Los Angeles for All

With deep love, respect, and admiration, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of our beloved Reclaimer, Benito Flores. Please donate towards Benito’s burial expenses, housing costs for Reclaimers, and ongoing Reclaiming Our Homes campaigns at https://bit.ly/benitoflores

Tomorrow we’re launching our 2025 Municipalism Learning Series with a timely conversation on the topic of community defense. As we face growing uncertainty in the coming months, there has never been a more important time to ground ourselves in the principle and practice of building safety through solidarity.

Speakers include Che Johnson-Long, Vision Change Win, Kieran Frazier Knutson, Black Cat Workers Collective, and Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures.

RSVP: https://municipalism.org/community-defense/

As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

Speakers include Che Johnson-Long, Vision Change Win; Kieran Frazier Knutson, Black Cat Workers Collective; and Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures. Facilitated by Arthur Pye.

RSVP at https://municipalism.org/community-defense/

As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow? In this first session of SRC’s 2025 Municipalism Learning Series, we’ll explore these pressing questions through a conversation between organizers working on the frontlines of today’s social movements. While drawing on their own diverse experiences, perspectives and lessons, our panelists are united by a shared conviction that the safest community is an organized community on the path to self-governance.

Guest speakers include:
Che Johnson-Long, Vision Change Win
Kieran Frazier Knutson, General Defense Committee
Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures

When: Wednesday, January 8th at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern
Where: Zoom
How: RSVP at https://municipalism.org/community-defense/

As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow? In this session of Solidarity Research Center’s 2025 Municipalism Learning Series, they’ll explore these pressing questions through a conversation between organizers working on the frontlines of today’s social movements.

Guest speakers include:
Che Johnson-Long, Vision Change Win
Kieran Frazier Knutson, General Defense Committee
Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures

Register here: https://municipalism.org/community-defense/

As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities for the threats and uncertainties ahead? How do we protect our people today, while building collective power and resilience towards a liberated tomorrow?

In this first session of SRC’s 2025 Municipalism Learning Series, we’ll explore these pressing questions through a conversation between organizers working on the frontlines of today’s social movements. While drawing on diverse experiences, perspectives and lessons, our panelists are united by a shared conviction that the safest community is an organized community on the path to self-governance. 

Date: Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 PM PT/6:00 to 7:30 PM CT/7:00 to 8:30 PM ET (1.5 hours)
RSVP at https://municipalism.org/community-defense/ 

Speakers:
Che Johnson-Long, Vision Change Win
Kieran Frazier Knutson, General Defense Committee
Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures

Facilitator:
Arthur Pye, Municipalism Learning Series

TOMORROW!

Join us for an introduction to who we are, what we work on, and what we stand for. We will share our origin story, our shared values and principles, and our projects including the Municipalism Learning Series, Regional Solidarity Economy, and Tribal Food Sovereignty.

Date: Friday, December 6th 2024
Time: 1:00 PM PST/3:00 PM CST/4:00 PM EST
RSVP at https://solidarityresearch.org/project/intro-to-src/

Join us for an introduction to who we are, what we work on, and what we stand for. We will share our origin story, our shared values and principles, and our projects including the Municipalism Learning Series, Regional Solidarity Economy, and Tribal Food Sovereignty.

Date: Friday, December 6th 2024
Time: 1:00 PM PST/3:00 PM CST/4:00 PM EST
RSVP at https://solidarityresearch.org/project/intro-to-src/

Speakers include:
ANASTASIA WILSON, Care Economy
ANDREW CURLEY, Tribal Food Sovereignty
JESS FORDEN, Regional Solidarity Economy
MASON HERSON-HORD, Municipalism Learning Series
YVONNE YEN LIU, Los Angeles for All

We will be facilitated by BELINDA RODRIGUEZ and GEORGE YGARZA, two fellows from the inaugural class of the Municipalism Cohort Fellowship.

We look forward to seeing you on December 6th!

We at Solidarity Research Center are committed to this vision of dual power locally, nationally, and globally. You are invited to join us on Friday, December 6th 2024 for an introduction to who we are and what we work on. We share our origin story, our shared values and principles, and our projects including the Municipalism Learning Series, Regional Solidarity Economy, and Tribal Food Sovereignty.

Date: Friday, December 6th 2024
Time: 1:00 PM PST/3:00 PM CST/4:00 PM EST
RSVP at https://solidarityresearch.org/project/intro-to-src/

Speakers include:
ANDREW CURLEY, Director of Tribal Food Sovereignty project
MASON HERSON-HORD, Director of Municipalism Learning Series
YVONNE YEN LIU, Director of Los Angeles for All
JESS FORDEN, Director of Regional Solidarity Economy
ANASTASIA WILSON, Director of Care Economy

We look forward to seeing you on December 6th!

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