“Freedom Now” Awards Celebration

Los Angeles Community Action Network 838 E. 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join the LA CAN family on June 24th for the 7th Annual Freedom Now Awards and the GRAND OPENING of the LA CAN Justice & Wellness Center!

Movie Night at the Museum

Los Angeles Poverty Department 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In this incendiary documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book author James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute 􀀀examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and a flood of rich archival material.

Free

Movie Night at the Museum

Los Angeles Poverty Department 250 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

In 1960 Jane Jacobs’ book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities.

Free

Sanctuary Town Hall

SEIU 721 1545 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join an inspirational and educational Town Hall to support an ordinance that will finally make L.A. a Sanctuary City, where all are treated with the equality, respect, and dignity deserved. Featured speakers include distinguished labor leader Maria Elena Durazo, long-time immigrants rights activist Angela Sanbrano, and City Councilmember Gibert Cedillo.

Free

The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets

LA Live Regal Cinema 14 1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Documentary film screening of The Activists: War, Peace, and Politics in the Streets, by producer Michael T. Heaney, depicts the story of activists who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including their lives, the tactics they used, and the historical context.

$12 – $15

Pang!

Legion Arts 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Pang! is an evening of three short plays based on the oral histories of families living with hunger in Los Angeles CA, Miami FL and Cedar Rapids IA. Artists perform the plays amidst a forest of microphones, sound effects props and musical instruments, as if they are a radio theater company performing a live broadcast.  

Film Screening: We Are In It

Royce Hall 314 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles , United States

"We Are In It" chronicles the stories and journeys of five Houston residents and their attempt to find refuge in the American metropolis. The film not only sheds new light on the political climate of global migration but also speaks to universal human values of compassion and belonging.

Free

Futures of Black Radicalism

California NanoSystems Institute 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

FUTURES OF BLACK RADICALISM Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin discuss Futures of Black Radicalism. with Chuck D and Tom Morello and additional comments by Elizabeth Robinson and Shana Redmond Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 1:30pm-6:00pm 1:30pm-2:00pm Pre-Reception (with refreshments) 2:00pm-3:30pm Response to book by Jonathan Gomez, Olufemi Taiwo, Thabisile Griffin, and Marques Vestal and author response by […]

Free

INDIVISIBLE and the Resistance

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2355 337 Charles E. Young Drive East,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

INDIVISIBLE seeks to cultivate a progressive grassroots network of local groups organized across the United States to build political power, to resist the destructive political agendas of the Trump administration, to challenge structures of white supremacy, and to realize bold policies for social justice.

Free