Los Angeles Police Department's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning (LGBTQ) Community Forum … [Read more...]
Justice for Trayvon Martin — Community Speakout!
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JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN! COMMUNITY SPEAKOUT! Assemble 2pm, Sunday, 25 March at Crenshaw & Exposition March to Leimert Park 17-year-old Trayvon was murdered 26 February by a racist vigilante while walking from the store to his father’s home in a suburb of Orlando, Florida. The murderer is being protected and not arrested by local police.Register your endorsement:Contact … [Read more...]
Cancer Prevention, Detection, Intervention
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he California Oncology Research Institute will be presenting a panel discussion and FREE mammograms on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in connection with its Cori Wellness Circle.Dr. Ronald Hurst and Dr. Anton Bilchik, directors of the California Oncology Research Institute (CORI) lead a panel discussion of renowned cancer surgeons and researchers discussing cancer that disproportionately affect … [Read more...]
The Horrors of Corporate Healthcare: April Ghouls Day
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Zombies, vampires and other corporate health care monsters will "chase" ill patients from Blue Cross through the streets of downtown Los Angeles as the patients throw bags of money at them.The patients will lure the monsters to Pershing Square where doctors and nurses will send them through a "rehuminization tent" to cure them with hearts and brains. The cured corporate monsters will then drop … [Read more...]
Green Party Music Benefit March 22nd
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Please join peace activist Marcy Winograd, the Goo Goo Dolls' Mike Malinin, Violinist Lili Haydn and others ... Green Party Music Benefit Thursday, March 22nd, (7-10 p.m.) V-Lounge, 2020 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica. (20>th & Wilshire, easy street parking) You won't want to miss this!Tickets are only $10. Save time in line, however, and buy your tickets online now -- … [Read more...]
LAPD 2012 LGBT Community Police Academy Starts in April
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The Los Angeles Police Department presents The 2012 LGBT Community Police Academy Citizen Community Police Academy Every Thursday night, beginning April 19 thru June 14, 2012. The nine-week course will be held at LAPD’s Elysian Park Police Academy, by Dodger Stadium, each Thursday night between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Culmination will be on June 14, 2012 at the Elysian Park Police Academy’s … [Read more...]
Making Your Own Media: “Media for the 99%” Summit
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The media is no longer that "black and white and read all over" object the neighbor kid threw on your parents' lawn every morning, right?No, now it's something people all around you are creating for themselves -- on computer networks, with flipcams and smart phones, on the radio -- to advance their causes, to help guide their communities to a brighter tomorrow, to better our world.You're … [Read more...]
How Will Local Communities Cope with the Sudden Influx of Newly Released Prisoners?
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ACLU Forum: Community Planning For Released Prison Inmates How Will Local Communities Cope with the Sudden Influx of Newly Released Prisoners? Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the State of California to release 46,000 inmates -- more than one-fourth of the state's prison population -- over the next two years to relieve overcrowding. As many as 156,000 prisoners have been crowded into … [Read more...]
ACLU Forum: Homecoming: Community Planning For Released Prison Inmates
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ACLU Pasadena/Foothills Chapter Forum: Homecoming: Community Planning For Released Prison Inmates Tuesday, March 13, 7 p.m. Neighborhood Church 301 North Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena Two blocks north of the 134 Freeway, Orange Grove exit The number of nonviolent, non-serious, non-sexual prisoners being released into the San Gabriel Valley through 2012 is between 1,000 and 1,500. What will be … [Read more...]
Occupiers Rally in Beverly Hills Park Wednesday Evening
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On Wednesday, February 15 from 4 - 7:30 pm, Occupiers will rally at the Will Rogers Memorial Park at9650 Sunset Blvd. in Beverly Hills to call attention to the corrupting influence of money in politics. Coinciding with a $35,800 a plate presidential campaign fundraiser at a wealthy TV producer's home nearby, the rally will also launch the Occupiers' fundraising drive for Market Match, a program … [Read more...]
“The Future of News Is Now” Panel Set for March Summit at Oxy
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As your friendly old newspaper gets thinner and narrower with every passing month, your favorite newscast now features far too many stylish coifs and fetching smiles, and your computer screen is flooded with more information than you could sort, much less digest in several lifetimes, do you ever wonder how you'll make sense of the day's news in years to come?The 5th Annual Media Reform … [Read more...]
Marcy Winograd Guest Hosting “Connect the Dots” Monday
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On Monday morning, 7-8 am, on KPFK (90.7 FM - Los Angeles), listen to Marcy Winograd guest-host Connect the Dots, first with a commentary on why we must Occupy the English language to expose the euphemisms that enable militarism and greed. Defense budget? No, it's a military budget.Next, a talk with foreclosure fighter Carlos Marroquin on home defender actions throughout the southland, Green … [Read more...]
NAFTA of the Pacific?
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative posted the following on its site: On November 12, 2011, the Leaders of the nine Trans-Pacific Partnership countries – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States – announced the achievement of the broad outlines of an ambitious, 21st-century Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) … [Read more...]
Keep Jazz & Shaka Free!
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PRESS CONFERENCE/COURT HOUSE RALLY JOIN US ON THE STEPS OF THE MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT IN SUPPORT OF HARLEM COMMUNITY ACTIVIST JOSEPH “JAZZ” HAYDEN A LONGSTANDING MONITOR OF POLICE CONDUCT AND THE RECENT VICTIM OF AN ILLEGAL STOP AND FRISK AND RETALIATORY ARREST AND CHALLENGING NYPD POLICE MISCONDUCT IN OUR COMMUNITIES THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012 8:30AM 100 CENTRE STREET On Friday, … [Read more...]
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Cenk Uygur: Can Progressives Reclaim the Democratic Party?
Cenk Uygur, host and co-founder of The Young Turks, will address the California Democratic Party's Progressive Caucus at its upcoming state convention in San Diego this Saturday, February 11th. The topic: Can Progressives Reclaim the Democratic Party?The Progressive Caucus, which had its certification tabled by the CDP for several months during 2011, was the only caucus of 19 not to be … [Read more...]