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LAPD Shooting on Skid Row: The number of bullet holes and their locations lead to more questions.

Cangress wrote 2 weeks ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. Eyewitness accounts describe harrowing moments of contagious fir … more →

Tags: Anti-violence, LAPD, contagious fire, Los Angeles police department, safer cities initiative, skid row robbery, skid row shooting

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Operation Skid Row, and Making the Invisible, Visible.

Cangress wrote 3 weeks ago: Pre-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Press Conference Public Enemy Pre-Induction Press Conference: (Phot … more →

Tags: Art & Culture, Civil Rights, Video, chuck d, la can, Operation: Skid Row, Public Enemy, rock and roll hall of fame

DRUG WAR: What is it good for? ABSOLUTELY Nothing!

Cangress wrote 1 month ago: The Drug War And Mass Incarceration By The Numbers The Huffington Post  |  By Matt Sledge Posted: 04 … more →

Tags: la can, Drug Policy Alliance, ACLU, huffington post, 2025 network

Republican Senator Portman comes @Out4Marriage because his son is gay!

James-J Walsh wrote 2 months ago: Senator Portman and his family Republican senator reverses his opposition to gay marriage after his … more →

Tags: Politics, Adoption & Fostering, Adoption, Fostering, Children & Young People, Equality & Diversity, International Politics, LGBT, Pride

Iran, Russia and Egypt threaten to scupper UN women’s declaration due to gay rights opposition

James-J Walsh wrote 2 months ago: An alliance made up of Iran, Russia and Egypt has threatened to derail a UN declaration urging an en … more →

Tags: Equality & Diversity, International Politics, News, Women's rights, Equality, LGBT, GLBT, Gay, United Nations

AP: Chavez should of built sky-scrapers rather than feed his people1 comment

James-J Walsh wrote 2 months ago: AP: Chavez Wasted His Money on Healthcare When He Could Have Built Gigantic Skyscrapers By Jim Naure … more →

Tags: Politics, -myCOMMUNITY-, International Politics, Health & Wellbeing, International Development, development, Chavez, poverty, INTERNATIONAL

Judge approves use of 'truth serum' on accused Aurora shooter James Holmes

James-J Walsh wrote 2 months ago:   Interrogators in USA will get to use narcotic truth serums on suspects Judge approves use of … more →

Tags: International Politics, Policing & Crime, Law & Order, USA, Crime, Civil Rights, 5th Amendment, Truth Serum, Legal

One Billion are Rising Today - February 14, 2013 Marks V-Day's Worldwide Rise Up

Cangress wrote 3 months ago: Today is V-Day’s 15th Anniversary,  and they “are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who lov … more →

Tags: Women's Issues, Anti-violence, DWAC & Women's Issues, Human Rights, la can, dwac, v-day, One Billion Rising

Hundreds of Residents and Organizations Gather to STOP the CCFO! The Discriminatory Law Dies in Council!1 comment

Cangress wrote 3 months ago: Click HERE to watch KTLA Coverage of the day. Hundreds of residents and organizations from ACROSS L. … more →

Tags: Video, la can, Los Angeles City Council, Central City Association, Los Angeles Community Action Ntwork, United Way, CCFO, Community Care Facilities Ordinance, United Way of Greater Los Angeles

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!

Cangress wrote 6 months ago: This slideshow requires JavaScript. November 8, 2012 AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE RESIDENTS OF 2913 SOUTH … more →

Tags: Press coverage, la can, tenant organizing, Los Angeles Community Action Network, union de vecinos, LA human right to housing collective

THIS Thursday: Housing, Homelessness, Health, and Human Rights Event at Charles R. Drew University

Cangress wrote 8 months ago: … more →

Tags: Education, Health Access, Art & Culture, la can, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Charles R. Drew University

We need your help! CALL-IN ACTION TODAY and TOMORROW!

Cangress wrote 9 months ago: We need your support TODAY to help lift the lifetime ban on receiving CalFresh assistance for people … more →

Tags: grassroots policy, food access, Health Access, Civil Rights, civic participation, Call to Action, AB828, California, CA Senate Apporpriations Committee

LA CAN on KPFK Radio

Cangress wrote 9 months ago: Last week, LA CAN’s General Dogon was on KPFK Radio discussing the ongoing LA CAN, Occupy LA, … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, Press coverage, CCA, Central City Association, DTLA, KPFK, la can, LAPD, occupy la

LA CAN and Play Fair Farmers Field on KNBC4

Cangress wrote 9 months ago: … more →

Tags: civic participation, Press coverage, AEG, la can, la can video, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Becky Dennison, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Farmers Field

Farmers Field Fast Fact #2!

Cangress wrote 9 months ago: … more →

Tags: organizing, civic participation, AEG, la can, Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Community Action Network, LAFLA, PSR-LA, DTLA

UN QUESTIONS U.S. ON POLICE HARASSMENT OF LOS ANGELES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Cangress wrote 11 months ago: (click on picture for full screen view) Many living within America’s borders assume or believe that … more →

Tags: Legal, housing victories, LAPD, la can, United Nations, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Human Rights Defenders, Raquel Rolnick, NESRI

NOW AVAILABLE: May/June 2012 Community Connection!

Cangress wrote 11 months ago: The May/June 2012 Community Connection is NOW AVAILABLE! Click on the Photo above to read the Commun … more →

Tags: organizing, Education, food access, Women's Issues, Civil Rights, civic participation, DWAC & Women's Issues, LAPD, Community Gardens

LA CAN Concludes 7-Day Siege at the CCA Headquarters

Cangress wrote 11 months ago: On Monday, June 4th, LA CAN concluded its 7-Day siege at the Headquarters of the Central City Associ … more →

Tags: organizing, Civil Rights, Press coverage, photos, Skid Row, la can, Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Community Action Network, LAPD

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: An LA CAN Week in Review

Cangress wrote 12 months ago: Last week LA CAN organized numerous actions and events across the state that received a lot of media … more →

Tags: Video, grassroots policy, housing victories, Women's Issues, Health Access, Civil Rights, civic participation, Art & Culture, DWAC & Women's Issues


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