special gathering & teach-in tonight

Friends,

Like you, I'm saddened and angered by our city and our country now. We have a deep, broad complex of systems that are geared toward violence, white supremacy, exploitation, and brutality. That don't value the inherent dignity of all human beings. We must stand together and say Black Lives Matter.

We must fight for justice for George Floyd, for Breonna Taylor, and for so many tens of thousands more, including right here in "liberal" Los Angeles.There is a lot to process after the violence committed by police and so much that we must be prepared to do. How we go beyond outrage of the moment and change the power structures and militarized police forces that got us to this point? How we do confront and undermine the power of police associations that have stranglehold over our local budgets and over so many elected Democratic officials? How do we dismantle the violent police departments and build new institutions that truly serve and protect people from the ground up?

Join us for a virtual gathering and teach-in of the LA Forward community tonight at 8pm to start answering these questions together.

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