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Quick Things You Can Do Right Now

1. SUBMIT public comment to the Board of Supervisors on Item 16, which will empower them to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva. Tell them, “I strongly urge you to support the motion granting the Board of Supervisors the power to impeach and remove the sheriff.”


2. POST the letter requesting that President-Elect Biden and Vice-President-Elect Harris meet with Black Lives Matter on your social media and tag @joebiden, @kamalaharris and @blklivesmatter. (Use graphic below or share from @blmlosangeles on IG or @blmla on Twitter.)


3. EMAIL us information about your favorite Black-owned businesses and organizations for inclusion in our #BlackXmas campaign, which profiles Black-owned businesses that benefit the community. Visit blackxmas.org to check out the businesses we've highlighted.

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Updates

 
 
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Weekly Email Highlights 10/18-10/25/2020
Weekly Email Highlights 10/18-10/25/2020

Our motto in this moment is VOTE AND ORGANIZE! We are mobilizing to the polls! We’re encouraging everyone to vote, develop a voting plan, and to vote all the way down the ballot. Please consult (and share) our official voter guide on ballot measures and propositions. And, of course, as we chant #JackieLaceyMustGo, we have an opportunity to make it happen this election.

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Weekly Email Highlights 10/11-10/18/2020
Weekly Email Highlights 10/11-10/18/2020

The November election is just weeks away! There is so much at stake. As we focus intently on the Presidential elections, we must not lose sight of what is moving down-ballot. For three years now, BLMLA has stood with the families of those killed by police and chanted #JackieLaceyMustGo. Now we have an opportunity to vote the most corrupt, problematic District Attorney in the nation out of office. There are important ballot propositions and measures as well…For the first time ever, BLMLA is releasing a propositions and measures voter guide, which will be posted on our website and social media pages.

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Organize

 
 
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An unprecedented number of Black leaders and organizations have come together to issue a list of demands for justice during the global pandemic.

Research indicates that Black people are suffering disproportionately from COVID-19. The needs of our community are specific and immediate, so this list of demands for changes both in immediate response and structural realities is crucial in the struggle for justice.

 
 
 

People’s Budget

 
 
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It’s almost never been as important to demand #CareNotCops as Chief Michel Moore equates people peacefully protesting injustice with the four murderers who ended the life of #GeorgeFloyd.

Los Angeles needs a people’s budget that will dial back the LAPD raises padded into the three billion dollars Moore wants while vital services and programs see employees furloughed and lose funding.

When their officers literally get away with murder, they want more money and the things we need — clean air, arts programs, wildlife protection — get the short end of the snub nosed revolver.