Criminal Justice
Community Rights Monthly Meeting-11/7 at 11:00am
by Lisa Adler
Date from/to:
Nov 7 2009 - 11:00am - Nov 7 2009 - 1:00pm
Contact Information:
Email lisa@thestrategycenter.org or call (213) 387-2800
Next Community Rights Monthly Meeting: Saturday, November 7th at 11:00am.
Location
First Unitarian Church
2936 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90005United States
The Occupy Movement and Its Demands
by Eric Mann
Many in the Occupy movement believe that making specific demands will leave the movement open to cooptation and division. But without demands that ask the president, Congress, and Wall Street to make radical changes in policy, there is the danger that they will still carry out business as usual while the protests grow stronger.
First-round victory: LAPD agrees to back off on truancy sweeps
The LAPD has agreed to a number of important concessions, but we still have work to do.
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/2011-04-14_pressconf.jpg "In LA Times, HuffPo, Colorlines, "Truancy" Ticket Victory Media Waves Reach City Hall, Cardenas Responds")
In LA Times, HuffPo, Colorlines, "Truancy" Ticket Victory Media Waves Reach City Hall, Cardenas Responds
by Daniel Kim
As news of our "truancy" ticket victory rolled through local and national media. the Community Rights Campaign carried the momentum of our coalition into City Hall on Monday, where Councilmember Cardenas presided over an unprecedented meeting where community voices were heard, and councilmembers were moved.
When you're late to school...does it matter what color you are?
by Nicole Eng
Publication/Circulation Date:
Apr 14 2011
Turning Up the Heat: Building a School Pipeline Towards Justice!
Date from/to:
Mar 29 2011 - 9:36pm - Apr 30 2011 - 12:00pm
Contact Information:
213-387-2800 or Kendra@thestrategycenter.org
Community Rights Campaign Strategy Meeting: April 2nd at 9:30am
Location
First Unitarian Church
2936 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, CAUnited States
President Obama's National Youth Summit Opening
Summer Youth Organizing Academy (SYOA) graduate and Roosevelet Hight School Taking Action student leader, Cinthia Gonzalez, is featured in this short video highlighting the discussions of Los Angeles youth regarding the state of public education at President Obama's National Youth Summit Opening.
Cinthia calls for the protection of student services and resources and
the reduction of funds used for zero tolerance policies and policing of
Black and Latino youth.
Reports: LASPD Accused of Profiling, Sexual Harassment, Excessive Force
School Cops 'Out of Control'
How 2 minutes can change your entire life | An Intimate Portrayal of a Black Mother's Fight to Save her Son
Let me share with you a story of a courageous and fierce Black mother. Her persistence to have her children do more than merely "survive" or "make it" and commitment to justice took her on a truly transformative journey that has inspired us all.
