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Coming of Age in the Mouth of Madness

By Sam Slovick March 09, 2006

Adam and Joel are Skids, kids who came of age on Skid Row. Back when they were on the streets, they had a running joke they’d tell the girls from school about... More >>>

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Stars in his eyes: Darrell wants to be an astronomer, but there was a time when being homeless made him want to blow stuff up. Photos by Orly Olivier

Class differences: School on Wheels hands out supplies at the Huntington, a welfare hotel.

Learning environment: Levy Jackson finds some respite at School on Wheels headquarters on San Pedro.

Dawn of the Dread: UCEPP's Charles Porter helped get 15-year-old Franklin Aburtha started on his film about Skid Row kids.

''I be like, do whatever it takes to not get taken away from your mom, cuz theres a 50-50 chance that shes not gonna get you back. Thank God I didnt get taken away.'' -Christina

Below the Standard: Just a stone's throw from luxury hotels, a father and son deal with the danger, dirt and chaos of welfare-hotel accommodations.

They're not bad kids: Fifteen-year-old Skid Row documentarian Franklin Aburtha and his little brother Jojo.

Sign of the times: Five-year-old Darion, living at the Mission, missing a father figure.

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Class differences: School on Wheels hands out supplies at the Huntington, a welfare hotel.

Class differences: School on Wheels hands out supplies at the Huntington, a welfare hotel.

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