The California Assembly ignored the will of the people and set aside the discussion for Assembly Bill 1460, which would make Ethnic Studies a requirement on CSU campuses.
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State senator Anthony Portantino needs to know that you want a guarantee of Ethnic Studies in CSU classrooms. Here’s how you can help & why it matters.
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Don’t have enough time for the whole email? Catch the high points including donating to John Penny, who lost everything to the LAPD even after they shot him in the face.
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Even the Los Angeles Police Commission believes the killing of Grechario Mack was wrong, but LAPD chief Michael Moore has ignored the ruling. Take a stand and demand he answer to the public!
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Get ready to bring the thunder with a social media smackdown on the fitness company.
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On August 21-22, 1831, Nat Turner led a rebellion against oppression and racism. Black Lives Matter los Angeles commemorates his sacrifice.
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Marking the passing of the revolutionary Soledad Brother.
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Ethnic Studies is the only set of disciplines to come from the community, not the ivory tower. It remains grounded in principled struggle and is vital to our self-determination.
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John Penny. Grechario Mack. How many more Black people will the Los Angeles Police Department kill? We’ll be at the Police Commission meeting Tuesday to say, “enough!”
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A British publication does an in depth write up of then pervasiveness of state-sanctioned violence as manifested in the murder of a 24-year-old father of three.
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Taking a look back at a victory for our Youth Vanguard, ending a discriminatory practice in education.
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Did you know that more than 530 people have been murdered by law enforcement in the city of Los Angeles since 2013? Did you know that in only one of those cases has the District Attorney’s office brought charges against the law enforcement professionals involved? Do you know who’s responsible for this travesty of “justice?” That’s right, elected official Jackie Lacey, and she has got to GO!
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Alongside Justice LA & the ACLU, act now to stop Supervisor Sheila Kuehl & the Sheriff’s Department from spending billions of dollars on a modern day dungeon to incarcerate more of the city’s citizens.
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Black August is here and we’re honoring the freedom fighters who gave their lives for ours. With continuing actions, new things you can do to make a difference right now and a never-ending dedication to justice we remember: when we fight, we win!
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Missed the latest news about actions and immediate tools for justice? We got you.
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This weekend the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles co-hosted #BlackSunday, an opportunity for the community to intentionally spend their dollars with Black-owned businesses, who were provided with booth space at no charge.
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Los Angeles, California – Hundreds overflowed from the courtroom as Melina Abdullah was scheduled to be arraigned and a pretrial motion was heard by the judge. The Los Angeles City Attorney filed eight misdemeanor counts against the college professor and mother, all related to her participation in public meetings of the Los Angeles Police Commission.
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Interview on The Politic with Patrisse Cullors, one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, and she advocates for human rights issues such as prison abolition. Her most recent book, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, was published in January 2018.
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In early 2017, a coalition of organizations, that included the ACLU, Anti Police-Terror Project, Black Lives Matter, California Faculty Association, California News Publishers Association, CURYJ, PICO, Policylink, and Youth Justice Coalition, came together as bill co-sponsors to brainstorm how this veil of secrecy could be lifted through legislation. The “Right to Know” bill, authored by Senator Nancy Skinner, authorizes public access to internal investigations when police kill people or are found guilty of serious misconduct.
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