Community Rights Campaign

Strategy Center and BRU join newly formed Los Angeles Coalition Against State Violence

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On Wednesday, March 25th,
The Los Angeles Coalition against State Violence announced their demands…to
reduce and restrict the LAPD budget allocation and instead focus resources on
prevention efforts, public transportation, affordable housing and other human
rights policies in the City of Los Angeles.

We Want Human Rights in Los Angeles, Not a Growing Police State!

by Lisa Adler

Community Organizations from across Los Angeles Call on Mayor Villaraigosa and other City Leaders to Support Healthy Communities in this Year's Budget!

Ticketing towards prisons: LAUSD’s truancy tickets and the pre-prisoning of our youth

by Lisa Adler

Did you ever come late to school? Of course, we all did. You'd get a look from the teacher, a warning about your grades, or even detention. Well, times have changed. Being 15 minutes late can now get you handcuffed by school police and issued a ticket for $250 with a mandatory day in court. Black and Latino students have been telling us about their experiences with these "zero tolerance" policies.

Stopping the Prison State Expansion -- No on Prop 6

by Daniel Kim

Publication Date:

Oct 16 2008

Stopping the Prison State Expansion -- No on Prop 6

Interviewing Wire Actors Wendell Pierce and Andre Royo

by Nicole Eng

Publication Date:

Mar 11 2009

http://www.thestrategycenter.org/radio/2008/04/08/wire-actors-wendell-pierce-and...

Summer Youth Organizing Academy (SYOA)

by Daniel Kim

Check out full report and footage from SYOA Graduation 2009-click here.

Black History Month film showing

by Bethel Hamel

40 members watched and discussed the documentary Negros with Guns

Stopping the Prison State Expansion -- No on Prop 6

by Lisa Adler

A case study in how right-wing "tough on crime" ballot initiatives are fueling the expansion of the police/prison state in California, this video explains the background, issues and lives at stake in Proposition 6, a ballot measure that a broad coalition of community organizations successfully defeated in the 2008 elections, led by our Take the Initiative project.