Weekly Email 4/11/22-4/18/22

 

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (4/18/22-4/25/22):

  • MONDAY, 4/18/2022 at 4:30PM – Demand Justice for #AnthonyMcClain at the Pasadena City Council Meeting on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/161482446 – Let’s keep demanding justice for #AnthonyMcClain! Find more information at the Black Lives Matter-LA Pasadena team toolkit. 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, 4/19/2022 at 9:30 AM – Los Angeles Police Commission Meeting on Zoom at https://lapd.zoom.us/s/289225944 – This week’s agenda includes a six-month update of the LAPD’s After-Action report implementation plan. Even though our communities need funding for housing, mental health resources, youth services and more, LAPD continues to jockey for more resources and more officers. The plan also discusses the creation and adoption of a “Technology Adoption and Use Policy'' for LAPD, which allows LAPD to obtain new surveillance and tracking technology under the guise of “oversight.” Make public comment during the LAPC meeting and demand the commissioners take meaningful action to stop the surveillance and criminalization of our communities and make #BlackLivesMatter! 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, 4/19/2022 at 6:30PM – Torrance City Council Meeting for #ChristopherDeAndreMitchell at TorranceCA.gov and facebook.com/TorranceCA/ – Uplift the following demands to make #BlackLivesMatter in Torrance: 1) Establish an independent civilian oversight commission of the Torrance police department 2) Fire all of the officers involved in the messaging scandal 3) Resume in person meetings so the public can be heard 4) Reject the $30 million police budget increase 5) Reject the vote to give raises to theTorrance police department. To make a public comment during the meeting, call 310-618-2404 or you can email your comment in by Tuesday at 3pm to CouncilMeetingPublicComment@TorranceCA.gov.

  • WEDNESDAY, 4/20/2022 at 4PM (and every Wednesday) – Fund Services, Not Police! #EndPoliceAssociations at 1313 W. 8th St., Los Angeles – This week’s #EndPoliceAssociations will honor #PatrickLyoya, the 26-year-old Black man who was shot in the back of the head by Michigan police on April 4th. Come out in beloved community as we take over the street in front of the Los Angeles Police Protective League office for a protest to #EndPoliceAssociations that shield killer cops from accountability! Wear masks and bring your bodies, spirits, energy, drums, signs, flags and dedication. Streamed live on Instagram at @blmlosangeles.

  • SATURDAY, 4/23/2022 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – Topic and guests to come. Hosted by our own Sister Melina Abdullah. Listen live on KBLA Talk 1580 AM, kbla1580.com, download the KBLA app, or watch the livestream with ASL interpretation by ProBonoASL on facebook.com/BLMLA. Taking your calls at 800-920-1580.

 

Upcoming:

 

Join BLM-LA at McCarty Memorial on Thursday 4/28 @6:00PM to let L.A. County know what your community priorities are for Care First Community Investment! 

McCarty Memorial Christian Church - 4101 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018

RSVP Here


Megan Castillo