Weekly Email 1/10-1/17/2021

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (1/10-1/17/2021):

·     Sunday, 1/10/2021 7PM – BLMLA General Meeting on facebook.com/blmla – Given the recent attacks and continued threats, we have shifted the focus of our weekly meeting to “We Keep Us Safe: Community Safety Planning.” We’ll walk through why community safety planning is essential and how building a strong community is key to protecting us from white-supremacist violence. All are welcome, except police, elected officials and their staff, media, and haters.

·     Monday, 1/11/2021 12PM – Twitter Storm to Fight Facial Recognition – Fight LAPD’s facial recognition technology and surveillance! Join the twitterstorm! Toolkit at bit.ly/LAPCFails.

·     Monday, 1/11/2021 by 1PM – Submit Public Comment to #DefundLASPD – Join Students Deserve to defund school police and use resources to support student services like counselors, nurses and librarians. Submit public comment here and/or call to leave a message at (213) 443-4472. More information at bit.ly/jan12defundlaspd.

·     Tuesday, 1/12/2021 9:30AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting on Zoom at https://lapd.zoom.us/s/289225944 – (Push back against facial recognition technology used to both surveil and criminalize. Email public comments. Toolkit and more info here. 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, 1/12/2021 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 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. Police Chief Berg is “retiring.”

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·     Thursday, 1/14/2021 7PM – This Is Not a Drill! “Violent White-Supremacy and the Failed Attempted Coup” facebook.com/blmla – We’ll be talking with leading voices and frontline organizers about the failed attempted coup and violent white-supremacy in this country. Guests to be announced. Sister Melina will host. You don’t have to have Facebook to watch! Just go to the link.