Weekly Email 9/22/2020-9/27/2020

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

1.     SIGN & SHARE the petition to remove LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

2.     TEXT five of your friends and tell them that “District Attorney Jackie Lacey has signed off on the murders of 622 people by police. Vote her out on November 3rd.”

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (9/21-9/28/2020):

·     Tuesday, 9/22/2020 9:30AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting on Zoom at https://lapd.zoom.us/s/289225944 – This week we are voicing our outrage at the 45-minute limit for public comments. The Commission is using the virtual nature of the meetings that the pandemic requires to usher in undemocratic policies. 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, 9/22/2020 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 by 3pm to CouncilMeetingPublicComment@TorranceCA.gov. Please make comments demanding justice for #ChristopherDeandreMitchell, who was killed on December 9, 2018 by Torrance police officers Anthony Chavez and Matthew Concannon. The officers still haven’t been fired or prosecuted and Torrance still has no civilian review board to hold police accountable.

·     Wednesday, 9/23/2020 3PM – #JackieLaceyMustGo, IN PERSON at 211 W. 

Temple, DTLA – We’ve been chanting #JackieLaceyMustGo, #JackieLaceyWILLGo for nearly three years now. With 45 days until the election, let’s build energy to VOTE HER OUT ON NOVEMBER 3RD!

·     Thursday, 9/24/2020 7PM – This Is Not a Drill! “Stopping Forced Sterilizations in ICE Facilities” on facebook.com/BLMLA – We are learning that women in ICE facilities are being forcibly sterilized!  Midwife Olivia Favela-Gary, Attorney Nana Gyamfi of Black Alliance for Just Immigration, and the nurse who was the whistleblower, Dawn Wooten, will join. Our very own La Mikia Castillo will host. You don’t have to have Facebook to watch! Just go to the link!

·     Saturday, 9/26/2020 10AM – #BlackLivesMatter Jackie Lacey Must Go! Phonebank with WP4BL – Phone Bank this Saturday and every Saturday until election day to get District Attorney Jackie Lacey OUT! In solidarity with BLMLA and organized by White People 4 Black Lives. Sign up at bit.ly/JLMGphonebank.