The weather's cooling down and our schedule's heating up -- we have a Membership Assembly this Sunday to discuss candidate endorsements and a Fall Picnic hosted by our westside group on October 9th. Plus a virtual teach in about the Cool Blocks program, a panel discussion about TV's portrayal of criminal justice, and meetings of our housing, climate, and transportation issue groups.

MEMBERSHIP ASSEMBLY, Sunday, October 3, 2:00 - 4:30 PM

Los Angeles has a huge opportunity in the 2022 elections! LA Forward Action will be on the front lines of supporting progressive causes and candidates. That means we need to create a principled, practical way to choose who we're endorsing.

Open to all sustaining members, this Membership Assembly is an important opportunity to discuss our proposed candidate endorsement process, policy priorities, and organizing budget. Active in our community but haven't become a sustaining member by paying membership dues? We'd be grateful for your support and participation! Once you sign up, reply to this email for an invite.

Sustaining members who are active in our community get to vote on which candidates we endorse and will have a voice in budgeting and strategic deliberations.

BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER

Why do we ask people to pay membership dues? Because this work takes resources and we won't take funding that would compromise our independence. Because building progressive power means building an organization that our community members proudly support. 

We hope you will learn more and contribute to our movement for justice today by becoming a sustaining member today.

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FALL PICNIC, Saturday, October 9, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

In place of a monthly meeting, we’re hosting a picnic for the entire LA Forward community to meet up and hang out in person! Because we are just as tired of being on zoom as you are :) In July we gathered for a picnic downtown.  This time we’re being hosted by our friends in the Westside group at a beautiful, transit-accessible park. This will be a kid-friendly and pet-friendly picnic to put Zoom faces and names to in-person faces and names. We’ll supply light snacks and beverages. You’re welcome to bring food of your own too! We ask that everyone who attends be vaccinated, unless they are not legally or medically eligible.

RSVP: https://www.laforward.org/events/2021/10/9/fall-picnic

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Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance Teach-In & Collaboration Session, Sunday, October 17, 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Join us for a virtual teach-in and collaboration session with the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance. Learn more about who NCSA is and what they do, learn about their Cool Blocks program, and help us brainstorm ways in which our climate team can continue to partner with this awesome organization. Cool Blocks is designed to activate all of us, in our homes and in our neighborhoods, to help us reduce our carbon footprints, reduce our water use, live more sustainably, and prepare for disasters while building community. We're getting ready to launch 200 climate-resilient neighborhoods and keep building from there toward a carbon-neutral LA by 2030. 

RSVP: https://www.laforward.org/events/2021/10/17/ncsa

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Injustice on the Small Screen: How TV Writers Can Change the Narrative About Our Legal System, Tuesday, October 26, 5:30 - 7:00 PM

Join us for a virtual discussion on how crime and legal TV series impact the public perception of crime, racial injustice and the criminal legal system. We ask the question: How can we, as writers and showrunners, do better? We hope this event will inspire writers who want to be part of telling stories that share a more authentic understanding of the characters, forces and factors that shape the criminal legal system, and in a way that helps viewers reckon responsibly with all the complicated issues bound up in it. Featuring Patrisse Cullors, Jane Dorotik, LaNaisha Edwards, Amity Paye, Nikki Toscano, Alexis Wilkinson. Hosted by Color of Change, ACLU of Southern California, and the District Attorney Accountability Coalition, including LA Forward.

RSVP: https://www.harvardwood.org/crimetv

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Issue Group Meetings (via Zoom)

Climate Justice - Tuesday, October 5, 8 PM - Get more details & RSVP 

Transportation Justice - Monday, October 18, 8 PM - Get more details & RSVP

Housing Justice  - Wednesday, October 27, 8 PM - Get more details & RSVP