Weekly Email Highlights 9/13/2020

60 SECONDS FOR JUSTICE: Quick Things You Can Do Right Now

1.     HASHTAG the name #DijonKizzee on all your social media. We need his murder to get global attention!

2.     DONATE to the family of #DijonKizzee for his homegoing expenses. 

3.     SIGN the petition for Jackie Lacey to prosecute the sheriff deputies who murdered #DijonKizzee. Click the link or text “Dijon” to 55156.

4.     READ & SHARE about Black Lives Matter-Grassroots as the new formation for on-the-ground organizing.

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (9/13-9/21/2020):

·     Sunday, 9/13/2020 7PM – BLMLA General Meeting at Youth Justice Coalition, 7625 S. Central Ave.

·     Tuesday, 9/15/2020 9:30AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting on Zoom at https://lapd.zoom.us/s/289225944 – Please call in and voice your outrage. Please use the “raise hand” function to speak. To participate by phone, call (855) 880-1246, Meeting ID: 289 225 944. Press *9 to be put in the cue for public comment. 

·     Tuesday, 9/15/2020 3PM – Rally to Defund LA School Police at LAUSD Headquarters, 333 S. Beaudry – Stand with our students and bring the youth in your life to demand funding for resources and education, not police! Can’t make it in person? Support online at bit.ly/DefundTheLASPD.

·     Tuesday, 9/15/2020 7PM Torrance City Council Meeting for #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell at TorranceCA.gov and facebook.com/TorranceCA/ - To make a public comment during the meeting, call 310-618-2404 or you can email your comment in by 2pm on Tuesday to CouncilMeetingPublicComment@TorranceCA.gov.

·     Wednesday, 9/16/2020 3PM – #JackieLaceyMustGo, IN PERSON at 211 W. Temple, DTLA –  

·     Thursday, 9/17/2020 7PM – This Is Not a Drill! “Ending LA County Sheriffs Gangs and Violence” on facebook.com/BLMLA – You don’t have to have Facebook to watch! Just go to the link!