson@stjosephctr.org
- Ty Andrews, Senior Communications Specialist — tyandrews@stjosephctr.org
Bread and Roses Café Celebrates 35 Years Changing Lives - KCAL/KCBS News
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The Café serves more than 600 free meals per week to the homeless in a restaurant-style setting and leads people to other services like job training. “They’re doing the work that needs to be done,” guest diner Wayne shared when asked how he felt about Bread and Roses Café while experiencing homeless.
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Celebrating 35 Years at Bread and Roses Café with St. Joseph Center CEO Dr. Ryan Smith (FOX 11 GOOD DAY LA )
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FOX 11 Good Day LA highlights 35 Years at St. Joseph Center’s Bread and Roses Café in Venice, CA, feeding people in need, with an interview with St. Joseph Center President and CEO Dr. Ryan J. Smith.
Bread and Roses Cafe - 35th Anniversary - Fox LA with Chef James Cunningham
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Head Chef of Bread and Roses Café, James Cunningham, shares with FOX LA what’s on the menu and why he loves his job feeding the community as the Café celebrates 35 years of service.
Bread and Roses Cafe - 35th Anniversary - Fox LA - Brian Beasley
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Brian Beasley, a St. Joseph Center Bread and Roses Training Kitchen student, shares his transformation from incarceration to aspiring culinary business owner and why he is celebrating Bread and Roses Café’s 35 years of helping the community.
Don't Criminalize Homeless Students
By Dr. Ryan Smith
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent encampment executive order mandating the clearing of homeless encampments on state property, coupled with the start of the school year and a new Supreme Court decision, shines light on an often-overlooked crisis — the devastating impact that both homelessness and the criminal justice system can have on our youth.
I know firsthand how housing insecurities, combined with a broken criminal justice system, can destabilize the lives of young people, pushing them further into systems that fail to support their complex journeys.
As a high school student growing up in Los Angeles, I remember coming home after a full day of classes to find something unexpected on our door — an eviction notice. My mom, an educated single mother who worked tirelessly to afford our Culver City condominium, looked at me with sorrow in her eyes.
The Untold Story: Narratives of Black Angelenos Experiencing Homelessness
OPINION
Dr. Ryan Smith and Dana Henry, Contributing Opinion Writers
Gigi Jackson, a 63-year-old Black Angeleno, lived outside for years. After experiencing homelessness and the loss of her son, Gigi sought a better life. With rehabilitative assistance, mental health services, and support from a homeless service provider, she secured a new home. Reflecting on her new life “I got my own place and I cook my own dinner. There’s nothing like having your own,” Ms. Jackson says.