SAVE THE DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 7th.
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. ALL OUT TO THE STREETS.
Updated Information on Facebook Event Page:
www.bit.ly/DeathByCop610+ people have been killed by Los Angeles County Law Enforcement since the year 2000. The "Don't Shoot" report can be found on YJC website:
www.youth4justice.orgOn 4/7/15, the United Families for Justice (UFJ) is organizing a 4-Directions March: North, South, East, West-That will start at 9:00AM and converge in Downtown L.A. at 12:30 in front of the LA County Board of Supervisors at 500 W. Temple L.A. 90012. We will also stop by the District Attorney Office Jackie Lacey Office at 210 West Temple St.
COME TO PLANNING MEETINGS:
1. TUES, March 31st, 5:30-6:30pm
County-wide Strategy Meeting (we may be painting coffins so bring an extra shirt)
@ LA Community Action Network
838 E. 6TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90021
2. WED, April 1st, 6-8pm
Eastside Planning Meeting
@ LA Community Action Network
838 E. 6TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90021
ROUTES FOR MARCH:
Join any of the 4 Routes in the morning. Routes are being finalized this week, so please check back for details.
WEST March:
-Meet at Macarthur Park at 10:00AM.
-March through Westlake Area
-Stop at Metro Red Line Station
-Stop atRampart LAPD Station
-Stop by Miguel Contreras High
-Stop in front of LAUSD Headquarters,
-Ending at LA County Board of Supervisors at 12:30PM.
EAST March:
-8:30am - East LA Sheriffs Department
-9:30am - Evergeeen Cemetery Indiana
-10:30am - Hollenbeck Police Dept.
-12:00pm - LAPD HQ 1st St.
Ending at LA County Board of Supervisors at 12:30PM.
There will be no permit for this march. We will not ask permission from our oppressors to fight for our own dignity. We will have Peace-Builders and Interventionists present to protect the people.
UFJ:
The United Families For Justice (UFJ) is a collective of family members from Southern CA who have lost loved ones to police murder #DeathByCop and community members who have been personally affected by police brutality, including community-based organizations, organizers, students, teachers, clergy, faith-based leaders, activists, LGBTIQ folks, houseless folks, and so on. We have been meeting since the Winter in response to the massive outcry for justice after Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and Ezell Ford's families were denied justice.
ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS:
United Families for Justice (UFJ)
S.T.O.P Police Violence
Youth Justice Coalition
Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN)
Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
Black Lives Matter Los Angeles
Immigrant Youth Coalition L.A. (LAIYC)
Immigrant Youth Coalition Statewide CA
L.A 4 Youth Campaign
Coalition Against Police Terror L.A. (CAPTLA)
UCLA School of Law-Chapter of National Lawyers Guild
Immigration Law Society of UCLA School of Law
Socialist Party L.A.
International Socialist Organization
Fair Chance Project
L.A. Brown Berets
Dignity and Power Now (End Sherif Violence Coalition)
United Against Police Terror-San Diego
ENLACE
FREE LA High School
Justice For Bobby Henning
Students For Justice In Palestine
Young Americans For Liberty at LATTC
Black Lives Matter Long Beach
CLUE LA
Critical Resistance Los Angeles
Pico Youth And Family Center
BAYAN USA-Southern California
Workers World Party USA
Save The Kids
Los Angeles People's Media
ELAC Students For Social Change
Union De Vecinos
TAKE ACTION NOW & HELP OUT:
1. Come to Planning Meetings (Listed Above)
2. Sign and Share the CA Statewide Petition to Demand CA Attorney General Kamala Harris Appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate officer-involved shootings:
www.youth4justice.org/endpolicebrutality3. Come out to weekly #TakeoverLAPD Film Screenings:
-Every Friday Night at 6:00PM-8:30PM where we project a Freedom Film onto a 50-foot wall at LAPD Headquarters. -100 W. 1ST STREET (1st and Main.)
-Event Page:
www.bit.ly/TakeoverLAPD4. Have your organization ENDORSE this Action! Fill out the form here.
5. Join us for Coffin Painting Art Project! We need to paint 610+ now, one for each person killed since 2000.
-Sunday, 3/22/15 at Occidental College Time/Location TBA
-Monday, 3/23/15 at Occidental College Time/Location TBA
-Tuesday, 3/24/15 at Chuco's Justice Center 1137 E. Redondo Blvd. Inglewood, CA 90302
6. Share this Event and Invite Your Friends!
www.bit.ly/DeathByCop7. Hashtag Everything:
#DeathByCop #RememberMe #WeWereHere #BlackLivesMatter #BrownLivesMatter #BlackPower #BrownPower #CantKillAfrica