Bhavi & Malika

Help us raise funds for the Downtown Women's Center this month as they continue getting women out of homelessness amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DWC is facing higher demand for services as well as many unforeseen costs associated with sustaining and increasing services and programs. In lieu of hosting an annual gala, DWC is launching a three-week campaign, Together Housed, to raise funds for women experiencing homelessness who are more dependent on the organization than ever before.

DWC envisions a Los Angeles with every woman housed and on a path to personal stability. Founded in 1978, DWC was the first permanent supportive housing provider for women in the U.S. Learn more at www.DowntownWomensCenter.org.

I got the opportunity to volunteer at the Downtown Women's Center in college, and was immediately taken by the incredibly friendly and safe community DWC provided for women of the community and the amount of resources, programming and heart and soul they poured into the empowerment of other women.

We often talk a big game about women supporting other women, but sometimes fail to uphold those beliefs intersectionally or beyond feminism graphics, clubs or glitzy girlboss-type events. Let us not forget facts like one in three people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles are women (Homeless Count), roughly 80% of women experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles are women of color (DWC Needs Assessment), or that over 50% of women experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles have experienced domestic and interpersonal violence in their lifetime (DWC Needs Assessment).

Please help us in supporting DWC's important work!