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Midnight Mission

Human services organization in Skid Row, Los Angeles

Midnight Mission

Human services organization in Skid Row, Los Angeles

A view of the Midnight Mission

The Midnight Mission is a human services organization in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. It was founded in 1914. A secular non-profit, the organization provides food, drug and alcohol recovery services, "safe sleep" programs, educational training, a mobile kitchen, and family housing with an emphasis on developing self-sufficiency.

Background

The term "midnight mission" was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries to designate efforts by domestic missionaries in the United States against so-called "white slavery", a deprecated term for prostitution.

History

The Midnight Mission was founded by businessman and lay minister Tom Liddecoat in 1914. Meals were served at midnight, after church services.

In its early years (at least by 1920), the Mission was holding nightly religious services. The Mission became an incorporated non-profit in 1922.

During the Great Depression, the Midnight Mission was a major residence in Los Angeles for people who lacked permanent housing.

During World War II, the Mission began assisting with job placement and established job training programs.

References

References

  1. [https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/photos-midnight-mission/131404/ "Midnight Mission Provides Services to Skid Row Community"], ''[[NBC Los Angeles]]'' (August 19, 2019)
  2. [https://www.kcrw.com/news/articles/fault-lines-a-trip-to-the-midnight-mission "Fault Lines: A Trip to the Midnight Mission"], Anna Scott, ''[[KCRW]]'' (September 19, 2014)
  3. [https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-co-homeless-crisis-los-angeles-food-bowl-20180503-htmlstory.html "Q&A: L.A. has tens of thousands of homeless, hungry people. We ask Midnight Mission how it helps — and how we can"], Noelle Carter, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' (May 3, 2018)
  4. [https://www.dailynews.com/2014/03/14/midnight-mission-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ "Midnight Mission celebrates 100 years of service"], Dana Bartholomew, ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'' (August 28, 2017)
  5. [https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/skid-rows-midnight-mission-running-club-racing-off-rome/ "Skid Row’s Midnight Mission Running Club is Racing Off to Rome"], Shayna Rose Arnold, ''[[Los Angeles Magazine]]'' (January 21, 2015)
  6. Muhlenberg, William Augustus. (1870). "The Woman and Her Accusers: A Plea for the Midnight Mission". Pliny F. Smith.
  7. Bell, Ernest A.. "Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls, or, War on the White Slave Trade".
  8. (June 17, 1920). "Three S. Mission". The Glendale Evening News.
  9. Mullins, William H.. (1991). "The Depression and the urban West Coast, 1929–1933 : Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland". [[Indiana University Press]].
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