Community Rights Campaign

Community Rights Monthly Meeting-11/7 at 11:00am

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, 90005
United States
See map: Google Maps

SYOA Notebook: It is our Duty to Fight for Freedom | August 30, 2010

Lissett Lazo, SYOA Alumni '07 and Community Rights Organizer, reflects on the highlights and breakthroughs of this year's Summer Youth Organizing Academy class. She looks back to her own experience as a SYOA student as a pivotal point in her own growth and transformation as an organizer and young Salvadoreña, Hondureña, Nucaraguense womyn.

Direct Action: Tool for Transforming Society -- SYOA Alumni 2010 Mike Breazell

In our forth annual Summer Youth Organizing Academy, Mike Breazell performs a spoken word piece that takes it back to our "Billons for Buses" Campaign and reaffirms that our fight is not over and nor will we give up what is rightfully ours!

Direct Action: Tool for Transforming Society -- SYOA Alumni 2010 Cinthia Gonzalez

Cithnia Gonzalez performs a spoken word piece, connecting our fight to end the "truancy sweeps" and pre-prisoning of our Black and Latino students at Roosevelt High School with the Chicano Student Walk Outs in 1968 and other oppressed nationality struggles for self-determination and liberation.

Stop Senate Bill 1317 from further Criminalizing Black & Latino Public School Families!

Date Announced: 
Aug 17 2010

Stop Senate Bill 1317 from further Criminalizing Black & Latino Public School Families!

TRUANCY POLICY: Cleveland High School Principal Responds | AUSENCIA DE POLÍTICA: Director de Cleveland High School Responde

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 - Last week, the San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol reported on the "Day of Action" rally held at Cleveland High School in Reseda.

Más sanciones por ausentismo escolar| More sanctions for Truancy


Proyecto de ley penalizaría a padres con hasta un año de cárcel | Bill will penalize parents will up to a year in jail

A sus 11 años, Lamont Harrell mantiene intacto el deseo de completar su
educación para algún día poder trabajar "en algo mejor que un
McDonald's". Sin embargo, al pequeño le preocupan las medidas que
penalizan el absentismo escolar. Para seguir leendo por favor oprime aqui. (English translation available also)

 

 

 

SYOA Notebook: What I’ve Learned So Far in SYOA | August 3rd, 2010

Junior Summer Youth Organizing Academy, participant Lamont Harrell, writes about his reasons for coming back to the junior SYOA Program.Hi my name Lamont Harrell and I'm in Junior SYOA . I was in SYOA last year but I decided to come back for 3 reasons. Reason 1: I wanted to learn more about campaigns and I like to organize.

Mapping LAMC 45.04 "Truancy Tickets" by Geograhical Area, Race and Gender

The Community Rights Campaign has created a new map to track the geographical areas and the break down of the race and gender composition of students that have received Daytime Curfew "Truancy" Tickets under the Los Angeles Municipal Code 45.04. This map is an important tool in making the legal case that "truancy" tickets violate the civil and educational rights of the 90% Black and Latino students that attend LAUSD schools....