BLMLA Weekly Email 10/30-11/6/2023

This Week’s BLMLA Actions/Events (10/30/23-11/6/23):

  • MONDAY, 10/30/2023 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 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, 10/31/2023 9:30AM – Los Angeles City Council Meeting at City Hall, 200 N. Main St., 3rd Floor – Join the coalition of organizations, including BLMLA and People’s City Council, and Angelenos demanding that racist, violent, disgraced City Councilman Kevin de León NOT RUN FOR REELECTION and STEP DOWN IMMEDIATELY. Fill out a public comment card upon arrival and speak to “General Public Comment.”

  • TUESDAY, 10/31/2023 2:30PM – Honoring the Life of Ruchell “Cinque” Magee at Forest Lawn Cemetary in Covina – Join the family of Ruchell “Cinque” Magee in honoring his powerful life and commitment to Black freedom. Ruchell’s family specifically requested the presence of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, which worked to help free our beloved comrade, who spent 67 years in prison, sacrificing his own freedom for ours. Wear your Black Lives Matter gear!

  • WEDNESDAY, 11/1/2023 at 8:30AM – Court Support for Earl Callier at Criminal Courts Building, 210 W. Temple, Division 32 – Brother Earl was shot by LAPD on October 14th on Skid Row and then criminalized. His family, including our own Ms. Italy, is calling on us to stand with them. Please show up and wear your Black Lives Matter gear if you have it.

  • WEDNESDAY, 11/1/2023 at 4PM – #EndPoliceAssociations Rally at 1313 W. 8th St. –  Bring your voices, energy, and commitment to building a just and free world, where police associations no longer have control over public safety policy. Wear a mask! Snacks and water provided. This week, we’ll call for a “Ceasefire Here and There,” standing in solidarity with the people of the Congo, Sudan & Palestine, reminding folks that LAPD are trained as violence workers by the IDF (the Israel Defense Forces). Streamed live on Instagram at @blmlosangeles.

  • SATURDAY, 11/4/2023 8-10AM – This Is Not a Drill! on KBLA Talk 1580AM or facebook.com/BLMLA – Stay up-to-date on the work that Black Lives Matter Grassroots is doing around the country. This week’s show will focus on “Reports from the Frontlines,” with BLM Grassroots chapter leaders “Queen” Porch’se Miller from Atlanta, Eric Hall from Birmingham, and Jalonda “Justice” Hill from Buffalo. Our own Melina Abdullah hosts. Baba Akili in the co-host chair. Download the app or listen on 1580AM in Los Angeles, kbla1580.com worldwide. Taking your calls at 800-920-1580.

Recap:

  1. Last Tuesday, after nearly 10 months of community pressure, the LA Police Commission issued a rare out-of-policy ruling for the killing of #KeenanAnderson. The ruling was announced after Black Lives Matter -  Los Angeles, White People for Black Lives, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and People's City Council stood with the family of #KeenanAnderson at LAPD Headquarters, held a press conference and packed the Police Commission Meeting to remind the Commission that the world was watching. As this ruling is yet another victory, we continue to seek justice in his name with his family and call for an end to police response to traffic stops and mental health crises. And with the presence of Ms. Italy and Sister Sharon, the family of Earl Callier who was shot by LAPD on 10/14 in Skid Row during a mental health crisis, at the commission meeting, we know that the fight is far from over. 

  2. At last Wednesday’s #EndPoliceAssociations rally, Week 141, we continued our call for a “Ceasefire Here and There”, connecting our continued call for the removal of police associations from the County Federation of Labor, the firing of LAPD Chief Michel Moore and the resignation of racist, disgraced city councilmember Kevin de Leon to the fight to end the U.S. funding of Isreali genocide against the Palestinian people. The families of #VanessaMarquez, #GrecharioMack, #JohnHorton and #JohnathanHart were present as Baba Hank Jones, former political prisoner and Black Panther, warned that the atrocities the people of Palestine are experiencing today will be the same ones that Black people will experience here in the future if we do not “wake up” and stand in solidarity with all oppressed people globally.

  3. Last Saturday’s “This Is Not A Drill” featured a victorious reflection on “A Win in the Name of #KeenanAnderson'' with Patrisse Cullors, cousin of Keenan Anderson and attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill. Our #MoreThanAHashtag conversation was with the mother of Earl Callier, who was shot by LAPD on 10/14 during a mental health crisis and is fighting for his life while in custody. Dr. Melina Abdullah hosted, with Kim Holmes in the co-host chair. Missed it? Watch here.

  4. Also last Saturday, Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles packed the stands to cheer on and support the talented United LA, the only all-Black girls club soccer team in Los Angeles…and it’s believed the entire country. After being ridiculed, called the “n-word” and attacked by white and other non-Black players, when their Black parents tried to intervene, they were banned from the arena. In the face of injustice on the field, our girls showed us how powerful they are by playing a great game, scoring three goals and winning! We cannot allow this kind of racist harassment to go unanswered. We will show up for our girls every time. And more…we will work with Black parents to expose and challenge the racism of the league.

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