Weekly Email 12/19-12/27/21

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (12/20/2021-12/27/2021):

  • WEDNESDAY, 12/22/2021 at 4PM (and every Wednesday at 4PM) – Fund Services, Not Police! #EndPoliceAssociations at 1313 W. 8th St., Los Angeles – Join us in beloved community to #EndPoliceAssociations! Wear masks and bring your bodies, spirits, energy, drums, signs, flags and dedication. This theme for this week’s protest is “The Grinch That Steals Lives” and will include a naughty list of everyone working against the interests of the people. Streamed live on Instagram at @blmlosangeles.

  • THURSDAY, 12/23/2021 4PM – #BlackXmas Action at Beverly Gardens Park in Beverly Hills – It’s a different kind of “smash and grab”! SMASH white capitalism; GRAB justice! Meet us in Beverly Hills for sign-making, justice carolling, dancing, and beloved community. 

  • SATURDAY, 12/25/2021 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – It’s the “best of” This Is Not a Drill! on Christmas Day, re-airing our #BlackXmas show to remind listeners to reject white capitalism and support Black-owned businesses! Hosted by our own Sister Dr. Melina Abdullah and featuring Sister Kenyatta Bakeer of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and Kevin Cohee of One United Bank. Listen live on KBLA Talk 1580 AM, kbla1580.com, or download the KBLA app.


ONGOING

  • FRIDAY, 11/26/2021 - 1/1/2022 – #BlackXmas – From Black Friday to January 1st: #BuildBlack, #BuyBlack, and #BankBlack! Reject white capitalism and engage in cooperative economics! Don’t support businesses that don’t support us! Black Lives Matter will be profiling Black businesses every day of the #BlackXmas campaign so be sure to share any Black-owned business you’d like to see profiled. Email us at info@blmla.org.


Recap:

  • Last Wednesday’s rally focused on the criminal system of injustice and the vile role of police associations. Artistic expression included a soul stirring drum circle from Project Knucklehead along with a profound African history lesson and kora performance from Master Fore Sissoko, a descendent of Mansa Musa. We were joined by the families of #AnthonyVargas, #DanielHernandez and #VanessaMarquez.

  • Sunday was the definition of what it means to #BuildBlack. BLMLA and the Black Lives Matter-Youth Vanguard partnered with OUR Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, SEIU 2015, AFSCME 3299, Social Justice Learning Institute, Africa Town, Black Women For Wellness, Special Needs Network and David Gross, along with a tremendous team of volunteers and sponsors, to support Black businesses and vendors (#BuyBlack) and shower more than a thousand of our folks with gifts, resources, groceries, and love.

  • Last Saturday’s This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM discussed local struggles for reparations, with a report from Evanston, Illinois where the City enacted the first reparations program to Black residents. The conversation was hosted by our own Sister Melina Abdullah and featured Baba Akili of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, Sheryl Davis of the San Francisco Human Relations Commission and Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Dean of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA College. And our #MoreThanAHashtag segment featured Sheila Arnold, mother of #BrandonLewis.

Megan Castillo