Discussions & Teach-ins


Lessons from the Campaign Trail - 12/6/20

Excited to share this a panel discussion with three progressive candidates for office in 2020 who shared what they learned, what they wish they knew when they got started, and how we can build the political power needed to advance our movement for justice! Moderated by David Levitus and featuring Aura Vasquez, Godfrey Plata, and Yasmine-Imani McMorris, Culver City Councilmember.

As part of our LA Civics 101 series, we hosted a session on the basics of the smallest bodies of government. In the City of LA, those are Neighborhood Councils. We were fortunate to be joined by two NC leaders — Eryn Block, Palms NC President and Lauren Buisson, Echo Park NC CIO — who shared their experiences with this imperfect system and talk about how progressives can work to leverage it for justice. We also had a great conversation with Culver City Councilmember Daniel Lee who shared what his experience getting elected as a staunch progressive to lead a small city and how regular people can be effective in fighting for social justice locally — from big picture strategy to little things like giving effective public comment.

Check out a recording of a webinar we did on August 16 about the path to housing justice and stability and another on September 22 about the fight for renters rights and tenant protections featuring Carla De Paz, the director of Community Power Collective, Katie McKeon, an attorney with Public Counsel, and Francisco Dueñas, the director of Housing Now, California’s leading housing justice coalition.

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