Weekly Email 12/5-12/12/2022

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (12/5/2022-12/12/2022):

  • MONDAY, 12/5/2022 at 4:30PM – Demand Justice for #AnthonyMcClain at the Pasadena City Council Meeting on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/161482446 – Call in to the Pasadena City Council meeting and demand justice for #KendrecMcDade and demand the City Council fire the police officers who murdered #AnthonyMcClain. Please submit speaker cards 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, 12/6/2022 at 9:30AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting on Zoom at https://lapd.zoom.us/s/289225944 – LAPD is jockeying for yet another budget increase for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, this time to the tune of a $119 million increase. If this budget proposal goes through, this will be LAPD’s largest budget ever. We need you to uplift your voice during public comment and demand the commissioners REJECT LAPD’s budget request and #DefundThePolice! Coalition talking points 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, 12/6/2022 at 10AM – City Council Meeting at 200 N. Spring St. – BUSINESS AS USUAL = VIOLENCE! Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon refuse to resign and the city council continues to silence public protest by sending police with riot gear into council chambers. We can not go about business as usual when those who have harmed Angelenos are still sitting on the council. Let’s raise our voices against the council and refuse their business as usual. NO RESIGNATIONS, NO MEETINGS!

  • TUESDAY, 12/6/2022 at 6:30PM – Torrance City Council Meeting for #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell at TorranceCA.gov and facebook.com/TorranceCA/Torrance – Stand with the family of #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell by demanding the council deliver justice in his name by meeting these demands: 1) Fire Torrance police officers Matthew Concannon, Anthony Chavez, and Brian Kawamoto killing Christopher 2) Establish a civilian oversight commission. 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.

  • WEDNESDAY, 12/7/2022 at 9AM – City Council Meeting at 200 N. Spring St. – Business will not go on as usual as long as Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo are still on the council! Come out to city hall to stand with “The Blacks” and make your voice heard during the virtual public comment. NO RESIGNATIONS, NO MEETINGS!

  • WEDNESDAY, 12/7/2022 at 4PM – #ENDPOLICEASSOCIATIONS at 1313 W. 8th St. – Bring your voices, your energy, and your commitment to building a just and free world, where police departments don’t steal more than half of the overall city budget. Wear a mask! Snacks and water provided! Streamed live on Instagram at @blmlosangeles. Every Wednesday at 4pm!

  • SATURDAY, 12/10/2022 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – Talking about #BlackXmas and the power of Black boycotts with renowned economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Hosted by our own Dr. Melina Abdullah, with Kim Holmes in the co-host chair. ASL interpretation by ProBonoASL on facebook.com/BLMLA. Taking your calls at 800-920-1580.

  • SUNDAY, 12/11/2022 7PM – BLMLA Monthly Organizing Meeting at 3423 W. 43rd Place (in Africa Town/Leimert Park) – Let’s dive into the #BlackXmas campaign and close the year with a commitment to organizing for justice and liberation. Welcome to new folks, returning folks, all Black people, youth, elders, families, and non-Black allies. Closed to police, media, and elected officials. Dinner provided. Food and produce boxes to take home with you (because we believe in feeding our folks!). Donations welcome, but not required. Receiving your new, unwrapped, culturally-appropriate gifts for our giveaway.


Ongoing:

  • FRIDAY, 11/25/2022-1/1/2023 – #BlackXmas – It’s our annual campaign to divest from white-supremacist capitalism and #BuildBlack, #BuyBlack, and #BankBlack. We need everyone to pitch in as we make this the best #BlackXmas ever…including providing a comprehensive list of Black-led revolutionary organizations, identifying Black businesses that benefit the community, and moving our money out of white corporate banks that finance our oppression. Of course, there will be a big protest to close out the season! You in? For more visit blackxmas.org.


Recap:

  • Our weekly #EndPoliceAssociations protest continued at 1313 W. 8th St., across the street from the Los Angeles Police Protective League and in front of the People’s Mural. We discussed the beginning of the #BlackXmas season and why we must reject white capitalism and circulate our dollars within our own communities.

  • Last Saturday’s This Is Not A Drill discussed what’s going on in City Hall and the people’s demand that #KevinDeLeonMustGo. The conversation was hosted by BLMLA’s own Joseph Williams, with Kim Holmes in the co-host chair and BLMLA members Matyos Kidane and Jason Reedy as guests. Missed it? Watch here.

  • Thank you to those who have been sending us tips on where in the world Kevin De Léon is! We’ve followed up on a couple of leads but he continues to duck and hide from the people. Keep sending tips to our DM on instagram @blmlosangeles and on twitter @BLMLA and also text our tip hotline 562-285-6578.

Melina Abdullah