LAPD Expands Community Policing Program
Amid continuing calls for police reform, earlier this week, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the expansion of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to the level of a bureau within the department and the promotion of 25-year LAPD...
In Remembrance of Congressman John Lewis
On March 7, 1965, six hundred peaceful demonstrators marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand equal voting rights and protest voter suppression. They were met by Alabama State troopers with billy clubs and tear...
Virtual Learning Exacerbates Racial Inequities
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted nearly every aspect of our education system, and it is undeniable that these disruptions will have long-lasting negative impacts on our most vulnerable students. This week’s announcement from the Los Angeles Unified School...
Police Reform
Despite Congress’ inaction on national police reform, we are encouraged by the massive reforms taking shape in the City of Los Angeles. The strength in our numbers and our voices can no longer be ignored, and substantial changes in city policing are now on the table....CEDAR SINAI AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY AWARD THE LOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE A $75,000.00 GRANT
Cedar Sinai and Ford Motor Company awarded the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) a $75,000.00 grant. The grant will provide support for the Los Angeles Urban League Emergency Business Assistance Program. In conjunction, Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Company Fund...
Hollywood’s Lack of Diversity
This week, Hollywood’s lack of diversity was brought to light when Ri-Karlo Handy, an independent African American producer, posted on a Facebook group that he was looking for “Black Union Editors.” Mr. Handy created the post because other producers...
Juneteenth 2020
On January 1st, 1863, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation made the inhumane scourge of slavery illegal in the United States. Two and a half years later, on June 19th, 1865, after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, the Union Army made its way down...
Open letter: African writers in solidarity with African Americans
More than 100 authors across Africa have penned an open letter to voice support for US protesters seeking police reforms and justice for George Floyd’s killing. The authors offer support for the Black Lives Matter movement and urge more action by the African...