One Day in the American City

How is technology shaping the urban experience? From ride sharing, to social media, to big data, technology reinvents and transforms community. We see that the city is actually not a self-contained bubble, but a bigger web of interactions that is always changing. This change, when carefully managed, can lead to great advancement.

General Dogon, of LA Community Action Network, takes us on a tour of Skid Row. Dogon explains the challenging economic and social dynamics in play while searching for a solution to the area’s homelessness epidemic. His personal involvement offers a raw point of view of the struggle to balance out the extreme wealth disparity of the area.

Through the opinions of everyday citizens to city planners, this clip explores an introduction to what challenges our urban environments. By assembling a montage of perspectives, we not only see the diversity of the issues faced, but also how local challenges are often faced on a national level.