community rights
Problems of the Los Angeles Daytime Curfew Law
by Lisa Adler
Why were 12,000 students fined up to $250 each just for being late or away from school in 2008? We surveyed approximately 1,400 students and parents, held several focus groups, researched the citation process, and consulted with educational justice and civil rights organizations around the country.
People's Poetry 2009 | Video | Melissa Lemus Spoken Word
by Nicole Eng
Publication Date:
Jun 23 2009
Eveline Shen & Rocio Cordoba: Reproductive justice for women of color, immigrants, and young people
hosted by Damon Azali-Rojas on 05/18/2009
The Directors of Asian Communities For Reproductive Justice and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice discuss the growing national reproductive justice movement and the intersections of race, gender, class and national oppression that impact the reproductive choices of women of color, working class women, and immigrants.
Kai Wright: A Fragile Union -- Race, Gay Marriage, and the LGBTQ Rights Movements
hosted by Damon Azali-Rojas on 05/18/2009
A veteran journalist on race and sexuality discusses Proposition 8 and the racial fault lines inside LGBTQ movements. 40 years into the movement for sexual freedom, Wright comments, the multihued cry against a universally felt oppression usually breaks down into deeply segregated, often opposing parts, along race lines.
Strategy Center and BRU join newly formed Los Angeles Coalition Against State Violence
by Nicole Eng
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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.
