Jazzantiqua Portraiture: Stories in Jazz (8 pm)
(Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90016)
JazzAntiqua Dance Ensemble
Pat Taylor - Artistic Director & Brian Swartz & the Gnu Sextet presents:
Portraiture: Stories in Jazz with Special Guest: Gia Scott-Heron
Tickets $25 - Assigned Seating
Tire recycling (9 am-2:30 pm)
(Expo Center, 3990 Menlo Avenue, Los Angeles 90037)
For City of Los Angeles residents only (Bring a copy of your current DWP bill OR you California Driver's License).
Maximum of nine tires per person per trip.
Passenger and light truck tires only.
Tires on rims will NOT be accepted.
For information call: 213-485-3568
Science & Technology Day for students (10 am-2 pm)
(True Way Missionary Baptist Church, 9122 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003)
The National Society of Black Engineers and the Los Angeles African American Engineers and Professional Employees Association present Science & Technology Day for elementary, middle and high school students.
Laser show at 10 am
Activities at 11 am
Free parking and admission
Students should RSVP to Theo Higgins at 310-749-1868
CD8 meeting with neighborhood councils (9-11 am)
(Constituent Service Center, 8475 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044.)
Councilmember Bernard Parks and staff will be holding Council District 8’s monthly Conversations with Neighborhood Councils (NDC Leadership) Meeting Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. We will be discussing topics regarding our community including the redistricting process, the City budget, and NDC elections.
Please come and join us!
Annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference (10am - 4 pm)
(UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor 308 Westwood Plaza, 90024)
Annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference (IYEC)
This daylong event consists of various workshops that will educate, motivate, and provide attendees with the information on how undocumented youth can pursue a higher education and become the agents of positivity in their own communities.
By attending this conference, attendees will:
* Learn about the CA Dream Act
* Attend workshops on education, financial aid & activism
* Network with organizations that support undocumented students
* Become eligible for the IYEC Scholarship
To RSVP, please fill out the form by Friday, May 18, 2012.
For any questions, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Street Food Cinema - Napoleon Dynamite (5:30 pm)
(Expo Park, 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles 90037)
Street food cinema showing the film Napoleon Dynamite
Music: Band TBA
Food Trucks: Kogi BBQ, Grill 'Em All, Don Chow Tacos, A ROCKin ICE + more!
Time: Doors 5:30p Band 6:30p Movie 8:30p
Click below for ticket and parking prices.
Jamiel Shaw II Victory Party (Noon - Dusk)
(3349 W. 43rd Place, Los Angeles, CA 90008 (Across the street from Leimert Park, right next to the Vision Theatre))
The Verdict is in!
Come out & talk with Jamiel Shaw's Family & Meet the Lead Prosecutor, Bobby Grace!
http://www.bobbygrace4da.com/
Inner City Sports Festival and Health Fair (7:30 am - 6 pm)
(Jesse Owens Park 9651 South Western Avenue Los Angeles)
Strive for a Healthier YOU!!! Join the fight for Health and Wellness Awareness, Education, and Unification as City Lites hosts its "9th Annual Inner City Sports Festival and Health Fair" on Saturday, May 26. Take advantage of FREE registration for their 23 mile & 5k Bike Tour, 5k Walk, 5k Skateboarding Journey, and 5k Wheelchair Roll.
There will also be FREE Festival with Health Screenings, a Healthy Kids Fun Zone, and Live Diverse Entertainment for all ages.
McDonalds’ National Smoothe Fusion Tour will be stopping through to sample their new “Cherry Berry Chillers.” Ronald McDonald will also be live on the kid’s stage.
Bring out your little ones to enjoy interactive play activities presented by First 5 LA
FREE “Zumba in the Park” presented by Team Beachbody. 10:30AM ~ Jesse Owens Park
Registration Info:
23k Bike Tour: 7AM-9AM - Jesse Owens Park 9651 South Western Avenue Los Angeles
5k Bike Tour, Skateboard Journey, and Wheelchair Roll
FREE Festival: 11AM-6PM - Jesse Owens Park
Discussion on the 1992 LA Riots (7:30-9:30 am)
(California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park)
Crenshaw Transit Partners (CTP) networking meeting (5:30 pm)
(3650 West Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008)
Crenshaw Transit Partners (CTP) For Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor LRT Design-Build Project
We want to join your community and be a good neighbor! Join us at a networking event to meet key members of our Team. We will describe what this project means to us and how you can get involved.
RSVP By Monday, May 21, 2012
e-mail Company Name and Attendee’s Name to: RSVP4CTP@leeandrewsgroup.com or by calling 213-891-2965 ext. 111
Fundraiser for Early Childhood Education Programs (11 am-11 pm)
(Buffalo Wild Wings, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.)
Fundraising at its “painless” best! When you show the flyer below, 15% of your bill will be donated to support critical early education efforts in our community. So come and have lunch, dinner, drinks and big fun at Buffalo Wild Wings on Monday, May 21st (Crenshaw location only).
Help support the needs of our children. BRING YOUR FLYER & share with your family, friends and colleagues.
Goodwill Donation Drive Fundraiser (10 am-4 pm)
(The Center for LifeLong Learners, 2239 W. Washington Blvd. (1 block west of Western))
The Center for LifeLong Learners, a 43-year old nonprofit afterschool program located in Historic West Adams, will be hosting a Goodwill Donation Drive Fundraiser on Sunday, May 20, 10 am until 4 pm. Goodwill bins will be in the parking lot of the afterschool program.
Anyone with items to donate, both large and small, are encouraged to drop them off at the Center for LifeLong Learners. You can drop your items off any time prior to May 20th. Please call (323) 732-1350 to make arrangements for drop off dates.
All items donated must be in good condition and "sellable as is." Goodwill no longer repairs, refinishes or reupholsters. They do not accept any broken items or furniture with holes, rips or bad stains. Goodwill also needs to comply with environmental hazard and public safety rulings, and is concerned with liability issues. No hazardous items accepted.
Synthia Saint James book signing (2-4 pm)
(The Museum of African American Art, Macy's 3rd Floor, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, 4005 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 90008)
Visual artist Synthia Saint James shares her life's journey in the pursuit of the arts, along with marketing tips and affirmations in this her latest book Living My Dream
14th Annual Family FunFest (11am-3pm)
(Los Angeles Clinic, Expo Park Office, 3787 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007)
Open house at district office of Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (6-8 pm)
(300 Corporate Pointe, Suite 380 Culver City, CA 90230)
Come meet your Assembly representative and her District Staff. Discuss state-related concerns and issues. Guests can also view the work of Culver City artist Francia Turner, as part of the 47th Assembly District's Rotating Gallery Exhibition, celebrating local artists.
Metered parking is available on Buckingham Parkway. Sorry, no parking validation.
To RSVP, click below.
Mother’s Day at the Mercado (11 am-4 pm)
(Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Ave., LA, CA 90007)
Take your mother out for brunch or lunch at one of the Mercado's award-winning restaurants.
Enjoy live music by Michele Vreeland and Margarita Luna and listen to the stories of mothers in our community.
Anonymous Gun Buy-Back (9 am-3 pm)
The Anonymous Gun Buyback invites residents to turn in their firearms for up to $200 in gift cards from Ralphs, no questions asked.
Gift cards worth $100 will be given in exchange for handguns, shotguns and rifles. Anyone turning in assault weapons, as classified by the state of California, will be given $200 gift cards.
Quantities of gift cards are limited and subject to availability.
There are six locations citywide including these two in South Los Angeles:
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
7900 South Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90047
Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church
10435 South Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90002
For more information call 1-877-LAPD 247
Revlon Run/Walk for Women (7 am-2 pm)
(LA Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park)
Schedule of Events:
7:00 am:
T-Shirt Pick-Up & Donation Drop-off
On-site Registration
Health & Sponsor Expo: Come see who you are supporting & who is supporting you!
8:00 am: Opening Ceremony
8:45 am: Official Start of 5K Run
9:00 am: Official Start of 5K Walk
10:15 am - Noon: Finish Line Festivities
South LA Power Coalition 2nd Annual People’s Convention (8:30 am-3 pm)
(Maya Angelou Community High School, 300 E. 53rd Street, LA 90011)
The convention will feature political educations workshops and a candidate's forum on a number of different political races. Click below for more information.
Urban Issues Breakfast Forum on mass incarcerations (730-9:30 am)
(California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Exposition Park., Los Angeles, CA 90037)
Please join us FRIDAY MORNING, May 11th, 7:30 a.m. for our May breakfast forum, as we discuss California's "New Jim Crow," the overcrowded prison industrial complex and mass incarceration as forms of social control. Our newsmaker and forum speaker is:
Professor Michelle Alexander
Author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
RSVP is MANDATORY for this event.
RSVP at urbanissuesforum@aol.com.
or
by calling (323)789-6224
Update on Crenshaw/ LAX Transit Corridor Light Rail Project (6-8 pm)
(Christ the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church 3303 W Vernon Av Los Angeles, CA 90008 )
Metro invites you to an open house to learn about design changes that have taken place through the project's preliminary engineering phase. A second public meeting will be held when the environmental assessment is completed later this summer, at which time public comments will be taken.
This location is served by Metro Bus Lines 40, 42 and Rapid Bus Line 740 Refreshments will be served.
The Federal Transit Administration and Metro are preparing an Environmental Assessment to review design changes that were not previously evaluated in the final environmental document approved for the project. These include a change in location for the Crenshaw/Vernon Station at Leimert Park to an in-street underground station just north of 43rd Pl. Other design changes include the demolition of two existing railroad bridges at I-405 and Century Bl, and additional full and partial property acquisitions.
We look forward to having your involvement in the dynamic process of building a world class transportation system! Please use one of the following to RSVP or to learn more about the project.
Phone: 213-922-2736
Email: crenshawcorridor@metro.net
Planning Commission hearing on The Village at USC (8:30 am)
(Council chambers at Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles)
A public hearing held by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission on the proposed The Village at USC.
A redevelopment of the existing University Village on land owned by USC, the project will:
--Create an estimated 8,900 new jobs as part of a total of 12,000 jobs (8,000 permanent and 4,000 construction-related) to be added through the USC Specific Plan.
--Provide up to 350,000 square feet of retail serving both the USC campus and the community, including at least one grocery store, several sit-down restaurants, a food court, shops and services
--Add up to 5,200 critically needed student beds, relieving pressure on the neighborhood and returning approximately 900 privately-owned housing units now occupied by students to the community
--Accomplish all of the above without public land, public subsidies or public funds.
USC experts on the project and interested members of the community:
• Kristina Raspe, vice president for real estate development and asset management
• Zulma Gent, program specialist for USC's community partnerships
• David Galaviz, executive director of local government relations
• Representatives of student and community outreach groups at USC
Community clean-up at 11th Avenue Community Park (9 am)
(6116 11th Avenue, Los Angeles 90043)
Volunteers are needed to help clean and paint the 11th Avenue Community Park.
Call Benita Duran (213) 797-6559
Adams Normandie Neighborhood Community Clean-up (9am-Noon)
(Meet at 1658 W 23rd Street, Los Angeles 90007)
The Adams Normandie Neighborhood Association’s goal is to empower neighbors and create a community. (That’s our type of organization!) Once again on Big Sunday Weekend, they’ll restore, clean, green the historical El Paseo walkway that divides the street. Plus, this year dumpsters will be located in and around the community for general clean up and a bulk item pick up.
Big Sunday on Saturday (9 am-4 pm)
(A Place Called Home, 2830 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90011)
Help A Place Called Home Remodel, Go Green and Beautify to serve youth & families in South L.A.!
The good work of the day includes:
Painting Walls and Murals, Cleaning and Polishing the Center, Creating a storage facility and much, much more!
A delicious lunch will be provided!!!
Please bring your skills, tools and ladders.
To sign up and for more information contact volunteer@apch.org
Cinco de Mayo performance (1 pm)
(24th Street Theatre, 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007)
24th Street Theatre takes you on a journey far beyond Latin America... to India! Acclaimed performance artist Sheetal Gandhi’s show Bahu-Beti-Biwi explores the clash between tradition and modern thinking, as it blends music, dance, and theatre. This, the final show of this year’s Saturday Explorer Series is at 1pm, and is great for audiences 7 and up.
You get a free handcrafted tamale with every ticket.
Tix are $5 and just 24-cents for neighborhood residents.
Only a few seats left, So Get Your Tix HERE now!
Memorial Service for Reverend Eugene Williams III (1 pm)
(University of Southern California
Taper Hall, Room 101)
A Community Conversation: Are You Thinking Like a Man in South LA? (6-8 pm)
(LA Trade Tech College, North Tent, 1937 South Grand Avenue, LA 90015)
Please join the Los Angeles Urban League, Brotherhood Crusade, Community Coalition, California Community Foundation and other partners in an enriching conversation on the future of Black male youth in South Los Angeles. See below for more details and RSVP information. We look forward to seeing you there.
DWP community meeting on rate increase (6-8 pm)
(LADWP Crenshaw Service Center, 4030 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 90008)
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will hold one of a series of community meetings in Crenshaw on April 30 to educate and inform customers regarding proposed power and water rate changes needed over the next two years.
The proposed changes are necessary to meet a series of regulatory mandates that affect much of LADWP’s existing energy and water supplies, and to invest in replacing aging infrastructure to maintain reliability for LADWP’s 1.4 million electric customers and 657,000 water customers.
RSVP’s for the community meeting are encouraged, but not required.
Composting workshop (1 pm)
(USC Urban Garden, 3015 Shrine Place)
Learn how to turn your green waste into valuable compost at a composting workshop this Sunday, April 29th at 1pm. Weather will be warm so please bring water and dress accordingly.
Civil Unrest Series: South LA Rises (1 pm)
(Vacant Lot on 81st & Vermont)
Uprising Los Angeles
(Parc Gallery
685 North Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291)
Uprising Los Angeles photo exhibit (5-8pm)
(685 North Venice Blvd, Venice CA 90291)
Uprising Los Angeles: A Walk Through the Civil Unrest of 1992
About the Exhibition: Christine Burrillʼs current show exhibits for the first time the images the artist made during the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles.
The opening of the exhibit is Saturday, April 28 from 5 to 8 pm.
The show runs until June 8.
SPARC gallery
685 Venice Boulevard Venice, CA 90291
(310)822-9560
Urban Youth Technology Fair 2012 (11:30 am)
(Saint Andrews Park
8701 Saint Andrews Place. Los Angeles CA, 90047)
Program Director: Derek Haskell 323-596-5177 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Civil Unrest Series: The State of South LA (10a)
(First AME Church
2270 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday Explorer Series (1pm)
(24th Street Theatre - 1117 West 24th Street Los Angeles, CA 90007)
April 28th at 1 PM
Ken O’Malley – Ireland of the Welcomes
Irish storyteller/singer Ken O’Malley brings the music, dance and stories of Ireland and creates a performance that will delight one and all!
May 5th at 1 PM
Sheetal Gandhi - Bahu-Beti-Biwi
Powerfully rhythmic dance-theater solo that wraps North Indian music traditions and family characters into a contemporary exploration that glides between humorous portraiture and active resistance
How to get tickets / Como consegir boletos
North University Park Residents:
Call 213-745-6516 or email theatre@24thstreet.org for your exclusive 24-Cent neighborhood tickets!
Llame al 213-745-6516 o mande un email a theatre@24thstreet.org por sus boletos de .24 centavos exclusivo para vecinos.
General Audiences (outside University Park):
$5 Admission
https://24thstreet.secure.force.com/ticket
No Justice No Peace Symposium (9 am)
(Bethel A.M.E. Church
7900 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA)
The Bethel LA Community Development Corporation -- in partnership with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches and the support of The University of Southern California's Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement -- is hosting a “No Justice No Peace” Symposium commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the civil unrest in South Los Angeles.
The symposium will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.- 3:00 P.M. at the Bethel A.M.E. Church 7900 S. Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA. Bethel is located two blocks from Florence and Normandie (the place where the Reginald Denny incident occurred), the rallying place for peace in the community during the time of the unrest.
The symposium will be a day of dialogue between political, religious, community and business leaders reflecting on the social justice, public policy and community development issues that gave rise to the unrest and the state of South Los Angeles twenty years later. The reflections from the symposium will be complied in a document for dissemination to the media, local college and universities, community foundations, local governmental agencies, religious judicatories, and our South Los Angeles community partners in an effort to make the place where we live, work, and worship a healthier community.
8th Annual Walk All Over Cancer Walk-a-thon & Festival (7:30 am)
(Jesse Owens Park (corner of Western & Century)
9651 Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90047 )
One Child Our Village Foundation, Inc. is hosting its 8th Annual Walk All Over Cancer Walk-a-thon & Multi-Cultural Festival on Saturday, April 28th. Registration will start at 7:30am, walk-a-thon will start at 9am.
One Child Our Village Foundation, Inc. and many from the community will come together in a show of support and strength for a 5K walk and educational Health Multi-Cultural Festival.
The One Child Our Village Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a structured educational program to award scholarships and incentives for high school seniors that are survivors. 100 percent of the proceeds benefit the scholarship fund.
In an overwhelming response, registered walkers -- young and old from all walks of life -- will show support for the survivors and victims of all varies of cancer, that touch children, women and men. They will take to the streets with photos of loved ones, precious images of mothers, young children, husbands, fathers and sisters who had fought this deadly disease; some of these ‘survivors’ and some who had not made it. ‘Hope’ and ‘Courage’ are not just words on a handmade sign; they are felt in hearts of almost everyone there. Following the walk-a-thon, the Multi-Cultural Festival will include free refreshments, free prize drawing, and health screenings.
This year One Child Our Village Foundation, Inc. is honored and thrilled to have as guest speaker Dr. David Litvak, Chief of Staff Surgical Oncologist at the Cancer Teatment Center Of American in Arizona. An expert surgical oncologist, Dr. Litvak is part of a multidisciplinary care team that provides patient-centered cancer care each day.
Dr. Litvak earned a medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California in San Diego.
Following medical school, Dr. Litvak completed a surgical internship and residency at the University of California, Davis-East Bay, where he served as Chief Resident in the Department of Surgery. He also completed a research fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and a surgical oncology fellowship at John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California.
Prior to joining the Western team, Dr. Litvak served for two years as a cancer liaison physician for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer.
Dr. Litvak has presented at 15 national meetings on clinical and basic cancer research. He has also authored 27 articles and four abstracts in various journals, including the Archives of Surgery, the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
This year we are happy to celebrates that journey and honors those who have survived Tieranie Hawkins 13, and Trinty Phillips 7 founder of Pretty Face, Camico McKnight, Roneka Taylor, Madeline Mosley, and Ted Johnson, to celebrate another year. We also are honoring the memories of those who fought the fight but lost Edna Aliewine, Paw Paw Wayne Tulloss, Willie Judge Sanford, and Isaac Johnson.
Entertainment is also part of the fun following the walk-a-thon, Singing, dancing, and even comedic performances, with such artist as LIL NAY NAY, LEROYA SANFORD, CHUCK LOUNGE, LUCY, LaRITA SHELBY, MACE CORONEL, and CARTOONS IN ACTION.
Under the direction of Daisy Jefferson a Cancer survivor of 1 years Daisy Jefferson has a personal commitment to reaching out to her community “we want to provide an event that is extraordinary and different in the inner city area, and to create this support system for survivors and to share current information from some of the amazing youth, women and men she had met on her journey” Jefferson say. Ms. Jefferson is proud to be associated with this phenomenal event which primary objective is to raise awareness and providing current information, Everyone leave touched and empowered.
Ms. Jefferson and One Child Our Village Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors wishes to extend they deep sense of gratitude to the partners Cancer Treatment Center of American, Historical Weller Street Mission Baptist Church, Los Angeles County Parks, and Recreation, Through books, Inc., CORE California, Councilman Joe Buscaino, Councilman Bernard C. Parks, and Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas for their support. We also express thanks to all those who made donations of time and money, as well as the Walk All Over Cancer Walk-a-thon participants.
“We can’t prevent cancer yet, but we can make sure children, women, and men who are diagnosed become thriving survivors, through awareness, and resources"
We look forward to next year. We are sure it will be outstanding.
Aprayer for South Central (10 am)
(Saint Patrick’s Church
1046 East 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90011 )
MTA Board Meeting: Folks, this one is HUGE! (9 am)
(MTA Board
1 Gateawy Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(Tall building behind Union Station))
RSVP for a seat on the buses leaving the Crenshaw District at 7:30 a.m. at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
From the Ashes: The 1992 Civil Unrest and the Rise of Social Movement Organizing (9 am)
(University Park Campus
Davidson Conference Center)
A conference marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, charting a city on the rise.
On April 29, 2012, it will be 20 years since the beginning of that tumult. And just as the media missed much of the real story then — portraying it as a black-white or black-Korean conflict, downplaying the pervasive economic distress that drove the unrest, and focusing on divisive racial politics in the immediate aftermath — reporters are likely to swoop into the city as they have on previous anniversaries, trekking to the communities hardest hit in search of continued conflict, tension and poverty.
What they will likely leave out are the everyday efforts of grassroots organizers and ordinary residents to better their lives, and the flowering of a set of vibrant, multiracial social movements that have brought the city and the region a living wage, a better transportation system, college prep in all our schools, a more welcome stance toward immigrants, and a set of community benefits agreements that have become a model for progressive America. It is that story — how we rose as a region from contradictions to coalitions, from growing apart to standing together — that is relevant for a country still reeling from the deepest economic and political crisis in modern times.
Join us on Thursday, April 26, for a look back and, more importantly, a look forward at what the lessons of social movement organizing in Los Angeles might mean for a national agenda and the emerging social movement possibilities symbolized by (but not limited to) Occupy Wall Street.
RSVP to Jackie Agnello at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Siggi Dimanche: A Celebration of Francophone Africa and the French-speaking Diaspora (3 pm)
(Kaos Network
4343 Leimert Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008)
For the 5th year in a row, “Siggi Dimanche: A Celebration of Francophone Africa and the French-speaking Diaspora,” will take place in the historic Leimert Park Village.
This year’s program, the theme of which is in celebration of African women writers, will feature an array of tandem French/English readings of classical and contemporary Francophone African literature. Presenters and readers scheduled to participate include noted scholars Polly and Allen Roberts of UCLA; Shireen Lewis of Washington, DC; and Dr. David Horne of California State University, Northridge; Actors CCH Pounder (The Shield, Warehouse 13), Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace); Richard Gant (Men of a Certain Age); and the Hon. Cynthia McKinney, former United States Congresswoman from Georgia and former Green Party presidential candidate, will join the festivities via Skype.
Attendees will again be treated to musical artistry provided by DJ Nnamdi of Radio Afrodicia (KPFP 90.7 FM) as well as a representative sampling of food and drink.
“Siggi,” a Wolof word from Senegal meaning ‘Keep your head up,” and “Dimanche,” the French word for Sunday, is the passion of Kymberly S. Newberry, a Los Angeles-based dramatic artist and performer. “This is an inspired celebration of Francophone literature, art, music, cultural iconography, narratives, life-motivating stories and tone-talking,” said Newberry. “It is about providing an annual conducive environment for African and African descendant vocal and visual spirits to swirl together, convene in one place briefly and jump for joy.”
This free event is open to the public but donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, please call 213.422.6916, send an e-mail to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or visit www.siggidimanche.com
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TWILIGHT: Los Angeles, 1992
(The Skylight Theatre
1816 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027)
LosAngeles, CA – Twenty years after the devastating turmoil that followed a failed conviction of the officers in the Rodney King trial, Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 explores the shades of that loss. Commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum and originally brought to life on stage by the playwright, twenty-five multi-ethnic actors from Katselas Theatre Company now recreate those characters at the Skylight Theatre.
“The video of the Rodney King beating, which seemed to ‘tell all,’ apparently did not tell enough. We need to reach for the core of our humanity with all its glory and all its challenges. I am looking to illuminate something about our humanness. The solutions lie not in my monologues but in the collaborative humanness of the audience, who walk out of the theater with a potential to make change.” – Anna Deavere Smith
It has been almost 20 years since this piece premiered in Los Angeles at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, yet these issues are currently in the forefront of a national debate.
Not only the people portrayed on stage, but each member of the audience feels a part of the play, which is composed of verbatim excerpts from interviews. - LA Times
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 engages another generation and documents a critical time of racial division and civil unrest, not to place blame for what happened, but to help the process of healing through a kaleidoscopic and sympathetic rendering of different viewpoints. Accolades include an Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle awards, and two Antoinette Perry nominations. Made possible through special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc.
TWILIGHT: Los Angeles, 1992 runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 7pm April 20-29, 2012.
Tickets are $15-$20. Reservations: 702 KTC-TKTS (702-582-8587) or online at www.ktctickets.com
20 Years On: “Riot?” “Rebellion?” or “Civil Unrest?” What is the Media Message?
(University of Southern California
Annenberg Auditorium
699 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089)
Join Dr. Mary Hill-Wagner, School of Journalism research assistant professor, for a media retrospective on the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots. Tentative panel members include Kevin Uhrich, editor, Pasadena Weekly; Cynthia Griffin, managing editor, Our Weekly; Kirk McKoy, senior photo editor, features, Los Angeles Times; Yussuf Simmonds, managing editor, Los Angeles Sentinel; Kyung W. Lee, former editor, Korea Times (English language edition).
This event is free and open to the public.
To RSVP, click here.
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Hill Wagner at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The program is underwritten by a generous grant from the Ford Foundation.
Parking information and directions to campus »
Fourth Annual CSUDH Labor Social and Environmental Justice Fair (11 am-4 pm)
(CSU Dominguez Hills, South Walkway Street: 1000 E. Victoria St. City/Town: Carson)
The California State University, Dominguez Hills Labor Studies Program and Labor Studies Club present the Fourth Annual Labor, Social and Environmental Justice Fair on Thursday, April 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the south walkway of the Loker Student Union. The fair—with the theme “Together We are Unstoppable, Another World is Possible” —is free and open to the public.
Kent Wong, director of the UCLA Center for Labor Research, will deliver the keynote address at 1 p.m. Wong is internationally recognized for his research and organizing on behalf of immigrant workers and undocumented students.
“Anyone who is interested in becoming involved in labor, social justice and/or environmental work, or simply wants to learn about current issues is invited to attend the fair,” said Vivian Price, Labor Studies Program coordinator and advisor for the fair.
The daylong fair, which is designed to connect students and members of the community with local unions and organizations that are doing social justice work, starts off with a program for local high school students beginning at 9 a.m., and continues throughout the afternoon with informational booths and workshops hosted by more than 50 community groups and labor organizations. Other visitors include students from many of the community colleges throughout Los Angeles.
This year’s event has expanded to include five subthemes in addition to labor: the military and prison industrial complex, inequality, immigration, the environment, and education. Groups working on campaigns on these issues, who have internships, jobs, and legal or practical resources will be present. Another innovative feature this year is the interactive events that are being planned every hour throughout the day around these subthemes, including performances, art happenings, music, and other surprises in keeping with social justice.
Additionally, this year the fair is coordinating its activities with Unity Fest, an annual multicultural festival on campus, which will be held in the Sculpture Garden and will offer music and cultural programming.
“It’s only fitting that unity and social justice work together,” said Vanessa Lopez, labor studies student and event organizer.
The fair is sponsored by the Diane Middleton Foundation, the Associated Students, Inc., the College of Arts and Humanities, the CSUDH Center for Service Learning, Internships and Civic Engagement, Gamma Zeta Alpha Fraternity, and a growing list of unions, including the Los Angeles Federation of Labor, the American Federation of Teachers Los Angeles College Faculty Guild Local 1521, and the California Faculty Association.
The fair will continue its tradition of introducing new students to the university and to the Labor Studies Program. The Labor Studies Program has been a part of CSU Dominguez Hills since 1977 and is the only such bachelor’s degree program at a state-supported university in Southern California.
On-campus parking is available. Daily parking permits are $4 and can be purchased using cash, credit or debit cards at kiosk machines located in each lot. CSU Dominguez Hills is located at 1000 E. Victoria St., in Carson.
Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times (6:30 pm)
(Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
4130 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230)
Friends of the Library (6:30 pm)
(Exposition Park
3900 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062)
Come and join us for our Friends Group meeting. Help establish community leaders and assist with fund-raising for children and teen programs. We appreciate your support and ideas.
Central Avenue: A Community Album (7 pm)
(2515 S. Central Avenue (next to Fresh & Easy Grocery))
Submit your photos!
We're looking for great photos of life on Central Avenue to include in an upcoming community-organized photo exhibition.
Photos of historic moments, political events, openings/closings of local businesses, celebrations and any photo that helps tell the story of Central Avenue from its founding through the present day. We especially want pictures that have people in them, set against the background of Central Avenue. Seleted photos will be professionally scanned and included in the exhibition.
**All photos will be safeguarded and returned to you in their original condition by May 1, 2012**
Date of exhibition:
Saturday, April 14, 2012 | 7pm - 10pm
2515 S. Central Avenue
(next to Fresh & Easy Grocery)
Drop off photos at:
Box Brothers
3320 S. Central Avenue
For more information, contact event coordinator Lynda Wilson (323) 233-1367, photographer Sam Comen (310) 809-4247 or visit www.samcomen.com
Tree planting and beautification on Hyde Park Blvd. (9 am)
(Meet @Rivera Floor Covering, 2510 Hyde Park Blvd., Los Angeles 90043)
Join California Greenworks and the LA Conservation Corps to celebrate Earth Day and help plant 30 trees on Hyde Park Boulevard.
For information: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Crenshaw Subway Coalition Community Meeting (12:30-2pm)
(Angeles Mesa Elementary School Auditorium, 2611 W. 52nd Street, L.A. 90043 (corner of 52nd Street & 5th Avenue))
Join us for our community meeting this Saturday as we plan for the SHOWDOWN AT MTA where we will swarm the April 26 MTA board meeting to request adoption of "The People's Motion."
ABOUT "THE PEOPLE'S MOTION"
Metro has two major requirements when building a major project: 1) It has to be studied (i.e. environmentally cleared through an Environmental Impact Report); and 2) it has to be funded.
Though the Leimert Park Village station has NOT been funded by Metro, it has been environmentally cleared. This means that if the construction firms bidding on the Crenshaw-LAX Line contract bid low enough or if the project budget is increased, the station can be built as part of the line.
Comparatively, the Park Mesa Heights tunnel, which would change the street-level section on Crenshaw Blvd from 48th to 59th Street to underground has NOT been environmentally cleared. This means that even if bids are low enough to integrate the tunnel into the project or additional resources are added to the project budget, the tunnel still could not be built. This is major procedural hurdle that impedes all elements of our and our elected official's attempts to make the tunnel possible.
The People’s Motion is a request for Metro to simply study the Park Mesa Heights tunnel so that bids can be requested that integrate the option into the project. At stake is the last black business corridor in all of Los Angeles, the lives of our children, and our quality of life.
Coming Home: A Town Hall on Realignment (6:30 pm)
(Community Coalition
8101 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044)
Click here to RSVP.
What’s going on ... now: A live listening party (5 pm)
(USC, Alumni Park
699 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA)
SoLA Food Co-op organizational meeting
(Lotus On The Nile Wellness Center
4307 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA)
Aren’t you tired of driving to Hollywood, Culver City and Santa Monica to buy fresh organic foods? As gas prices soar, now more than ever we need to be able to shop for the healthy foods we prefer right here in our community! Since last June, a group of like- minded individuals have been meeting and planning a solution to the problem of all those retail dollars leaving our community, the solution is SoLA Food Co-op.
Perhaps you came to a meeting or two, or maybe you signed our mailing list at the Good Food festival,a dig in, or some other event. Perhaps you signed up on the website, at any rate you are receiving this letter because at some point you expressed interest in being a part of a natural Co-op grocery in South Los Angeles. We aim to open a full service natural foods grocery right here in our neighborhood. A place not only to shop for food, but a place to learn about eating healthier, cooking healthier, and healing ourselves through nutrition. A place to meet up with friends to share a bite or even to hold a function. Best of all, a co-op is a member-owned store governed democratically by a board of directors who represent you. The members will help shape this store and share in the profits. If this is a new concept to you, check out Co-Opportunity, a well established co-op in Santa Monica.
While it’s been a few months since we called a general meeting, the SoLA steering committee has been hard at work. There are some new developments and tactics on the table. Now the time has come to plan and organize our first fundraiser, set for mid June 2012. Please come and lend your skills, bring friends, neighbors, any one who is interested in the cause of having our own natural food hub in south L.A. It’s time to expand the steering committee so we can move forward. We specifically need people with legal skills, retail management skills, construction ,accounting, and design skills, and people who are good at marketing, networking and getting the word out. Even if none of that sounds like you , if you have TIME to donate, we can use you ! Many of you have expressed interest, but haven't yet shown up to a meeting, so please come and show your solidarity with this cause. Why wait?
We hope to add your voice to the pool on April 10th
Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Thank you, see you soon
Bahni Turpin for SoLA Food Co-op
Community stakeholder meeting with Councilman Bernard Parks (9-11 am)
(Constituent Services Center, 8475 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90044)
This meeting with Councilmember Parks will act as a focus group regarding varying topics of the City of Los Angeles and The Eighth District.
The meeting will be formatted as a roundtable discussion to promote dialogue amongst all attending individuals. Topics of discussion will include the redistricting map, committee assignments, and any other topics you may want to discuss.
For more info: (213) 485-7616
Collage Ensemble, Inc. presents FINALE (10:30 am)
(Inglewood Main Library and surrounding grounds
101 West Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA)
For one afternoon, we will activate this historic civic center designed by Charles Luckman with sound and visual art work. Come join us in art collective Collage Ensemble Inc.'s final project after twenty-eight years of collaboration. Along with some of the former members of the collective will be sound environments by local artists via the wulf
Parking: Enter parking structure via La Brea, one block north of Manchester at Queen Street, walk west to the library.
Participating artists include:
Visual-based works in the Inglewood Library lobby
Mona Kasra
Jeffrey James Mohr
Alan Nakagawa
Steve Roden
Sound-based performances around the exterior of the Inglewood Library
Casey Anderson
Daniel Corral
Corey Fogel
Matt Barbier
James Klopfleisch
Heather Lockie
Liam Mooney
Christine Tavolacci
Rick Bahto
Madison Brookshire
Eric KM Clark
Sepand Shahab
Mike Winter
Visual works will remain installed in the Inglewood Library till April 28.
www.thewulf.org
www.collagecollage.com
Special thanks to the Inglewood main Library, Anne Cheek LaRose, the wulf., the DEW Foundation, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Downtown Artist Space, Ear Meal webcast, & laartstream.com. Very special thanks to Eric KM Clark and Michael Winter for their support.
Short Bios on participating artists:
Mona Kasra is a new media artist and educator currently pursuing a PhD at University of Texas at Dallas with a focus on emerging media and communication. In her work, Mona often addresses her Persian background, and questions social, cultural and traditional assumptions that she, as an Iranian born woman, grew up with. Her videos tend to be poetic autobiographies, revealing her curiosities, memories, fears, and insecurities.
Jeffrey James Mohr is an artist in Los Angeles, originally from Spokane, Washington. He works simutaneously in video, sculpture, installation and sound. He has shown throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. Mohr is the former director of Treehouse Gallery and co-founder of the short-lived but notoroius inter-disciplinary art space AM project, both were located in Downtown Los Angeles.
Alan Nakagawa, sound artist based in Los Angeles. He is an inter-disciplinary artist that melds visual practices with sound and video. Primarily creating work through automatic techniques and improvisation, inherently campaigning to make humanized technology driven art, and giving the neat and the messy equal opportunity. Nakagawa co-founded arts collective Collage Ensemble Inc. (1984-2012), curates the weekly Ear Meal Webcast, coordinates public art for the LA Metro, documents his meals, is a member of Ear Diorama Ear, Dick Wood Jazz Group and the Southern California Soundscape Ensemble.
Steve Roden is a visual and sound artist. His working process uses various forms of specific notation (words, musical scores, maps, etc.) and translates them through self invented systems into scores; which then influence the process of painting, drawing, sculpture, and sound composition. These scores, rigid in terms of their parameters and rules, are also full of holes for intuitive decisions and left turns. The inspirational source material becomes a kind of formal skeleton that the abstract finished works are built upon.
Casey Anderson is an artist working in a number of media, including composition, improvisation, electronic music, saxophone, text, and installations. He has performed with Jason Kahn, Ulrich Krieger, MKM, Fomoudou Don Moye, Michael Pisaro, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Trayle, and the Dog Star Orchestra. Performances, exhibitions, and residencies include MOCA – Los Angeles (CA), ISSUE Project Room (NY),
STEIM (NL), Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL), and Mass MOCA (MA). He currently lives and teaches in Los Angeles, California, and works with Machine Project.
Daniel Corral is a composer and multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Eagle River, AK. Currently residing in the L.A. area, his unique voice has found a diverse range of outlets. He has accompanied avante-garde puppetry all across the USA, had his music performed by an orchestra riding the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, been featured at a USC faculty concert of original player piano music, displayed his massive multi-movement music boxes at galleries all over Los Angeles, composed for a number of films and dance performances, and much more.
Corey Fogel says, “I am a musician living in, CA. I play drums, compose, and improvise in many musical and performance art capacities. As a soloist I create long, surreal narratives of unorthodox sounds and awkward, vaguely familiar motions. I accompany dance, film and other media. I also choreograph visual/gestural installations. Most of my creations rely heavily on improvisation within a framework that is born out of unpredictable encounters with materials, instruments, circumstances, personas, and general aesthetic interests.”
Matt Barbier (CIM-BM/CalArts- MFA) is an LA based trombonist and composer focused primarily in the field of experimental intonation and noise music. Working collaboratively with composers such as Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Ulrich Krieger and Douglas Wadle, he eagerly engages with the emerging field of just intonation for brass instruments. Trio Kobayashi, of which he is a founding member, is dedicated to performing the music of Wolfgang von Schweinitz. This ensemble continues to evolve through relationships with composers including Larry Polansky, Marc Sabat, and Nicholas Deyoe.
James Klopfleisch is a composer/performer currently living in Los Angeles. His work lies on the fault line between music + performance/event, presenting itself somewhere between the framing of sound in time and the relations between ever blurring historical genres + contemporary listening habitats. His work focuses on engaging processes that focus on sound but often draw in situational and spectacle elements. He has written for:
Car alarms, coughers, tape, cell phone field-recordings, sandwich with a God-Complex, rolling objects, flash drive, as well as most normal instruments; performed on Contrabass, electric bass, and objects; and organized events between a moment and 7 days in duration.
Heather Lockie is a violist, composer and teaching artist based in Los Angeles. She teaches improvisation on violin/viola, classical viola and piano. She also uses the banjo, paints, sings songs and writes folk music. She is currently completing her master’s in music at California Institute of the Arts where she has been investigating overlapping disciplines: music composition, microtonalism, songwriting and puppetry/electronics within performance/installation context. Currently she teaches tiny children to unleash tiny noises on tiny violas and performs in various musical capacities in Los Angeles.
Liam Mooney is a composer (and performer) of experimental music, designer of noisy sounds, and inventor of unwieldy musical instruments. His work continues to focus on the sonic possibilities of everyday objects and on the physical properties of sound. Recent projects have involved popcorn, drinking straws, plastic bottles, soap, rubber bands, PVC pipes, dry ice, toy instruments, yogurt, balloons, drums, electric fans, foam, music boxes, and vacuum cleaners.
Christine Tavolacci is a flutist who has devoted much of her time and study to the performance of contemporary and experimental music. Christine has traveled across the United States and Europe to study and perform.
Rick Bahto is an artist working primarily with 8 mm film, photography, sound, and performance currently living in Los Angeles. Recent projects include Cave Creek. Winter canon. 2011. for three Super 8 projectors, which was commissioned by and premiered on the Monday Evening Concerts series in Los Angeles; the documentary/performance hybrid Documents for Super 8 film, 35 mm slides and audio cassettes created and performed in two parts at MOCA in Los Angeles; and For Paul Clipson created as part of his LA AIR artist-in-residency at the Echo Park Film Center that involves 35 mm and Super 8 film.
Madison Brookshire is a Los Angeles-based artist whose interdisciplinary work investigates modes of perception and qualities of time. He has shown his work widely, including screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Migrating Forms, Los Angeles Filmforum and REDCAT. He has also had solo exhibitions at Parker Jones in Culver City and Presents Gallery in Brooklyn, a residency at the Hammer Museum and performances at the wulf., The Lab, Betalevel and Artists’ Television Access. He received his BA in cinema and philosophy from Binghamton University and his MFA in Film and Video from the California Institute of the Arts.
Eric KM Clark: Accomplished violinist, composer, and improviser Eric KM Clark presents many different styles of new music throughout the world, with the majority of his shows taking place in Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York City. He has worked with many of the world's most innovative artists and ensembles, including the late James Tenney, Jurg Frey, Michael Gordon, Richard Foreman, Guy Maddin, Wadada Leo Smith, Christian Kesten, Michael Pisaro, and Butch Morris. Mr. Clark is a member of the genre setting new music ensemble The California E.A.R. Unit (LA), the Dog Star Orchestra (LA), neithernor (TOR), and the Kadima String Quartet (LA). His playing has been released on Innova, New World, Tonehole Music, Sundialtech and Tzadik (Spring 2012). His compositions have been released on Henceforth Records and CQB.
Sepand Shahab is a Los Angeles-based composer and harpsichordist working in a variety of media. His recent works center around field recordings and incorporate open instrumentation, computer-generated tones, and chance procedures.
Michael Winter is a composer, curator, music theorist, and software designer. he co-founded and co-directs (with fellow composer eric km clark) the wulf., a non-profit arts organization that presents music free to the public in los angeles. michael is a firm believer in music making as an experimental process and free information; e.g. open source code, free music, etc..
World Health Day LA (9 am)
(Los Angeles Expo Center, at the soccer fields
3980 Bill Robertson Ln., Los Angeles, CA 90037)
To wrap up the annual Global Health Awareness Week, World Health Day LA is a community-wide health event that promotes healthy lifestyles through physical activity and good nutrition.
In anticipation of the upcoming 2012 London Olympics, the theme for the event is “Going for the Gold.” It will feature appearances by Olympic athletes, a wide variety of free health screenings, sports activities and entertainment—including the USC Marching band and USC Spirit Leaders—for the community to enjoy.
World Health Day LA is an annual health event brought to you by the University of Southern California; University of California, Los Angeles; and Western University of Health Sciences.
Click here to register and attend.
Community forum on the critical needs of families living in Compton, Watts and Carson (6-8 pm)
(YWCA Empowerment Center
1600 East Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90221)
Los Angeles Universal Preschool, the YWCA of Greater Los Angeles, and the Compton/Watts Interfaith Collaborative have partnered together to host a children and family forum to give the citizens of the Compton, Watts and Carson communities an opportunity to meet the leading candidates of the 44th Congressional District, and to see who will be the best advocate to represent their needs in Washington, D.C.
Featured candidates at this community event include Congresswoman Janice Hahn and Congresswoman Laura Richardson.
This children and family forum is free to the general public and child care will be provided.
RSVP: (310) 763-9117
Children and Families Forum (6 pm)
(YWCA Empowerment Center
1600 East Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90221)
Seating is limited, so be sure to call (310) 763-9117 and RSVP!
King Day of Sacrifice: Justice, jobs and continuing struggle (6 pm)
(Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church
3669 West 54th St., Los Angeles, CA 90043)
Good Food LA Day-Crenshaw Farmers’ Market (10am-3pm)
(3650 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Los Angeles )
SEE-LA’s Crenshaw Farmers’ Market will celebrate the Mayor’s Good Food Day with a free cooking demonstration by Chef Gill Boyd. He will give out free samples, cooked with produce from the market. The market will also host a “Re-Think Your Drink” booth, giving free samples of cucmber and fruit-flavored water to the community.
Crenshaw Farmers' Market - SEE-LA
Contact: Joyce Chen (joyce@see-la.org)
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
Good Food LA Day-FAME Renaissance (9am-Noon)
(FAME, 1968 W. Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles)
FAME Corporations and Let’s Move LA will host “Healthy Heritage: a Healthy Take on Cultural Cuisine” with celebrity and local chefs demonstrating how to prepare traditional and ethnic food favorites in a healthier way. Learn about the local foods movement and how to incorporate more fresh produce into everyday meals—with delicious, nutritious and budget-friendly results! Attendees are invited to participate in hands-on cooking demonstrations, enjoy food samples, and take-away free recipes and cookbooks. The Let’s Move LA Kidz Zone offers organized kids activities, including preparing a healthy snack, Sportz Zone, and arts and crafts. All activities are free of charge, and community members are warmly invited to come out and join the fun!
Contact: Keely Hopkins (keelyh@famecorporations.org)
Glenn Ellis book signing (12 pm)
(Starbucks Coffee Company, Crenshaw & Coliseum
3722 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA)
Glenn Ellis presents and signs his new book “Information Is The Best Medicine – A Guide to Navigating Your Healthcare." Author remarks, Q&A and signing will be hosted by the Los Angeles Urban League at its Starbucks Community Partnership Store on Crenshaw Blvd. at Coliseum in Los Angeles.
Spring Into Health (10 am)
(Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center
3916 South Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062)
Local businesses and health centers will be providing free health exams and education, as well as games and family activities to promote living healthier lives.
Black Men Standing Our Ground: Justice for Trayvon Martin (8 am)
(Faithful Central Bible Church
321 N. Eucalyptus, Inglewood, CA 90301)
KJLH’s Front Page show hosted by Dominique DiPrima (center) shows solidarity with the nation over the death of Trayvon Martin by wearing their hoodies while broadcasting special coverage of the Martin case. Dominique is pictured with (l to r) Abeid, Dominique Dright, Angela Hoffman, Tal Talib, Jasmyne Cannick, Avi Bernard, Brenda Caddell.
Confirmed speakers include Cochran Firm attorney Brian Dunn and the Advancement Project’s Connie Rice, Minister Tony Muhammad with the Nation of Islam among others. KJLH’s Dominique DiPrima, host of the award-winning Front Page Show, will moderate the discussion. For more information, please call (310) 330-2200 or log onto www.kjlhradio.com.
Providing around the clock news coverage and updates regarding the case of the unarmed 17-year-old Sanford, Florida teen Trayvon Martin, who was killed February 26 by a neighborhood block watch captain, KJLH is the most trusted radio source in Los Angeles for news affecting the African-American community in Los Angeles and around the world. KJLH’s award-winning show, "the Front Page show," heard weekdays from 4:30AM until 6AM, has featured exclusive interviews regarding the Martin case, including police procedures expert and retired L.A.P.D. officer Timothy Williams, southern region Final Call reporter Brother Jesse Muhammad, and CNN analyst Roland Martin.
The station’s coverage continues Wednesday, Mar. 28, on the Front Page with Florida Congressional representative Corrine Brown and Federica Wilson who willdiscuss Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Political commentator and Florida native Andre Egglletion will also join the conversation.
Thursday, Mar. 29, rapper, actress, and activist Yo-Yo who will be live in studio to talk about the Trayvon Martin case from her perspective as well as why she’s called out other rappers to join her in calling for justice for the Martin family and young Black men everywhere. “White People, You Will Never Look Suspicious Like Trayvon Martin!” author Michael Skolnik of GlobalGrind.com and Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Action Network, will also be on the show.
Friday, March 30, listeners will get a chance to react and participate in the conversation as the Front Pagehosts Radio Free® Open Phones Friday regarding the Trayvon Martin case.
Owned by Stevie Wonder’s Taxi Productions, KJLH is the leading broadcast radio station for African-Americans and urban consumers in Southern California. The Los Angeles home for the Steve Harvey Morning Show, KJLH’s award-winning Front Page show with Dominique DiPrima is Los Angeles’ only talk radio show focused on African-American issues.
Since 1992, the Front Page show has been Black Los Angeles’ early communications drum heard exclusively on Radio Free® 102.3 KJLH. Hosted by Emmy-winning producer and talk radioveteran Dominique DiPrima, the Front Page features numerous newsmakers, political leaders, opinion leaders, and more discussing issues of national and local importance to SoCal’s African-American community.
www.kjlhradio.com
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Apollo & Oriana Choirs Spring Concert (8 pm)
(USC, Alfred Newman Recital Hall
840 West 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90089)
The USC Apollo Men's Chorus and USC Oriana Women's Choir present an evening of music from international composers.
Highlights will include a South African apartheid protest song, Rachmaninoff's Six Pieces for Female Choir, Three Graduals for Men by Carl Czerny, and works by Vaughan Williams, Ola Gjeilo and Brahms. USC Thornton graduate student composers Seth Houston and Jordan Nelson will also premiere works of their own.
This concert is presented free of charge.
Vectors of Violence (9 am)
(The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012)
‘The Arts in West Adams’ – 3rd annual Art in Historic Places tour (10 am)
(WAHA's "pop-up gallery,"
1824 South 4th Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019)
"The Arts in West Adams: Pattern, Decoration and Diversity" is the 3rd annual Art in Historic Places tour presented by West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA). The self-guided driving (or cycling) tour is Saturday, March 24, from 10 am to 4 pm. (last ticket sold at 1 p.m.). Tour participants may visit some of West Adams’ most interesting historic places, showcasing works by some of its most talented artists, working in media and subject matter from classic to contemporary.
The tour includes artists' own homes and studios, plus two important cultural institutions: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (which, along with thousands of rare books, houses two distinct and diverse art collections), and the California African American Museum, whose current exhibit, "Places of Validation," is part of the area-wide Pacific Standard Time exhibit.
Honorary Chairperson is award-winning actor, West Adams resident, noted art collector and gallery owner CCH Pounder. Known for her work in film and television (Bagdad Café, End of Days, Face/Off, Avatar, ER, The Shield, Warehouse 13 and many others), she has also enjoyed an art life, owning her own gallery in Los Angeles for over 15 years, and co-owning the first privately run museum of contemporary art in all West Africa in Dakar, Senegal, The Boribana Museum. Discovering new artists and celebrating the world of art is her great passion.
Tickets: advance $25. $30 at the door. Last ticket sold at 1:00 pm. Call (323) 735-9242 or write .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more information.
Check-in location: WAHA’s “pop-up gallery,” 1824 South 4th Ave. (corner Washington Blvd.), Los Angeles, CA 90019. It’s the c.1923 Majestic Pharmacy, a restored commercial/mixed use building.
Help for Homeowners (1 pm)
(Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa St. (Entrance on Pico Blvd. and Figueroa St.), Los Angeles, CA 90015)
In addition, here are other information resources you might find helpful:
Keep Your Home California (KYHC) can provide assistance if you are seeking to stay in your home or maintain an affordable mortgage payment for long-term homeownership. KYHC can be contacted via phone at (888) 954-5337, or by web at www.keepyourhomecalifornia.org.
Also, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is receiving complaints from people mistreated by lending institutions, and conducts oversight investigations on all complaints received. The CFPB can be contacted via phone at (855) 411-2372 or online at www.consumerfinance.org.
SEVEN: Art at Work for Human Rights and Social Justice (7 pm)
(Bovard Auditorium, USC's University Park Campus)
“Riveting, explosive and inspiring drama . . . starkly emotive . . . reaffirm[s] the belief that one person could indeed make a difference.”—The Huffington Post
Join us for a performance of SEVEN, a collaborative documentary play written by seven award-winning women playwrights. Based on personal interviews, SEVEN tells the stories of seven courageous women from around the world who have faced risks to themselves and their families to take on human rights abuses in their countries. The women—from Pakistan, Russia, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Nigeria and Guatemala—tell of their struggles to end corruption, illiteracy and violence against women.
This event is free, but reservations are required. Click below for more info and to make reservations.
Connie Rice discusses her new book at USC/Annenberg (4 pm)
(USC University Park Campus, Annenberg Building, Room 207)
Civil rights lawyer and activist Connie Rice will discuss her book, Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman’s Battle for Social Justice in America from the Kill Zones to the Courtroom .
A reception will follow with opportunities to buy books and speak with Connie Rice. RSVP NOW to save your space!
This event is organized by the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and co-sponsored by USC's MEChA and El Centro Chicano.
People Power Assembly: Voter Empowerment Kickoff and Celebration (9 am)
(Community Coalition
8101 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044)
This Saturday marks the beginning of our signature collection to get the Millionaire’s Tax Initiative on the November ballot. Join Community Coalition’s People Power Assembly and dozens of groups across the state to collect 500k signatures to get the “Millionaires Tax of 2012” on the November state ballot.
There will be BBQ, music, community action and much more!
Free neighborhood concert performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic (7:30 pm)
(California African American Museum
600 State Dr., Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA 90037)
The harmonic sounds of philanthropy will echo throughout Exposition Park as the California African American Museum (CAAM) host a FREE neighborhood concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Friday, March 16, 2012, from 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. LA Philharmonic will perform Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony, a tragic to triumphant sound of four movements, conducted by Courtney Lewis. Taking place in CAAM’s Sculpture court, seats are expected to fill up quickly, so RSVPs are strongly encouraged.
Conductor Courtney Lewis is a hand-selected participant of the Dudamel Fellowship program, which gives each participating Fellow the opportunity to develop his/her craft and enrich his/her musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil’s orchestral and education programs. Lewis is recognized as one of today’s top emerging talents and is founder and music director of Boston’s acclaimed Discovery Ensemble, a chamber orchestra with the mission of introducing inner-city school children to classical music, while bringing new and unusual repertoire to established concert audiences.
CAAM’s doors and galleries open at 6:45 p.m., with exhibitions on view followed by the sounds of classical music. “CAAM is excited to have the Los Angeles Philharmonic in our house. CAAM offers an array of cultural experiences that provide opportunities to explore different arts,” says executive director Charmaine Jefferson. To RSVP call (213) 744-2024 and for more information visit www.caamuseum.org. Door entries accepted.
EXHIBITIONS IN THE CAAM GALLERIES
“Women Game Changers: Less Known, Here Celebrated” extended through March 29, 2012.
“Places of Validation, Art & Progression” through April 1, 2012
“Justice, Balance and Achievements: African Americans and the California Courts” through May 27, 2012
“Gallery of Discovery” (multi-use education exploration space) ongoing
ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM
The California African American Museum (CAAM) researches, collects, preserves and interprets for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans. Chartered by the California State Legislature in 1977, CAAM is a state supported institution and a partner with the 501(c)(3) non- profit organization Friends, the Foundation of the California African American Museum. In addition to its permanent collection of over 6,000 objects of art, artifacts and historical documents, CAAM also houses a research library containing more than 20,000 volumes, employs and trains high school students through its Young Docents program, and hosts in-house curated exhibitions and traveling shows on a regular basis. The museum also tours CAAM exhibitions throughout California and the nation.
Located at 600 State Drive in Exposition Park, the museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sundays 11am-5pm. Admission and workshop participation is always free. Parking in the adjacent lot is $10.00 all day at Figueroa and 39th Streets. For more information on the California African American Museum visit www.caamuseum.org.
ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, under the vibrant leadership of Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music from all genres – orchestral, chamber and Baroque music, organ and celebrity recitals, new music, jazz, world music and pop – at two of L.A.’s iconic venues, Walt Disney Concert Hall (www.laphil.com) and the Hollywood Bowl (www.hollywoodbowl.com). The LA Phil’s season at Walt Disney Concert Hall extends from October through May, and throughout the summer at the Hollywood Bowl. With the preeminent Los Angeles Philharmonic at the foundation of its offerings, the LA Phil aims to enrich and transform lives through music, with a robust mix of artistic, education and community programs.
Alondra Nelson booksigning (7-9 pm)
(Eso Won Bookstore, 4331 Degnan Blvd. LA. 90008)
Alondra Nelson will sign and discuss her book "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination," detailing a little-known focus of the Black Panther Party: health care.
Town Hall On Sheriff Department’s New Task Force (6 pm)
(Imperial Church of Christ
11316 South San Pedro Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90061)
The Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the introduction of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department’s new task force -- comprised of the department’s top brass -- to address recent allegations of excessive force.
Invited speakers will include the representatives from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Congress of Racial Equality, the Los Angeles Office of Independent Review, the Sheriff’s Department and more.
“CAB has always maintained a high profile within the Sheriff Department and they have always appreciated our involvement and recommendations, “said Dr. Sandra Moore, Chair of CAB.
CAB is a faith-based community advocate group that has closely monitored and reported on local jails to investigate allegations of excessive force, deputy misconduct and inmate abuse over the last seven years.
Moore said CAB will also release their report of the Women’s Facility in Lynwood and make recommendations about the need to rebuild the Men’s Central Jail and effectively change the prison culture that contributes to deputy misconduct.
“As a result of our ongoing work with the Sheriff Department, CAB will assist the department with recruiting and screening qualified local applicants,” said Moore. “The CAB Civilian Screening Center will be based at the Imperial Church of Christ to help local residents identify employment opportunities within the department.”
The CAB Screening Center will be one of the first community-based centers to assist with recruitment. The sheriff's recruitment team is expected to send out a county-wide invitation later to solicit other community groups to participate in the sheriff’s “Help to Effect Change” program.
The event has free parking on and off site and is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the meeting contact Marshall Moultry, Co-Chairman of CAB at, (323) 756-0360.
Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts (11 am)
(Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
6120 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044)
Gain an overview of foundation fundraising for individuals working in the arts.
If you are an individual involved in the creative arts and looking for funding to complete a project, mount an exhibition, put on a performance, or anything else arts-related, Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts will show you how to:
* Identify funders supporting individual artists
* Explore the option of fiscal sponsorship
* Create a step-by-step plan to find funding for your needs as an individual grantseeker
Click here to register for free!
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research is a member of the Foundation Center's network of Cooperating Collections.
17th Annual Community Job Fair (10 am)
(LA Dodger Stadium
1000 Elysian Park Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez in partnership with local elected officials and the Los Angeles Dodgers will host the 17th Annual Community Job Fair. Employers ranging from small restaurants, private businesses, corporations and the Los Angeles Dodgers, will be on-hand to hire new employees.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
LA Dodger Stadium
1000 Elysian Park Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
FREE Admission and Parking
Please enter through Elysian Park Ave./Stadium Way entrance
*Additionally, if you need help with your resume or interview skills, attend a workshop to prepare you to be the best candidate in your field.
Workshops available:
February 4th, 2012
9:30am - 12:30pm
@ Santee Education Complex
To RSVP email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
For more information you can visit LACommunityJobFair.com or call our office at (213) 620-4646.
Financial Aid Awareness Fair (10 am)
(El Camino College
Schauerman Library, East Basement
16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA 90506)
The public is invited to attend the El Camino College “Cash for College Fair,” scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 10 in the Schauerman Library, East Basement. The fair offers students and the community an opportunity to learn about financial aid and all the assistance programs available at El Camino College.
The “Cash for College Fair” is part of the college’s Financial Aid Awareness month activities. Financial aid staff representing different programs such as Cal Grants, Federal Work Study and loan programs will be available at the event to answer questions. Participants can also find out information about college programs such as EOP&S, CalWORKS, and CARE. Assistance will also be available with the online FAFSA, a free application used by the federal government, states and most colleges to award financial aid.
Students should attend with parents, if possible, and bring information related to Public Assistance Aid, a Social Security number, and the most recent federal income tax return or W-2 forms.
Substantial amounts of financial assistance are available each year. Students are encouraged to apply for financial aid using the FAFSA. Grants, scholarships, loans – there are many ways to get cash for college. For more information contact the El Camino College Financial Aid Office.
Artist Showcase (7 pm)
(Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Ave., LA, CA 90007)
If you are an artist register now to compete for a chance to perform at The Grammy Museum's Clive Davis Theater at L.A. LIVE. The Artist Showcase will be the 2nd Friday of every month. For information contact Damon Turner, Arts & Cultural Programming Coordinator at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 213 748-1963 ext. 244. Application: Application.
LA mayor candidates forum (7-9 pm)
(Holman United Methodist Church, 3320 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles )
Exposition Park Farmer’s Market (11am-4pm)
(700 Exposition Park Drive (Expo Park, South Lawn in front of Natural History Museum), LA 90037)
Farmer's Market held every Saturday.
Candlelight vigil in memory of Jamiel Shaw (6-7 pm)
(2136 5th Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90018)
A candlelight vigil will be held on the 4th anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw who was shot in his Arlington Heights neighborhood as he was walking home.
Community Outreach Meeting - 77th St. area (6:30-8:30 pm)
(Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy Middle School, 1700 W. 46th Street (at Western), LA 90062)
The Los Angeles Police Department 77th Area invites you to a presentation on US citizenship, naturalization and immigration policies and procedures.
Guest speaker: Field Office Director, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, District 23
(Translation services available)
For more information, contact 77th Street Area Officer Carlos Valdez, 213-924-7201.
Meeting to get feedback on neighborhood councils (6 pm)
(Councilmember Bernard Parks' Constituent Service Center, 8475 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044)
Councilmember Bernard C. Parks, the new chair of the City Council’s Education & Neighborhoods Committee, has announced plans to hold a series of field hearings throughout Los Angeles to allow neighborhood council board members and stakeholders an opportunity to share their concerns and suggestions with the panel that has oversight of the decade-old Neighborhood Council system.
To ensure maximum possible participation, the committee will meet in four locations in different areas of the city, starting with West LA. All meetings will begin at 6 PM and are open to the public.
February 28, 2012
West Los Angeles Municipal Building
1645 Corinth Ave.
Room 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
March 1, 2012
Constituent Service Center – South Los Angeles
8475 S. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90044
March 5, 2012
Constituent Service Center – San Fernando Valley
6262 Van Nuys Blvd.
Room 1B
Van Nuys, CA 91404
March 8, 2012
City Hall – Downtown
200 N. Spring St.
Room 1010
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Soccer game: El Salvador vs. Estonia (7:30 pm)
(LA Coliseum, 3939 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90037)
Click below to buy tickets.
Leap Day of Dialogue (9 am)
(The Galen Center, University of Southern California
3400 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90007)
Damaging impact of economic recession on L.A. communities to be explored during ‘From Wreckage and Ruin… The Road to Rebirth’, a citywide dialogue.
L.A. area leaders from politics, business, labor, education, philanthropy, government and religion will come together at sites across the city to convene with community residents and neighborhood leaders for a timely discussion and an important two-hour dialogue on the impact of the Great Recession on the health of men, women and families throughout the city and the overall health of their communities.
Click here to register.
“Martin & Music” (11 am)
(El Camino College Compton Center
16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA 90506)
Compton native Gerald C. Rivers will return to perform at ECC Compton Center for the second year in a row. A professional actor and motivational speaker, Rivers will portray Martin Luther King Jr. in “Martin & Music” with the accompaniment of Broadway vocalist, Charles Holt.
The performance will take place in the Student Lounge.
Congressional Town Hall on Foster Care (10am-Noon)
(California Science Center, 700 Exposition Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037)
Members of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and Tom Marino (R-Pennsylvania) are launching a national tour on issues related to foster care. Their first
stop is South Los Angeles. With the help of the Community Coalition, South L.A. relative caregivers and other foster care parents will testify at the townhall to the issues and challenges facing thousands of kinship families in Los Angeles.
*“*When many people think of foster youth they envision a child who is placed with a stranger, or placed in a group home, but the majority of children in foster care in Los Angeles are taken care of by a relative – a grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin,” said Marqueece Harris-Dawson, President and CEO of Community Coalition. “We need to make sure the voices of family caregivers are heard in this discussion, and aren’t drowned out by the private foster care agencies and social workers.”
*The national listening tour will aid members of the caucus in developing policy to improve child welfare through the country.*
Tapestries of Health: A Soulful Workshop on Wellness & Nutrition (9 am - 1:30 pm)
(Dorsey High School. 3537 Farmdale Ave. Los Angeles.)
This is a FREE interactive and informational workshop addressing the issues of wellness and nutrition most prevalent within our communities.
Come to learn about fighting childhood obesity, heart disease & diabetes!
Free activities include:
• Zumba and Yoga lessons!
• Cooking demonstrations on how to make traditional dishes healthier!
• Classes on the the health benefits of community gardens!
There will even be a special presentation by Dorsey High School’s Dorsey Donna Dancers!
Get Ready, Get Set, Get Healthy (11 am - 1:30 pm)
(Albertsons/Sav-On Pharmacy. 3901 Crenshaw Blvd at Martin Luther King Ave. Los Angeles. 90008)
Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum’s Family Day Event (10 am)
Black Talkies on Parade presents “The Gifted” (4 pm)
(Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum
4130 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230)
Black Talkies on Parade is excited to screen the 1983 independent film THE GIFTED with writer, directer, and producer Audrey Lewis in attendance for a discussion after the film. This rarely screened sci-fi drama examines a Southern Black Family that passes down supernatural powers they received from their West African roots. The family is visited by the last member of their original African Tribe to help fight off an alien force. The film won best picture at the 1993 Black Filmmaker's Hall of Fame Festival.
Limited Seating, please RSVP at thegiftedfilm.com
Screening is FREE!
A conversation with Connie Rice (7 pm)
(Crawford Family Forum, 474 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California, 91105)
On Thursday, February 23rd Connie Rice joins KPCC-FM Reporter Frank Stoltze for a conversation about Rice's new book, Power Concedes Nothing -- One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones.
Connie Rice, a civil rights lawyer known for tackling inequity and exclusion in unorthodox ways, is co-director and co-founder of The Advancement Project. The recipient of more than 50 major awards for her work in expanding opportunity and advancing multi-racial democracy, Ms. Rice has been instrumental in forcing change at the LAPD. She created L.A.'s gang peace academy that turns ex-gangsters into peacemakers. Ms. Rice also serves on the boards of the Public Policy Institute and Southern California Public Radio. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times designated her one of the 100 most powerful people in Los Angeles.
Admission is FREE, but reservations are required. To RSVP, click below.
Homebuyer Express (6 pm - 8 pm)
(3001 West Vernon Avenue (Conner of Vernon & 8th H&R Block Bldg.))
Helping you build step by step to Homeownership Homeownership Express - is designed to ensure that homebuyers will have the core financial management skills needed to obtain homeownership! This class is a prerequisite and must be taken before Homebuyer education.
The Registration fee is $65.00.
This course will review basic financial fitness strategies such as; understanding your FICO score, savings strategies, credit management tools, how to choose the right bank and financial institutions, creating a sustainable savings plan.
For information, or to register, call (323) 751-3440 ext. 41.
“Roots of Rhythm” (7 pm)
(El Camino College Compton Center
16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA 90506)
"Roots of Rhythm" is a dance performance and lecture by Chester Whitmore’s Central Avenue Revue.
It will kick-off the series of events, hosted by El Camino College Compton Center to celebrate Black History Month. The performance explores the historical elements of the traditional African dance motif that is often found in more contemporary African American-based dance forms, such as ragtime, tap, swing and hip hop.
The performance will take place in the Student Lounge.
Candlelight Memorial for Etta James (6 pm)
(4016 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011)
Jamesetta Hawkins aka Etta James
1-25-38 to 1-20-12
Join us on the grounds of the Historical Elks Hall and the Los Angeles Black Renaissance for An OG Celebration from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Comments by fellow East-Side Residents who remember Etta when she first started singing in contests, local parks, community events and churches.
Bring your candles and lights.
Contact Priscilla for more information.
(323) 608-5519
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Transit Oriented District Community Workshop - Trade Tech (6 pm)
(LA Trade Tech College, Room T.E.
101 2215 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007)
Imagine a neighborhood with safer routes to school, easier access to trains and buses, better places to live, work and play and greener, walkable and bikeable streets.
Last year, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, with funding from the LA County Department of Public Health, began a community-based planning effort to create 10 new Transit Oriented Districts (TOD’s) along the Metro Blue and Green Lines in South Los Angeles. Based on field work, land-use analysis, community bike and walk audits and interactive community visioning, City Planners have now created draft plans for review at series of upcoming community workshops.
South Los Angeles suffers the highest morbidity and mortality rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity in Los Angeles County. Changing our neighborhoods to promote healthy activities such as walking and biking is one way we can help address this critical health issue. TOD’s can promote a healthier lifestyle by encouraging walking, biking and the use of mass transit. In addition, TOD’s can transform a neighborhood, generate investment, create jobs and provide residents with better places to live, work, and play.
Join us at a series of community workshops to share view the preliminary plan and share your ideas for the neighborhoods around each station.
Grand/San Pedro/Washington
NACA’s American Dream Event (Feb 16 - Feb 20)
(Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 S. Figueroa ST., Los Angeles, CA 90015)
NACA's historic Save The Dream Tour has been an incredible success. Many thousands of homeowners receive same day solutions saving hundreds some over $1,000/month. It's FREE!!!
Walk-ins are welcome, but NACA urges people to register online to give lenders time to prepare their file and speedup the day-of process.
You can also visit the registration page to find a list of necessary documents to bring to the workshop.
Virtual Town Hall about the President’s Budget (7:15 pm)
(Online)
Representative Karen Bass invites you to a Virtual Town Hall to discuss President Obama's 2013 Budget Proposal.
Click here to RSVP and get the info you'll need to join via phone or online.
NuBiAh - Spoken Word Black History Musical (3 pm)
(West Angeles COGIC Theatre
3045 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016)
Los Angeles… Get Ready for NuBiAh, the Spoken-Word Musical that everyone is talking about.
Enjoy an entertaining thrill ride that explores the legendary African Kings and Queens and their best attitudes, principles and traits.
NuBiAh teaches of the strategy and key regiments that led them to successfully rule their empires, and when looking at the challenges that today’s Black youth are facing it takes a real inner strength and confidence instilled within to be able triumph and accomplish goals.
NuBiAh is that Black History Month inspirational boost, an up-lifter that instills long lasting pride, self-value and confidence. For these are key (yet very basic) principles that have programed many youth to successfully rule their lives just like the great African Kings and Queens who preceded them.
Tickets are available at Inglewoodtickets.com
Cost: $ 20
Contact Name: Sade Moore
Phone: 323-292-9208
Fax: 323-292-9208
Dress: Casual
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Host/Sponsor: Farmers Insurance Rick Curtis Agency
Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Hearing (11 am)
(West Angeles Church of God in Christ
3045 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 9016)
Draft boundaries for all 15 Los Angeles City Council districts will soon be cemented in place for the next decade. If you want to be heard about where you think the boundaries should be, come to the hearing and let the Redistricting Commission know!
Transit Oriented District Community Workshop - Vernon (6 pm)
(Augustus Hawkins Nature Park
5790 Compton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90011)
Imagine a neighborhood with safer routes to school, easier access to trains and buses, better places to live, work and play and greener, walkable and bikeable streets.
Last year, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, with funding from the LA County Department of Public Health, began a community-based planning effort to create 10 new Transit Oriented Districts (TOD’s) along the Metro Blue and Green Lines in South Los Angeles. Based on field work, land-use analysis, community bike and walk audits and interactive community visioning, City Planners have now created draft plans for review at series of upcoming community workshops.
South Los Angeles suffers the highest morbidity and mortality rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity in Los Angeles County. Changing our neighborhoods to promote healthy activities such as walking and biking is one way we can help address this critical health issue. TOD’s can promote a healthier lifestyle by encouraging walking, biking and the use of mass transit. In addition, TOD’s can transform a neighborhood, generate investment, create jobs and provide residents with better places to live, work, and play.
Join us at a series of community workshops to share view the preliminary plan and share your ideas for the neighborhoods around each station.
Vernon/Slauson
Pan African Film Festival (Feb. 9 - 20)
(Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
Rave Cinemas BHCP 15
3650 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008)
The Pan African Film Festival kicks off its nearly two-week run next Thursday, February 9th at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.
Over the course of the festival, 160 films from 30 countries will compete for the PAFF's awards in categories like Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Short, Best Narrative Feature, and Best First Feature Film.
Leading the race is "Chico & Rita," which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film at the announcement in January.
Click here for a list of the other films in competition.
Free Screening of MORE THAN A MONTH (7 pm)
(KPCC Crawford Family Forum
474 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105)
KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum and PBS SoCal in Association with Mayme A. Clayton Museum & Library Present a FREE Screening of MORE THAN A MONTH.
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History month. His tongue-in-cheek journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group's history to one month in a "post-racial" America.
Film Screening (60 min.) Followed by a Discussion with:
Shukree Hassan Tilghman, Filmmaker
Larry Earl, Executive Director of Mayme A. Clayton Museum & Library
There is no charge for this screening, but pre-registration is required.
Reserve Your Tickets Online: www.scpr.org/events/
Doors - 6:30 PM
Screening - 7:00 PM
Los Angeles Career Fair (11 am - 2 pm)
(Holiday Inn Los Angeles-Int’l Airport
9901 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045)
Come find a new job at the Los Angeles Career Fair!
Click on the "More Info" link to get directions, register to attend, and get advice for getting the most out of the fair.
ECWANDC Town Hall Meeting (9:30-11:30 am)
(Crenshaw United Methodist Church, 3740 Don Felipe Dr., LA 90008)
Neighborhood Council representatives will attempt to vote down a proposed map that many feel goes against the community’s interests. Make sure your voice is heard.
An Evening with Bernard and Shirley Kinsey (8 pm)
(Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90016)
Ebony Repertory Theatre
presents
A Celebration of Black History
OPENING EVENT
An Evening with Bernard and Shirley Kinsey:
What You Didn't Learn in High School History
Join us as the Kinseys take us on a journey through art and history that will entertain, inspire and surely transform your perspective of the African American experience.
Click below for information on the cost of this event and more about the Kinsey art collection.
Vine Community-School Park Grand Opening (11 am)
(955 Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90038)
Workshop to Prepare for Community Job Fair (9:30 am)
(Santee Education Complex
1921 South Maple Ave., Los Angeles, California 90011)
Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez in partnership with local elected officials and the Los Angeles Dodgers will host the 17th Annual Community Job Fair. Employers ranging from small restaurants, private businesses, corporations and the Los Angeles Dodgers, will be on-hand to hire new employees.
If you need help with your resume or interview skills, attend a workshop to prepare you to be the best candidate in your field.
February 4th, 2012
9:30am - 12:30pm
@ Santee Education Complex
To RSVP email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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17th Annual Community Job Fair
Saturday, March 10, 2012
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
LA Dodger Stadium
1000 Elysian Park Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
FREE Admission and Parking
Please enter through Elysian Park Ave./Stadium Way entrance
For more information you can visit LACommunityJobFair.com or call our office at (213) 620-4646.
STD Initiative round table discussion (9 am-Noon)
(Office of Mark Ridley-Thomas, Exposition Park, 700 Exposition Park Drive, LA 90037)
LA County Department of Public Health is hosting a Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting:
Topic: STD Initiative by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
Agenda: Meet & Greet / Breakfast -Topic of discussion (speakers) - Round table discussion
We will have about 50 plus people in attendance to discuss how CAGs can be part of this initiative in helping us educate the community.
Fair Housing and Community Development Plan Community Meetings (6-7:30 pm)
(Bradley Milken Family Source Center, 1773 E. Century Blvd., LA 90002)
The City of Los Angeles Commission on Community and Family Services and the Community Development and Housing Departments invite you to attend two upcoming community meetings.
The City is requesting public input on the Mayor’s proposed budget for the federal Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan (April 1, 2012 – March 31, 2013).
Funds can be used to invest in:
• Businesses to create jobs
• Job training for adults and youth
• Neighborhood improvements
• Gang prevention
• Affordable housing
• Services for seniors and the disabled
• Fair housing
Los Angeles anticipates receiving four grants providing approximately $93 million. In addition to a review of the proposed Consolidated Plan budget, there will be a discussion about fair housing and barriers and impediments to fair housing choice in Los Angeles. You will have an opportunity to share information and learn about fair housing rights.
Please call the Commission or CDD for additional information at 213-744-9047 or 213-744-7333. TTY: 213-744-9395
If you are unable to attend, but want to share your comments, please send them to cdd.planning@lacity.org, or to:
Community Development Department
1200 W. 7th Street, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Attention: Planning, Research, and Evaluation Division
Black Atheists in the Pulpit: Dialogue with Zion Hill Baptist Church (7 pm)
(Zion Hill Baptist Church, 860 10th Avenue, LA, CA 90043)
Black Skeptics Los Angeles will join with Zion Hill Baptist Church in South Los Angeles for a historic Black History Month presentation and roundtable, featuring writer Sikivu Hutchinson and author Donald Wright.
Film screening of DAISY BATES: First Lady of Little Rock (7 pm)
(Museum of Tolerance 9786 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035)
Community Cinema and The Museum of Tolerance, in Association with Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, onvite you to a special screening of DAISY BATES: First Lady of Little Rock
Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
Film Screening (60 min.) Followed by a Discussion with:
Sharon La Cruise, Filmmaker
Terrence Roberts. Ph.D., One of the Little Rock Nine
Larry Earl, Executive Director - Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum
Free screening, but pre-registration is required.
Free Underground Parking Provided
RESERVE YOUR TICKET by clicking link below.
Transit Oriented District Community Workshop - Watts (6 pm)
(Watts Senior Center
1657 E. Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90002)
Imagine a neighborhood with safer routes to school, easier access to trains and buses, better places to live, work and play and greener, walkable and bikeable streets.
Last year, the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, with funding from the LA County Department of Public Health, began a community-based planning effort to create 10 new Transit Oriented Districts (TOD’s) along the Metro Blue and Green Lines in South Los Angeles. Based on field work, land-use analysis, community bike and walk audits and interactive community visioning, City Planners have now created draft plans for review at series of upcoming community workshops.
South Los Angeles suffers the highest morbidity and mortality rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity in Los Angeles County. Changing our neighborhoods to promote healthy activities such as walking and biking is one way we can help address this critical health issue. TOD’s can promote a healthier lifestyle by encouraging walking, biking and the use of mass transit. In addition, TOD’s can transform a neighborhood, generate investment, create jobs and provide residents with better places to live, work, and play.
Join us at a series of community workshops to share view the preliminary plan and share your ideas for the neighborhoods around each station.
Watts/103rd Street /Harbor/Avalon/Vermont Stations
Crenshaw Subway Coalition Community Meeting (6 pm)
(Crenshaw DWP Auditorium
4030 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008)
(near MLK next to Krispy Kreme)
Community Clean-up 98th Street Neighborhood (9 am-3 pm)
(Meet at: 700 East 98th Street, Los Angeles 90002)
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, Councilman Bernard Parks, the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Recreation and Parks are partnering to sponsor a day of beautifying the neighborhood around 97th and 98th Streets. Refreshments will be served.
For info, call 213-572-0188.
Parents, Students, and Community Members regional meetings (8:30 am - 12 pm)
(Cochran Middle School. 4066 W. Johnnie Cochran Vista (17th Street), Los Angeles 90019)
Parents of the following schools are invited to meetings discussing LAUSD's Public School Choice Resolution:
Dorsey High School
Los Angeles High School
42nd Elementary School
Meetings are being held to determine how these schools will improved, administered and WHO will run them.
Crime Victims’ Clinic (8 am)
(Los Angeles Police Department
100 W. First St., Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Knowing your rights as a victim of crime.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
8:00 AM - Noon
- Discussion of each of the 17 constitutional rights afforded victims.
- Panel discussion with representatives from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (Prosecutors & Victim-Witness Assistance Program), Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angelest County Bailiff's Office.
- Presentations on Crime Stoppers and Victims' Resources.
Urban Issues Breakfast Forum with Wendy Gruel (7:30 am)
(West Angeles Crystal Room, 3045 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 90016)
The first breakfast forum of 2012 will discuss who is accountable for wasteful and abusive spending in local government, and is anybody really watching?
With Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Gruel.
Email Urban Issues Forum
Quarterly Meeting of Crenshaw/LAX Leadership Council (CLC)
(First Church of God ... Center of Hope
9550 Crenshaw Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90305)
“Three Weeks in January” Event Calendar
(Various, see Event Calendar)
Councilwoman Jan Perry is an advisor to “Three Weeks in January,” a public performance art project by Suzanne Lacy, presented by LACE. The project engages activism, education, media, city politics, and art to bring renewed focus to the effort to end rape, and takes place January 12 through February 1, 2012, including 30+ events, organized across the Los Angeles metropolitan region.
“Three Weeks In January” is presented by LACE as part of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. Organized by the Getty Research Institute and LAXART with support provided by the Getty Foundation.
EVENT CALENDAR
Daily through February 1, 2012:
- I know someone, do you? #RapeEndsHere, Twitter campaign
- Map marking with previous day rape reports
January 25
Their Voices, Their Words: A Forum on Teen Violence in Los Angeles
Presented by KPCC and Peace Over Violence
Crawford Family Forum
474 Raymond Ave., Pasadena
January 27
Candlelight Ceremony at the LA Rape Map
Deaton Auditorium, Los Angeles Police Department
100 West 1st St. LA, CA 90012
February 1
A Forum on Global Violence Against Women
Presented by CODEPINK and CalArts
California Institute of the Arts Main Gallery
24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355
Complete schedule and details: www.threeweeksinjanuary.org
CONTACT
Eva Kandarpa Behnred: 213-473-2308, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Andrea Dominguez: 213-321-1964, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Carol Stakenas, 213-448-6139, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
State of the Union watch party (5-8 pm)
(Maverick's Flat, 4225 Crenshaw Blvd. LA 90008)
State of the Union 2012: In the past, President Obama's State of the Union address has been a plan for the year ahead -- and the priorities outlined in those speeches have led to many of this administration's accomplishments. We're getting together in our neighborhood to watch the 2012 State of the Union Address, celebrate our work so far, and to plan out the next couple of months in our area. We have a lot of work to do, but working together, we can build teams in our community to stand with our President and other Democrats. Now, more than ever, your voice is needed to determine our country's future. Come out for a couple of hours, watch the address and share your views.
Theology in the Hood (7 pm)
(Bethel A.M.E. Church
7900 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047)
We will have resource booths for congregation members and general public who want help and information with housing, health services and education, job training. Call 323-238-0445 for more information.
Community dialogue on ending rape in Los Angeles (10 am)
(Ninth District Neighborhood City Hall
4301 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90011)
City Councilwoman Jan Perry hosts community dialogue to end rape in Los Angeles
WHO
City Councilwoman Jan Perry
Carol Stakenas, Executive Director, LACE
WHAT
Community Dialogue on Ending Rape in Los Angeles
An intergenerational community dialogue to address rape education, awareness, prevention and intervention. Part of “Three Weeks In January” public performance art project by Suzanne Lacy and presented by LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions).
WHEN
Monday, January 23, 10am-12pm
11:30am Councilwoman Jan Perry greets community
WHERE
Ninth District Neighborhood City Hall
4301 S. Central Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90011
BACKGROUND
Councilwoman Perry is an advisor to “Three Weeks in January,” a public performance art project by Suzanne Lacy, presented by LACE. The project engages activism, education, media, city politics, and art to bring renewed focus to the effort to end rape, and takes place January 12 through February 1, 2012, including 30+ events, organized across the Los Angeles metropolitan region.
“Three Weeks In January” is presented by LACE as part of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival. Organized by the Getty Research Institute and LAXART with support provided by the Getty Foundation.
Complete schedule and details: www.threeweeksinjanuary.org
CONTACT
Eva Kandarpa Behnred: 213-473-2308, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Andrea Dominguez: 213-321-1964, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Carol Stakenas, 213-448-6139, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Bike Ride to Watts Towers—CicLAvia South LA Exploratory Ride (10 am)
(Augustus F. Hawkins Nature Park, 5790 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, California)
Ride your bike to the Watts Towers on January 22nd, 2012 -- it is easier than you think!
Your stories from this ride will be used to produce a new map of South LA to show visitors how biking reveals the best of our neighborhood!
Meet at 10am at Augustus Hawkins Natural Park -- bring your ordinary cell phone or camera if you have one.
SPECIAL FEATURES: At the towers the Eastside Riders will host a bike tour of the community featuring the Watts Labor Community Action Center. At the starting park we will also have a short Bike Fitting and Maintenance workshop sponsored by Bikerowave and CICLE (a project of LA County RENEW).
BRING YOUR CELL PHONE OR CAMERA. We are also asking ride participants to bring their cellphones (any model) to take photos and text/voice notes along the ride to help make a map of our ride that can help promote more biking in South LA! This mapping project is in partnership with http://ParTour.net -- a project of USC Annenberg's Mobile Lab and the Metamorphosis project.
This ride is organized by the CicLAvia South LA Host Committee and T.R.U.S.T. South LA. Last year we successfully promoted the need for a pedestrian event on the scale of CicLAvia in South LA. The CicLAvia South LA Host committee formed with the intention of advocating with city officials for an extension into South LA.
For more details, see the Facebook event page.
3rd Annual Laron Larrimore Health Awareness Fair & Community Walk (12 pm - 4 pm)
(Saint Andrews Park
8701 Saint Andrews Place. Los Angeles CA, 90047)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Tribute in Song (12 pm)
(USC Bovard Auditorium, 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089)
On Thursday, January 19, 2012 at noon, in the beautiful Bovard Auditorium of the University of Southern California (USC) the Black Staff and Faculty Caucus will host its 31st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. In addition to the spoken word and dance performances, this year we will have a special guest presenting: A Tribute in Song, featuring acclaimed vocalist Lura Daniels-Ball, and directed by famed filmmaker, Charles Burnett (To Sleep with Anger, Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation).
This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A Tribute in Song (“MLK: A Tribute in Song”) celebrates Dr. King through a multimedia presentation along with words and songs performed by Daniels-Ball, an alumna of USC’s world-renowned Thornton School of Music. Essentially, MLK: A Tribute in Song takes the audience on a musical journey highlighting the milestones of Dr. King’s legendary life that ended too soon almost 44 years ago on April 4, 1968.
Written by writer-producer, J.M. Morris -- a former King Center National Scholar and intern for Mrs. King – MLK: A Tribute in Song was inspired by her stage trilogy presented for three consecutive years in recognition of the King Holiday. The three entries in the series were: The Content of Their Character; The Content of Their Character: Courage; and The Content of Their Character: Religion.
The USC Bovard Auditorium is located at 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089. For further information, please call (213) 740-9252 or email brass@usc.edu.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Tribute in Song is produced by J.M. Morris. The Executive Producers for the project are Heartsung Productions, JES III Productions and Thinkin’ Outta The Box Productions. The event’s accompanist is Danny Burgin.
Martin Luther King Day Celebrations
(Various)
King Day Parade: 10 am - 2 pm
The 2012 parade starts on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd and Normandie, travels west to Crenshaw, then south on Crenshaw, ending at Leimert Park Village. The parade includes hundreds of floats, drill teams, dance groups, celebrities, business and political leaders and some of the best marching bands in the country.
Gospel Festival: 11 am - 2 pm
Leimert Park Village, 43rd Place and Degnan Blvd.
City Year’s 5th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (9 am - 2 pm)
(Los Angeles Academy Middle School
644 E 56th St., Los Angeles, CA ,90011)
City Year’s fifth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is taking place next Monday, January 16 from 9am – 2pm in South Los Angeles at Los Angeles Academy Middle School.
The day will feature over 1,000 volunteers from community organizations, the local business community, and local schools - including 100 students and teachers from Los Angeles Academy – in service to beautify the campus of Los Angeles Academy.
WHEN: Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:00am – 2:00pm
* Opening Ceremony starts at 9:00am
WHERE: Los Angeles Academy Middle School, 644 East 56th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90011
WHO: Kevin Callahan, Vice President, Disney Corporate Citizenship
230 City Year staff and corps members
Expected 1,000 volunteers from The Walt Disney Company, JPMorgan Chase, Starbucks, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, AltaMed, UCLA Volunteer Center and other local business and community organizations.
MLK Jr. Service Day (8:30 am - 12:30 pm)
(Edison Middle School
6500 Hooper Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90001)
Sponsored by the Florence Firestone Chamber of Commerce, students, parents and community members are invited to help us clean up and beautify Edison. Come out, bring your spirit of service and earn 4 volunteer hours. Refreshments provided.
Empowerment Congress 20th Annual Summit (8 am)
USC Specific Plan Open House (6-8 pm)
(EXPO Center, 3890 Bill Robertson Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90037)
The City Planning Department will be holding an Open House for the USC Specific Plan on Saturday, January 7th from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and on Thursday, January 12th from 6-8 p.m. Both meetings will have the same information presented. We anticipate several hundred people (250+) to attend each hearing.
Parking in Lots 1, 4 and 5.
Spanish translation available.
Annual Los Angeles Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast (8 am - 10 am)
(Holman United Methodist Church [3320 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018)
This year the Annual Los Angeles Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast will be sponsored for the first time by social justice organization Community Coalition and other labor, community groups. Legendary civil rights leader, Rev. James Lawson, is the event’s keynote speaker. Rev. Eric Lee and SCLC Los Angeles will receive Special Recognition Awards.
Local community and labor groups with strong ties to African American and Latino community in South Los Angeles are coming together to sponsor an annual Los Angeles tradition in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
This year’s breakfast will focus on the same issue that Dr. King fought for more than 40 years ago—income equality. African American and Latino residents living side-by-side in Los Angeles’ poorest community are facing some of the worst economic conditions in the United States today. These are the same issues that Dr. King took on in his Poor People’s Campaign in 1968 before he was assassinated. Jobs, income and housing were the issues tackled in 1968. These are still the issues that South L.A. faces today.
The breakfast will bring together some of Los Angeles’ leaders from faith, labor, elected office and community groups as well as both African American and Latino neighbors. KABC 7 News anchor Leslie Sykes is the Mistress of Ceremonies.
The event is part of Community Coalition’s series of events celebrating and honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King. Community Coalition is leading the “Occupy King’s Dream: We are the 99%” float with 200+ South L.A. residents at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.
Council District 8 Public Hearing
Candlelight vigil for victims of gun violence (1:30 pm)
(First Congregational Church, 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, LA 90020)
Communities across the country will join together to remember too many victims lost to gun violence and to light a candle in their honor.
Parking available on-site. Candles provided.
Call 310-204-2348 for more information.
USC Specific Plan Open House (10 am-Noon)
(EXPO Center, 3890 Bill Robertson Lane, Los Angeles, CA 90037)
The City Planning Department will be holding an Open House for the USC Specific Plan on Saturday, January 7th from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and on Thursday, January 12th from 6-8 p.m. Both meetings will have the same information presented. We anticipate several hundred people (250+) to attend each hearing.
Parking available in Lots 1, 4 and 5
Spanish translation will be available.
Vermont Slauson EDC’s Entrepreneurial Training Program
(6109 S. Western Ave. Los Angeles 90047)
Be your own boss!!
Recreate your career as an self-employed entrepreneur!
Level 1 - Entrepreneurial Training 3 week class session starts on January 7 - January 21, 2012.
Level 2 - Business Plan Writing 8 week class session start on January 7 - February 25, 2012.
For questions, call (323) 789-4515
Public Meeting: Redistricting Plan (6:30 pm)
(Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016)
FMG invites you to attend a 10th Council District Public Meeting to discuss the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Plan.
Parking is conveniently located 1-block east of the theatre, in the lot at the corner of Washington and Vineyard.
Meeting hosted by the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
Address: 4718 W. Washington Blvd, between South Harcourt Avenue and South Palm Grove Avenue.
Phone: 323-964-9768
Contacts:
Nathan E. Freeman, FMGEmail: neffmg@aol.com
Dante Charleston, FMGEmail: fmgsan@gmail.com
Kwanzaa! 2011 (7 pm)
(Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90016)
Lula Washington Dance Theatre Presents: Kwanzaa! 2011
An Unforgettable Evening of Dance and Music that will electrify your senses and rock your Soul!!
Tickets are $40 for general audiences and $25 for students and seniors. Call the Box Office at 323-292-5852
45 years of Kwanzaa (6:00pm)
(KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science 7825 Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90047)
Join the KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science in celebrating 45 years of Kwanzaa. Bring a dish or a drink to share and enjoy song, candle lighting, graduation recognition for Leaders Academy students, food and more.
Friday, December 30 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science.
Kwanzaa! 2011 (7 pm)
(Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, 4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90016)
Lula Washington Dance Theatre Presents: Kwanzaa! 2011
An Unforgettable Evening of Dance and Music that will electrify your senses and rock your Soul!!
Tickets are $40 for general audiences and $25 for students and seniors. Call the Box Office at 323-292-5852
Coats for Kids Drive (12 pm)
Karen Bass: Year in Review (3-5 pm)
(Holman United Methodist Church, 3320 West Adams Blvd., LA 90018)
This year, the 33rd Congressional Council involved over 2,000 constituents in critical issues facing our nation, holding community discussions about health care reform, education reform, jobs and economic development and returning women veterans. Please join me as I recap the year in Washington, review our accomplishments and plan for 2012!
The event is free to attend but RSVP is required due to limited capacity. Please reserve your ticket by clicking "more" below
Doors open at 2:30pm and light refreshments will be provided.
Please be sure to print your ticket and bring it with you to the event.
Urban Issues Breakfast Forum with Rev. Jesse Jackson (7:30 am - 9:30 am)
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema (8-11 pm)
(Mayme A. Clayton Museum, 4130 Overland Ave., Culver City )
Come experience “Spaces Looking In Looking Out” a special multimedia presentation by Ben Caldwell and members of the hip-hop collective Project Blowed. Conceived with Roger Guenveur Smith in 1985, the performance will incorporate music, spoken word and visual media.
Light refreshments and host bar. For more information, please call 310-794-8888.
To RSVP, please e-mail archive@ucla.edu by December 14.
Deaf Friendly Family Christmas Party (6 pm - 9 pm)
(Call or email Irma Sanchez for location)
Celebrate the holidays with a potluck Deaf friendly family Christmas party at the home of Miguel and Irma Sanchez.
Sanchez is the founder of the "Deaf Latinos" group and a Parent Links mentor from CSU Northridge.
This event is free and will feature a Deaf friendly Santa, story telling, and games. Make sure to bring a dish to share with everyone!
Contact Irma for address:
(323) 491-4829 / irma.sanchez@csun.edu
Holiday party for kids (11 am- 1 pm)
(Florence Western Medical Clinic, 7301 S. Western Avenue, LA 90047 (near the corner of Florence))
Fourth annual holiday party for kids -- ages 3-6.
Fun food and laughter!
Make sure to sign up at the front desk so you can get a gift!
CD8 Community Financial Resource Center’s Holiday Office Warming Reception (4 pm - 7 pm)
(CFRC Offices 4060 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90037 )
You are cordially invited to attend the
Community Financial Resource Center's
Holiday Office Warming Reception.
We hope that you will join us in bringing in this joyous holiday season with great friends,
a cheerful atmosphere, and tasty refreshments.
Forescee Hogan-Rowles, Community FInancial Resource Center's President & CEO,
will formally welcome guests at 5pm.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, December 14, 2011
323.233.1900 or email:
malanna@cfrcla.org
South LA Holiday Party and Toy Giveaway (6 pm - 8 pm)
(St. John’s Well Child and Family Center 5801 S. Hoover St. (corner of S. Hoover and W. 58th St.) Los Angeles, CA 90037)
SEIU-UHW members in the Healthy South LA project will help to deliver holiday gifts to scores of needy children in South LA.
At the event, families who receive medical care at St. John’s Well Child and Family Center will be treated to a holiday celebration that includes a toy giveaway, dinner, and a visit from Santa himself.
SEIU-UHW members–join Healthy South LA and be part of the festivities! To be part of our campaign to bring healthy equality to South LA, contact Claudia Rodriguez at 213-248-1350 or crodriguez@seiu-uhw.org.
Local Business Opportunity Fair
(LAX Four Points Sheraton Hotel Banquet Room, 9750 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045)
Crenshaw Transit Partners
Welcomes
Crenshaw Corridor Community and Businesses
To Our
Local Business Opportunity Fair
December 14, 2011
Crenshaw Transit Partners (CTP), a Joint Venture led by Fluor Enterprises Inc., with Balfour Beatty Rail Inc., Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc., and S.A. Healy-Impregilo-Barnard, along with Parsons Brinkerhoff as lead designer, invites you to join us for an event where we can connect to you as a local business and share information about the upcoming Los Angeles County Metro Crenshaw LAX Transit Corridor Project. The event will include a continental breakfast and meet and greet, a formal Presentation starting at 9:45 AM, followed at 10:15 AM by a breakout session where specific business opportunities and project information can be discussed one on one with members of CTP.
Presentation topics include current status and scope of the project, future timelines and specific project opportunities, how to effectively and efficiently navigate through the procurement/ selection process as an interested business, and specific requirements of this project including a discussion regarding Metro’s Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program.
The breakout session will have 5 tables dedicated to the following topics – Civil, Structural, Tunnel and Systems Design, Civil and Structural Construction, Systems and Communication Construction, Professional Services, Equipment and Material Procurement, and Metro’s SBE Program.
We hope to see you there and that the event will help you become a part of our team and open up many opportunities for you on this exciting project.
Please RSVP no later than December 5 to Lynn Romano of Fluor Enterprises
(lynn.romano@fluor.com).
Please RSVP no later than The event will be held at…
LAX Four Points Sheraton Hotel
Banquet Room starting at 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM.
9750 Airport Blvd. (310) 645 4600
Parking is $10.00 for Event Attendees
December 5 to Lynn Romano of Fluor Enterprises
(lynn.romano@fluor.com).
Coats for Kids Drive
(Various (see below))
The merchants of the Central Avenue Business Association is hosting the first annual ... Coats for Kids Drive!
We are asking for donations of gently used or new coats for children (and adults.) Your donations will be cleaned and pressed by Bowers & Sons and Economy Cleaners. The coats will then be made available to families in the community at no charge ... free!
Coat collections continue until December 19th. Drop-off locations are listed below. The distribution will be held on Thursday, December 22nd at noon.
You'll see our drop-boxes at the following locations or you may call either 323.833.7218 or 213.749.3237 to arrange for a pick up of bulk donations:
Bowers & Sons Cleaners
2509 & 4124 S. Central Avenue
CDTech
520 W. 23rd Street
Council District 9 Constituent Center
4301 South Central Avenue
Economy Cleaners
5100 S. Central Avenue
Primera Taza
3310 S. Central Avenue
Toy run for South LA homeless and at-risk children (10 am and 11:30 am)
(Two locations -- see below)
The Los Angeles Black Porsche Club will host its 16th Annual Toy Run to benefit underprivileged and homeless children. Hundreds of members of Los Angeles oldest African-American Porsche driver’s club will gather at 10 A.M. at the Chester Washington Golf Course in South LA.
Once there, members will continue to collect donations and toys from the public as well as assemble the barrage of toys collected this holiday season before receiving a motorcycle escort to Compton’s Shields for Families Center in Compton from the Los Angeles Rare Breed Motorcycle Club. For more information, please call Club President Russell Wright (562) 217-7641.
10 A.M.
Chester Washington Golf Course
1930 West 120th Street Los Angeles, 90047
Entrance is on Western Avenue at 120th Street
11:30 A.M.
Shields for Families Compton Project
1315 N. Bullis Road, Compton, 90221
The Los Angeles Black Porsche Club was founded by ten Black Porsche owners who, in September 1968, were denied membership into a local Porsche club because of their race. As the group grew, so did their social and humanitarian activities. Today they are several hundred members strong.
9th District Redistricting Meeting (11 am)
(Santee Educational Complex, 1921 S. Maple Ave., Los Angeles 90011)
Every 10 years, the people of Los Angeles have an opportunity to shape the fifteen L.A. City Council district boundaries. If you care about public safety, transportation, and access to city services and resources on behalf
of your community, come speak to Redistricting Commission representatives about what is important to you and your neighbors in the next ten years.
The first redistricting hearing for the Ninth District will take place on Saturday, December 10 from 11am to 2 pm at Santee Education Complex (1921 S. Maple Ave.). This is the first opportunity you will have to express your
views to the Redistricting Commission. The commission is charged with drawing the new city council district boundaries based on data from the 2010 Census.
The commissioner for the 9th District is David Roberts (appointed by 9th District Council Member Jan Perry)
Here are some tips to help you get organized for the redistricting process:
_TIP #1 – There is “UNITY” IN COMM-UNITY! Get your neighbors involved!
TIP #2 – Use geographic points or landmarks to DEFINE COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES
TIP #3 – BE STRATEGIC: Build a Broad Coalition!
TIP #4 – COLLECT EVIDENCE to support your case
TIP #5 – SHOW UP & Testify _
*Light refreshments will be served
For Information: (213) 922-7740
For more information about the process and meeting times, click below:
Toy Give Away (10 am-1 pm)
(Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, 3650 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008)
9th Annual Winter Wonderland Celebration Toy Give Away
Saturday, December 10, 2011
10:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.
ArtBEAT Art & Music Festival (1 pm - 2:30 pm)
(Peary Middle School Gym. 1415 Gardena Blvd. Gardena, CA 90247 )
More than 100 Students, parents and officials from South Los Angeles area schools will gather at Peary Middle School in Gardena to encourage their fellow community members to make a difference in local communities by getting involved in community service and supporting youth programs.
ARTbeat, a youth-centered art and music festival, will motivate students to voice and envision a better community through artistic expression. The event will showcase students’ talents through an art exhibit, music talent show and live mural painting. The exhibits will highlight the need for improvements by calling for better schools and jobs, cleaner streets and safer neighborhoods and demonstrate the commitment of young people to create positive change.
Parents, Students, and Community Members regional meetings (8:30 am - 12 pm)
(Cochran Middle School. 4066 W. Johnnie Cochran Vista (17th Street), Los Angeles 90019)
Parents of the following schools
Dorsey High School
Los Angeles High School
42nd Elementary School
are invited to meetings discussing LAUSD's Public School Choice Resolution.
Meetings are being held to determine how these schools will improved, administered and WHO will run them.
9th District Redistricting Meeting (11 am - 2 pm)
(Santee Educational Complex 1921 S. Maple Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90011)
What is redistricting and how does it effect you?
Attend this community meeting and find out!
*Light refreshments will be served
(213) 922-7740
Ernie G’s Annual DREAM Act Comedy Jam and Latino Advocates Forum (7 pm - 10 pm)
(Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 South Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90014)
Ernie G's Annual DREAM Act Comedy Jam and Latino Advocates Forum (LAF) To Raise Funds for DREAM Act Student Scholarships
Comedians provide laughs and Latino notables talk issues.
All ages are welcome.
Price: $20 / $25 VIP
Discount: Students w/ID - $10; DREAM Act Students - Free
Annual Peace & Prosperity Holiday & Toy Drive (6 pm - 8:30 pm)
8th District Constituent Service Center Christmas Tree Lighting (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm)
(Constituent Service Center. 8475 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles 90044)
Please RSVP to (213) 485-7616
College and Career Convention (8:30 am - 1 pm)
(Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall. 1201 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, 90015)
When it comes to financial aid for college, there's something for everyone, regardless of your age, income, grades, or immigration status.
This College and Career Convention is open to all and will feature presentations about financial aid, workshops about college life, and an exhibit hall with college recruiters.
This event is free. Parking at the Convention Center is $12.
Family Night at the College and Career Convention (5:30 - 9 pm)
(Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall. 1201 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, 90015)
The time to start planning for college starts in middle school and early high school.
Family Night will help parents and students focus on:
~ Choosing a college and paying for it
~ What to expect from campus life
~ Accessing financial resources regardless of immigration status
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Parking at the Convention Center is $12.
Florence Firestone Collaborative Meeting (2:45 PM to 4:00 PM)
(Edison Middle School - 6500 Hooper Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001)
The next Florence Firestone Collaborative Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 6th, from 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM at Edison Middle School.
Parents, educators and community partners interested in helping improve student achievement are encouraged to attend. The meeting is open to everyone.
Ask for Lua at entrance.
African Diaspora Marketplace Road Show (9 am - 5 pm)
(California Science Center’s Wallis Annenberg Building Street: 700 Exposition Park Drive. Los Angeles)
To Parties Interested in Developing the Continent of Africa:
I am inviting you to attend an informational forum, called the African Diaspora Marketplace Road Show (ADM), to educate interested parties about a business plan competition for the development of innovative enterprises on the African Continent. Sponsored by the United States Agency for International Trade Development (USAID), Western Union, in partnership with the Constituency for Africa.
If you are interested in attending this event, please RSVP to Victoria Rivera (victoria.rivera@sen.ca.gov).
Homeownership and Foreclosure Counseling Fair (9 am-2 pm)
(Crenshaw Christian Center, 7901 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 90044)
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County and Vermont Village Community Development Center hosts HOPE.
HELP for families in distress, HOPE for families who want to buy a home.
Info: (888) 895-2647
25th Annual Holiday Tour & Progressive Dinner: Silver Jubilee Celebration (3 pm)
(West Adams)
Silver Anniversary milestone event: visit the beautiful residences that grace the elegant streets of Lafayette Square.
Originally envisioned by George L. Crenshaw as one of the region’s premier real estate tracts before the area even became a part of Los Angeles in 1909, Lafayette Square’s design was based on European cities, inspired to bring a feeling of tradition and graceful style not widely found in a very young Los Angeles.
Crenshaw’s son Charles described the Square, and its central drive, St. Charles Place, as “a ‘Spanish pasear,’ a place where residents could stroll and meet socially.” Over time, Lafayette Square became home to many of Los Angeles’ luminaries including George Pepperdine, Sepulveda family descendent Princess Conchita Pignatelli, Fatty Arbuckle, Alexander Pantages, Norton Simon, boxer Joe Louis, singer Little Richard, and architect Paul R. Williams.
Come with us this holiday season to experience the founder’s vision, as we stroll door to door, and socialize over a sumptuous meal, served one course at a time in each of the lavishly-decorated homes we visit.
Prepaid Reservations are required for the Holiday Tour & Progressive Dinner.
(Group requests by November 7.)
The Holiday Tour & Progressive Dinner lasts about three hours.
No high heels, please.
Please click below for information about cost and for links to sign up.
Saturday, December 3
Docent-led tours, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 4
Docent-led tours, 3:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Tickets: $70 per person (WAHA members may purchase 2 tickets at a discounted price [$60] by mail. Information is below).
Tickets for Saturday timeslots:
3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30
Toy Donation
(3847 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles OR 8475 S. Vermont Blvd., Los Angeles)
The Regalettes, Inc. and 8th District Council member Bernard Parks are teaming up to collect toys. You can drop off a new, unwrapped toy at one of the 8th District's field locations until December 7, 2011.
3847 Crenshaw Blvd. (323) 293-9467
8475 S. Vermont Blvd. (213) 485-7616
COOL LIKE THAT - A Tribute to Miles Davis (7 pm)
(Barbara Morrison Performance Arts Center Street: 4305 Degnan Blvd #101. Los Angeles)
Foreclosure Clinic L.A. (6:30 pm)
(LA Homeownership Center, 3926 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90010)
If you are having trouble making your mortgage payments or your lender has started foreclosure proceedings, our free foreclosure clinic counselors can help you understand your options. Learn about the foreclosure process and what actions you can take to try to save your home.
Click below to register.
Leimert Park Tree LIghting (6 pm)
(43rd Place & Degnan Blvd., Leimert Park )
Join Councilman Bernard Parks for the annual tree lighting in Leimert Park.
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Greater Mt. Sinai MBC annual Thanksgiving Day outreach
(12317 South Wilmington Ave., Compton, CA 90222)
Please come out and see how God has blessed us to help others in need. We will be hosting our Annual Thanksgiving Day Outreach on Thursday, 11/24/11 starting at 9:00am to 12:00pm. There will be crafts for the children, Thanksgiving Dinner with all the fixing’s, Pie eating contest, Turkey Bowling, Clothes and care packages giveaway and of course the Preached Word by our very own Pastor Kalvin Cressel Sr. For more information on this Wonderful event, you can email Deacon Donnie Ford at donnielford@yahoo.com or Deaconess Tamela Ford@ tamelaford@yahoo.com
God bless you and hope to see you there!
Honor Women Veterans
(Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230)
PLEASE JOIN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KAREN BASS
AND SPECIAL GUEST CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLLY MITCHELL
To Honor the Contributions
of
Women Veterans
With the announcement of President Obama’s new veteran jobs initiative on the heels of Veteran’s Day this past weekend, I have received calls from you asking what this means for the men and women in uniform in the 33rd Congressional District. Please join me for a special event honoring women veterans where you can learn about important state and federal legislation, and get resources from organizations serving and advocating for veterans.
Come Together to Support Veterans
So That They May Support Themselves and Their Families.
Click to RSVP or call 323-965-1422
[FREE FILM] TROOP 1500 (6 pm)
(First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood Middle Terrace 1760 N. Gower Street Hollywood, CA 90028)
At Hilltop Prison in Gatesville, Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop unites daughters with mothers who are serving time for serious crimes, giving them a chance to rebuild broken bonds. Facing long sentences from the courts, the mothers struggle to mend fractured relationships with their daughters.
PBS SoCal, InsideOUT Writers, and Door Hollywood
Present a Free Community Cinema Screening of TROOP 1500
Doors Open & Light Reception at 6:00 PM
Film at 6:30 PM
Free Screening, Open to the Public, Seating Available on a First Come-First Served Basis
Parking is available in the lot on Carlos Ave. along the south side of the church
People Power Assembly (9 am-1 pm)
(WHERE: Expo Center, 3990 Menlo St. (corner of Menlo and Expo), Los Angeles 90034)
PEOPLE POWER ASSEMBLY: SOUTH L.A.’S 99% CONVENE
OVER 200 SOUTH L.A. RESIDENTS TO DECIDE COURSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE 1%
Community Coalition is organizing a “People Power Assembly” with over 200 South LA residents. The half-day program will focus on community building and collective decision-making to lead the course of action for South L.A. against the 1%.
With national movements of everyday people against corporate greed and the 1% underway today, South L.A. is poised to lead effective community change actions to impact the community. Community Coalition, a 20-year-old community organizing institution in South L.A. will convene over 200 residents who are suffering the economic crisis but who are ready to do something about it.
With a successful history of community victories and influence on public policies on education, neighborhoods and land-use, Community Coalition believes everyday people from South L.A. have the power, leadership and inspiration to create long-lasting change during this pivotal time in our country.
FREE Citizenship Application Workshop
(Our Lady of Victory Church, 519 E Palmer St., Compton)
Please call us to make a reservation or drop by Our Lady of Victory Church on the 19th.
Receive assistance with filling out your application, have an attorney review it, and receive free study materials for the citizenship test!
Phone: 310-635-8181
Community Redistricting Meeting (8th district) (6pm)
Release Party for Moniquea’s Self-Titled Debut Album (8 pm - 2 am)
(72 North. 72 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91103)
Join South LA resident Moniquea in celebrating the release of her debut album. Moniquea, a resident of Council District 8, has performed at the Taste of Soul, the 4th of July Gospel Fest and the Martin Luther King Day festival in Leimert Park.
Please note that this event is for guests 21 and over.
FILM: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (7 pm)
(California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Expo Park, Los Angeles 90037)
A master strategist, visionary and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He was mentor to Dr. King and often called, "the unknown hero of the civil rights movement." Brother Outsider focuses on Rustin's activism for peace, racial equality, economic justice and human rights that span a lifetime. This program is free and open to the public. RSVP (213) 744-2024.
Gates Millennium Scholars Male Initiative Event (6 - 8 pm)
(Dorsey High School. 3537 Farmdale Avenue, Los Angeles, 90016)
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Program-established in 1999 and
funded by a $1.6 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation-is hosting an outreach event for male students from
underrepresented groups who are currently in grades 9-12. Applicants
selected as Gates Millennium Scholars are presented with the opportunity
to receive up to five years of scholarship funding to pursue any
undergraduate discipline at the U.S. located, accredited college or
university of their choice and to engage in leadership development
programs that support their academic and career interests. Gates
Millennium Scholars who elect to pursue a masters and/or doctoral degree
in one of seven GMS-funded disciplines-computer science, education,
engineering, library science, mathematics, public health, or science-may
be eligible for additional funding.
They encourage underrepresented male students to attend this event sponsored by the Gates Millennium Scholars
Program. Please inform eligible male students to attend and learn more
about this extraordinary opportunity to meet, greet, and obtain tips for
crafting competitive scholarship applications.
Eligible male students include:
* African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific
Islander American, or Hispanic American; and
* 10th graders who have attained a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or
above, 11th graders who have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above,
and 12th graders who have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above, all
on a 4.0 unweighted scale. (9th graders and GED recipients who have not
previously enrolled in college have no GPA requirement to attend).
To RSVP for this FREE event, visit: http://gmslosangeles.eventbrite.com/
Common Sense Media and Center for Early Education discussion (6:45 pm - 9 pm)
(The Center for Early Education 563 North Alfred Street West Hollywood, CA 90048 )
TRACKED EVERYWHERE:
What parents need to know about protecting children’s privacy online
Join Common Sense Media for an important discussion about kids’ online privacy. Topics will include:
the current state of online privacy and online tracking and profiling of kid
what parents, teachers, policy makers, and industry leaders are doing- and should do to protect kids online
what parents can do now to help kids stay safe online.
Panelists include:
Jim Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media
Kamala Harris, California Attorney General
Moderated by Willow Bay, Senior Editor of The Huffington Post and special correspondent for Bloomberg TV. Additional panelists to be announced.
For more information, visit www.commonsense.org/privacy
The event is FREE, and snacks and refreshments will be served
To RSVP, click here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2247269644/mcivte
Dr. Don Lee White: His Life, His Legacy (3 pm)
(Holman United Methodist Church. 3320 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles 90018)
The George Laster Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc
presents a memorial program
Honoring a renowned Angeleno and musician extraordinaire - composer, organist, choral founder/director, professor, mentor, hymnologist
Don's music will be performed by Dr. James Calhoun, James Sterrett-Bryant, Yolanda Mitchell West, the dlw Community Chorale and the GLB Symphonic Chorale.
Free admission and parking.
Free Mammograms and Breast Exams (8 am)
(Forum Medical Group 3831 Stocker Street Los Angeles 90008 (2 blocks behind Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza at Stocker & Don Felipe))
For an appointment call (323) 291-6234
Please mention that you heard about the program through the Los Angeles Urban League or Celebrate Life Cancer Ministry.
Eligibility:
--Women 40 years and older who are enrolled in the State Cancer Dedication Program (CDP)
-- Uninsured or under-insured
-- Low income
-- California resident
**Mammograms are free only if qualified**
Parents, Students, and Community Members regional meetings (8:30 am - 12 pm)
(Cochran Middle School. 4066 W. Johnnie Cochran Vista (17th Street), Los Angeles 90019)
Parents of the following schools:
Dorsey High School
Los Angeles High School
42nd Elementary School
are invited to attend meetings discussing the consequences of LAUSD's Public School Choice Resolution.
Meetings are being held to determine how these schools will improved, administered and
WHO will run them.
Fundraiser kick-off for Phi’LA The Musical (7 pm)
(Philippe’s By Philippe Chow, 8284 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046)
"Dreams Take a Minute Productions" will host a trailer premier party as a fundraising kick-off to have the stage-play re-produced as a feature length film in 2012.
PHI’LA is the tale of two high school kids who are forced to grow up fast and bear the consequences of love and intolerance because of their African-American and Latino relationship. It is High School Musical meets South Central LA...GLEE on steroids.... a modern day Romeo and Juliet in the "hood"...the way High School really is: STREET!
Written by a Los Angeles high school drama Teacher, Jamal Y. Speakes, Sr., PHI’LA addresses racial contention, gang violence, and its’ affect on friendship and families for a diverse group of African-Americans and Latino teens in LA.
For more information and interview request contact Dorienne Brown at Dreams Take a Minute Productions at (323) 517-1251 or dorienne.brown@yahoo.com
FILM: The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (7 pm)
(California African American Museum, 600 State Drive, Expo Park, Los Angeles 90037)
With unprecedented access, The Nine Lives of Marion Barry tells the continuing saga of this despised, beloved and resilient politician. It's a potent story of race, power, sex and drugs; the tale of a complex and contradictory man who for over forty years has revealed throughout his life one of the most fascinating andf bizaar chapters in American politics. This documentary screening is free and open to the public. RSVP (213) 744-2024.
Forum on Job Opportunities at Department of Water and Power (6 pm)
(Juanita Tate Elementary School (123 W. 59th Street, Los Angeles, CA))
The RePower LA Campaign, which is a coalition of community activists, clergy, labor groups and environmentalists, will be hosting Department of Water and Power (DWP) General Manager Ron Nichols at this meeting.
The meeting will go over:
--The Department's plan to create quality green jobs, especially for people with disadvantaged backgrounds
-- RePower LA's plan to create jobs and save people money on their energy bills
All South Los Angeles neighborhood councils, block club members, community activists and clergy are strongly encouraged to attend this is important meeting. DWP is the largest publicly-owned utility in the nation, with an annual budget of over $4 billion and approximately 10,000 employees.
For information or to RSVP, call 213.977.9400 ext. 111 or email kkwajitahidi@laane.org.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the African American Cultural Center (US), All of Us or None, Community Development Technologies Center (CD Tech), Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, MLK Coalition and SCOPE/AGENDA.
Living and writing Blackness in L.A with Erin Aubry Kaplan (Noon)
(The Southern California Library, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044)
A Conversation with Erin Aubry Kaplan on her new book and viewing from SCL's collections of the lived histories of Black L.A.
"Black folks in every place and station are intimately connected by history, experience, and socialization, whether we want to admit to that or not...I wanted to describe how all the ongoing battles for equality and acceptance, from affirmative action to public school and police reform, have influenced who we are, what we expect from the world, how we shop for shoes, how we operate daily in this social experiment called America."
~ from Black Talk, Blue Thoughts, and Walking the Color Line by Erin Aubry Kaplan
Crenshaw Subway Coalition community meeting
(4030 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008)
The Crenshaw Subway Coalition will be hosting a community meeting on Monday, November 7 from 6-8 pm at the DWP Crenshaw Office (4030 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008) to discuss their lawsuit and reveal the most intriguing aspect of their strategy to achieve a Leimert Park Village station and tunnel from 48th to 59th Street.
Cycle Music Arts Festival (2-10 pm)
(Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles)
Free the Streets is an eco-visionary experiential art/music fest celebrating the burgeoning bicycle cultural scene of South Los Angeles. With its ample boulevards and historic corridors laden with histories of struggle, South L.A.'s streets serve as a canvas for social-political artistic expression in one of the world's largest urban metropolises.
Graffiti art, lowrider bike exhibits, live painting by Mobile Mural Lab, BMX trick demos, bike sculptures, photo booths, bike video projections, community organization outreach tables and food.
$10.00 donation to support Ciclavia and Bike programming in South Los Angeles
Breaking the Silence
(King/Drew Magnet High School, 1601 E. 120th St., Los Angeles, CA 90059)
Attention girls and women! Do you want to find out more about yourself, your body and your relationships? Come to Charles Drew University “Breaking the Silence: Talking to you Man about Sex & Health” event and learn about self-esteem, self-empowerment and healthy relationships.
Crenshaw/LAX Leadership Council meeting
(People's Independent Church of Christ, 5856 West Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90043)
Day of the Dead Festival (6 pm - 10 pm)
(24th Street Theatre 1117 West 24th Street Los Angeles, CA 90007-1725)
Festival de Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Festival
Celebrando la vida recordando a nuestros seres queridos a través del arte: música, danza, teatro, etc..
Venga y haga un altar para sus seres queridos y disfrute de nuestra comida típica, artesanías y actividades culturales
A celebration of life and honoring our loved ones that have passed on through art: music, dance, theatre, etc.
Come and build an altar to your love ones and enjoy traditional foods, handcrafts and cultural activities.
Música/Music:
Banda Juvenil Santiago Comaltepec
Klezmer Juice
Musical Latitudes
Teatro/Theatre:
“Calaveras” Teatro de Marionetas/Puppets Theater-Andrea Muro
Teatro Apolo
Brazeros Theater
Danza/Dance
Ballet Folklórico Sol de Fuego
Brazeros Dance Company
Huitzilopochtli Aztec Dance Company
Tierra Blanca Dance Company
African American Quilters of Los Angeles 25th Anniversary (10 am - 5 pm)
(Carson Community Center, 801 East Carson Street - 3 Civic Center Drive, Carson, CA. 90745)
Community meeting on Grim Sleeper case (5 pm)
(Bethel AME Church, 900 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles 90047)
Councilmember Bernard C. Parks and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck will host a community meeting regarding the current status of the violent serial murders of young South Los Angeles women, known as the “Grim Sleeper” case.
This forum will also be used to focus on the unidentified women depicted in photographs seized from Lonnie Franklin’s residence, in July 2010.The original 180 photographs of unknown women, put on display by LAPD in December 2010, have been reduced to the“Final 48.” Unfortunately as the photo grouping continues to be reduced, there may be increased likelihood that the women were victimized by Lonnie Franklin.
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. was a member of the South Los Angeles community his entire adult life and continues to be the focus of the Task Force investigation.The photographs made public since his arrest have also been members of the community.A flyer depicting the still unidentified women will also be handed out in an effort to encourage community participation in identifying the photographs.
Task Force detectives will be on hand to answer questions about the continuing investigation; however, will be limiting their response regarding the court proceedings of the eleven counts already being prosecuted.
The Night of Offerings (6 pm - 8 pm)
(24th Street Theatre 1117 West 24th Street Los Angeles, CA 90007-1725)
Noche de Ofrenda/The Night of Offerings
Venga y aprenda cómo construir un altar tradicional para Día de los Muertos con la altarista Ofelia Esparza y deje una ofrenda para sus seres queridos que ya no están entre nosotros. Construiremos un altar comunitario en nuestro lobby para el festival de Día de los Muertos.
Come learn more about the traditional art of building an altar with Master Altarista, Ofelia Esparza and leave an offering for your loved ones that have passed away. We will be building a community altar in our lobby for all to see during the Día de los Muertos festival.
Leimert Park Art Walk
(Leimert Park Village, 43rd and Degnan, Los Angeles)
DJs spinning, rhymers rappin and poets of the spoken word combine with traditional artists and the legendary drum circle every last Sunday of the month for the Leimert Park Art Walk. It's getting bigger and bigger every month!
In the heart of Leimert Park thrives a group of community business members with a passion to develop an event rooted in the foundations of culture, art, music and community. In the summer of 2010, the neighborhood organization hosted by Ben Caldwell of the Kaos Network birthed the Leimert Park Art Walk through the incubator meeting. The Art Walk takes place every last Sunday of the month along the streets of 43rd Place and Degnan Blvd from 2:00 PM-8:00 PM. This free event features an array of entertainment and activities for children and adults alike.
Throughout the day cultural spaces (KAOS Network, Vision Theatre, World Stage, and prolific arts), artist studios and storefronts will share art exhibitions, music, fashion, food, drumming, spoken word and local shopping
South Los Angeles Beautification Project (9 am)
(Century Blvd., on Interstate 110-S on/off ramps)
For better or worse, the freeway on and off ramps are the front doors to many South Los Angeles neighborhoods. Unfortunately, the present condition sends the wrong message, making entry to South LA feel frightening and looking more like a third- world country than the United States of America. Under the leadership of the board of directors of Watts Gang Task Force (WGTF) has partnered with CalTrans who have agreed to join the South Los Angeles Beautification Project and turn this into a quarterly event. The South LA on/off ramps will be cleaned, landscaped, graffiti removed and welcoming signage posted. In summary, beautified.
The first South Los Angeles Beautification Project will be held on October 29th at Century Blvd., on Interstate 110-S on/off ramps, starting at 9:00am. TreePeople has agreed to partner with us and assist in neighborhood tree planting efforts. Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided, along with t-shirts and hats for the volunteers.
Every dollar counts! As a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization, a tax-deductible receipt will be issued to you on behalf of Watts Gang Task Force, and you will be mentioned in all event publicity. CalTrans, LAPD, California Governor Jerry Brown, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Los Angeles City Council Office #15, Los Angeles Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and local businesses will be assisting in this effort.
Donations and/or volunteer time and effort are highly appreciated! Please contact Tanna Moore at tmoore@challc.com or (310)826-1342 who will provide instruction on how to donate and participate in this inspiring event. LAPD will be present to provide public safety and safe passage.
L.A. Green Festival (10am-7pm)
(Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015)
The Green Festivals returns to Los Angeles for a weekend full of lectures and workshops, food and green products, and organizations promoting healthy and sustainable living.
October 29 from 10 am - 7 pm
October 30 from 11 am - 6 pm
The South Central Farmers is one of the partners for the festival.
Among the speakers at the festival with South LA ties:
Fanya Baruti, a community organizer with A New Way of Life Reentry Project, which provides housing and support services to formerly incarcerated women in South Central Los Angeles.
Graciela Geyer, a lead organizer at SCOPE (Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education) in South LA
Kokayi Kwa Jitahidi, an organizer with LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) and former organizer at the Community Coalition.
Refugio Mata, an organizer with Good Jobs LA, based in South LA
Admission:
An all-access pass for 2 days at Green Festival is only $10 when you buy online. For a more comprehensive Green Festival experience, try the Green Festival Fan Admission Pack that includes your weekend passes, an eco-tote bag, organic cotton t-shirts, cafe drink tickets and your lunch at the festival - for $48.
The Mobile Voice of L.A.‘s Immigrants (7 pm)
(USC Gin Wong Auditorium, Harris Hall 101)
Reception with live music to follow.
Admission is free and open to everyone.
A provocative evening of performance, media art and rebel phones will highlight three extraordinary projects that support immigrant communities in Los Angeles using mobile-phone devices. The controversial Transborder Immigrant Tool, an app by Ricardo Dominguez and the Electronic Disturbance Theater, helps sustain those crossing the border into the United States by providing directions to water and poetry. Voces Móviles/Mobile Voices (VozMob), a collaboration between USC’s Annenberg School and the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California, helps day laborers record and share their stories using cell phones. The LA Flood Project delivers a locative media narrative about crises in Los Angeles—both historical and imagined. The evening will also include photographs by Maria de Lourdes González Reyes, a reading by Roberto Leni-Olivares and a discussion moderated by USC Annenberg professor Josh Kun. Write your own flood account via Twitter: @LaFloodProject or #laflood (October 20-27).
Organized by Mark C. Marino (Writing Program) and Roberto Leni-Olivares (Anthropology). Co-sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, the Center for Transformative Scholarship, the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, El Centro Chicano and the Latina/o Student Assembly.
USC Specific Plan Open House (6-7:30 pm)
(USC Galen Center, Founder's Room, 3400 S. Figueroa Street)
The Village at USC will host a Community Open House on October 27. The project is slated to begin construction in mid-2012 at the earliest.
Free Parking in Lot D
(Jefferson and Royal)
To RSVP, call (213) 473-5262
Click below for info on the USC Village Plan