Los Angeles based nonprofit helping reduce waste and restore dignity to those in need by providing clothing and hygiene essentials. ♻️👕
Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2016
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When survival becomes a crime, violence follows. New research shows how criminalizing homelessness is endangering lives and costing communities more in the long run.
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As cities expand enforcement against homelessness, California just drew a line: Outreach workers can’t be punished for helping people survive.
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🚨 771,000 people are experiencing homelessness in America — yet the Trump administration’s 2026 budget would cut housing programs that keep people off the streets.
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Criminalizing homelessness and giving tickets to people who have no other choice but to pitch a tent and sleep outside makes zero sense. Criminalization does nothing to end homelessness and is a complete waste of taxpayer money. invisiblepeople.tv/videos/ho…
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It costs up to $50,000 to keep someone homeless in jail. It costs $8,000–$20,000 to house them through Housing First. This new study shows what happens when we invest in people over punishment.invisiblepeople.tv/the-cost-…
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Project Ropa - Help us restore dignity and empower the lives of people experiencing homelessness while also reducing the amount of clothing and textile waste that end up in landfills. donorbox.org/projectropa-gen… - they are helping people in #LAFires @ProjectRopa
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Drop-offs can be made at:
📍 Project Ropa’s Warehouse – 13970 Van Ness Avenue, Gardena, CA 90249
🗓️ Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: 9am–3pm
🗓️ 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month: 10am–1pm
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Project Ropa is currently accepting:
👕 New & gently used adult-sized clothing
👠 Shoes
🪒 Hygiene products
🧤 Accessories & more!
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This holiday season, @earthangelsets and @thegreenshot_ are shining the spotlight on organizations from each of our major hubs that promote a circular economy by providing support to those in need.
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Rice Owls 🤝 Los Angeles Community Service
We kicked off our time at the #2024BSAS by having packing hygiene kits for the men and women of LA in support of @ProjectRopa!
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We partnered with Mitra Path (mitrapath.org/) to live out #BCorp values! Our team packed 100 hygiene kits for #LosAngeles #CertifiedSocialEnterprise @ProjectRopa
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SELAH is so grateful for community partners like @ProjectRopa! Since 2019, Project Ropa has joined our Tuesday Echo Park program to provide free, comfy, stylish clothes that SELAH participants are proud to wear. Thank you for your dedication to building a more just Los Angeles!
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45 bags, countless smiles! Our L.A. Works volunteers worked their magic, giving new life to donated clothing from our past volunteer event with RSVP at @ProjectRopa 🙏👕❤️ Join us in making a difference! 💫 #CommunityImpact
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To mark the halfway point of my quest to play tennis on every public court in Los Angeles, I am launching this fundraiser in support of @ProjectRopa — to uphold the dignity of the unhoused people I see everywhere on this journey & wonder how to help
gofund.me/6edd80c1
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Recent polling shows that 85% of Orange County residents support serious measures to reduce homelessness, including raising taxes.
This crucial finding by the UCI School of @Social_Ecology informs our steps to #EndHomelessness.
Read more, take action. unitedtoendhomelessness.org/…
ALT Chart showing that Orange County residents are willing to commit to resources to address homelessness. Source: The OC Poll, UC Irvine (2023)
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Do you work in the Homelessness Services Sector?
Share your thoughts in a survey from @naehomelessness on what you enjoy about your job and the challenges you face to inform policy, practice, and support this workforce.
Your perspective is essential: endhomelessness.org/workforc…
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Join @AllenSliwa in supporting @ProjectRopa's mission to reduce waste by donating clothing & hygiene essentials at @sierrasubaru.
Sierra Subaru of Monrovia and the Subaru Love Promise are about their neighbors, the community, and giving back 🫶
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"People need to hear stories that make us hungry to solve homelessness because we recognize that doing so is connected to a better future for everyone, whether they have experienced homelessness or not." #EndHomelessnessOC
Read more:
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Today is World Health Day. Celebrate "Health for All" with us!
There are many ways to live healthy lifestyles and through Permanent Supportive Housing, those facing homelessness can look forward to positive change.
#EndHomelessnessOC
Learn more here: bit.ly/40spwkj
