Weekly Email 10/10/2021-10/18/2021

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (10/10/2021-10/18/2021):

  • SUNDAY, 10/10/2021 at 7PM – BLMLA Monthly General Meeting at Second AME Church, 5500 S. Hoover, Los Angeles, CA – We must ORGANIZE to usher in abolition! Join the BLMLA general meeting to participate in the "invisible work" of the movement. Free vegan dinner and produce boxes provided. Meeting is open to ALL Black folks, returning members, new folks, youth, elders, and non-Black allies/accomplices. Closed to law enforcement, media, elected officials/and their staff, and haters.

  • MONDAY, 10/11/2021 at 4:30PM – Pasadena City Council Meeting on zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/161482446 – Let’s keep pushing our demands for justice for #AnthonyMcClain! Make public comment at the Pasadena City Council meeting to: 1) Call for the immediate firing and prosecution of Officer Edwin Dumaguindin 2) Accept the resignation of Police Chief Perez EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. Please submit a speaker card prior to the public comment period at the link here. To participate by phone, call 1-669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 161 482 446.

  • TUESDAY, 10/12/2021 at 12:00Noon - Day of Action for Haitian and All Black Migrants at Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012 - When we say Black Lives Matter, we mean all Black lives. The brutal treatment of Haitian asylum-seekers must be stopped, as must the targeting, abuse, deportations, and criminalization of all Black migrants. Stand up! Action led by Black Alliance for Just Immigration.

  • TUESDAY, 10/12/2021 at 6:30PM – Torrance City Council Meeting IN PERSON for #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell at 3031 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503 – Torrance police officers Matthew Concannon and Anthony Chavez killed #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell within 15 seconds of approaching the vehicle and to this day have not been fired or prosecuted. Join Christophher’s family and BLMLA in demanding that the officers be fired and that Torrance City Council finally create a civilian oversight commission of the police department, like they were told to do about 6 months prior to the murder of Christopher in 2018. If you can’t make it out, please email your comment by Tuesday at 3pm to CouncilMeetingPublicComment@TorranceCA.gov.

  • WEDNESDAY, 10/13/2021 at 4PM (and every Wednesday) – Fund Services, Not Police! #EndPoliceAssociations at 1313 W. 8th St., Los Angeles – This week’s rally will continue to uplift the importance of We Keep Us Safe and  As always, we’ll hear from the families whose loved ones were stolen by police. Wear masks and bring your bodies, spirits, energy, drums, signs, flags and dedication. If you’re not able to come out, share the flyer widely and engage in virtual protest by tuning in to the action on Instagram Live @blmlosangeles. 

  • SATURDAY, 10/16/2021 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – Let’s talk about “Black Lives Matter as a Global Movement,” with invited guests from BLM UK, BLM Canada, and our BLM’s international strategy director. Melina Abdullah hosts. Listen live on KBLA Talk 1580 AM, kbla1580.com, download the KBLA app, or watch the  livestream on facebook.com/BLMLA. ASL interpretation graciously provided by ProBonoASL. Taking your calls at 800-920-1580.

*No Los Angeles Police Commission meeting this week.

Megan Castillo