Dear Friends,

LACAN Los Angeles Community Action Network
"Freedom Now" Awards 2018

It's that time again and I'm hoping to see you at our annual "Freedom Now" Awards and Celebration, which is shaping up to be a historic gathering. It's happening on June 16th 2018, from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at: 838 E. 6th Street, CA 90021-our permanent home!

"Freedom Now" is much more than the book we released in 2012, much more than our annual celebration, it's the idea that fuels our vision, strategies, and determination to win. Click HERE to view the sponsorship package.

Our 2018 Honorees will continue the tradition of bringing together the most powerful artists, social action academics, activists, and thought leaders to celebrate LA CAN's work. We will honor Professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez & UCLA Million Dollar Hoods Project; Artivist, Mike De La Rocha (Revolve Impact); internationally celebrated, political recording artist, Mandeep Sethi (SETI X); dynamic civil rights attorney, Shayla Myers (Legal Aid Foundation Los Angeles); educator, filmmaker and 'Father of Leimert Park' Ben Caldwell and, the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

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Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee - SHOC & Allies - Join us!!!!

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UPDATE: I have wi-fi!
Ride for WRAP
No Timelines, No Deadlines for a Kickass Cause

Hello Pretty People -

It's been a while since my last post because wi-fi. So here's a last of Oregono update coming at ya! I'll try to stick to all the many lots of oodles of highlights and not complain about the hills too much.

Cape Blanco - Andy and I decided to take it easy making our way down the coast and lucked out with this awesome campsite. It's about 5 miles off of the main highway 101, but was very much worth it. We saw so many whales spouting and breaching from a viewpoint! There was also a hiker-biker site out of a magazine there. A few sites have been decked out by REI and the state, so they have a bike stand, pump, tools, and beautiful anti-raccoon/bear/mountain lion food lockers that have charging stations inside. S-W-A-N-K-Y! We were the only campers hiking or biking so it was quiet and we set up the hammock for the first time**sway. I hope to do this more in the future, but California seems pretty sensitive about its trees...

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The Oregon Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, will have their last day of action in this first phase of 40 days of action on Monday, June 18th in Salem - please join us! This action is a part of a national campaign taking place in 41 states and in our nation's capital. It is a part of 40 days of action started on Mother's Day to fight the four evils of poverty, systemic racism, the military economy and ecological devastation. More than 1500 people in Oregon have signed up to be a part of this campaign. If you have not but want to, please fill in the pledge card here: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org. You will receive emails from both national PPC and Oregon. You can email Oregon@poorpeoplescampaign.org with questions or go to FaceBook: OregonPPC.

Please register at the link below for joining us for any part of our Day of Action on June 18th. For safety, the address for the gathering will be given to you after you RSVP here - it may take a few days but you will get it before the 18th - thank you for being patient to protect everyone, especially those who are most targeted by the systems of violence we are working to dismantle: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-in-the-oregon-state-capital-on-june-18

11:00-1:00 Nonviolent Moral Direct Action Training
1:00 Potluck lunch - please bring something to share if you can
1:45 March to the capital
2:00-3:00 Rally at the capital
3:00-4:00 Action (to be announced at the training)
4:00-5:00 Food/cake, debrief and next steps at the place we met at in the morning

On Tuesday we will be sending a delegation of 12 folks from Oregon to WA DC for the final day of action that will take place in our nation's capital on June 23rd. The event will be live streamed from www.poorpeoplescampaign.org. It will be livestreamed in English and in Spanish starting at 10:00am EDT.

If you would like to help send our Oregon delegation, most who are from impacted communities, please do so here or send a check to: Metanoia Peace House, 2116 NE 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97212, with Poor People's Campaign Caravan in the memo line. Thank you!

Poor People's Campaign rallies at courthouse
REPORT BACK - End the War on the Poor -
Eureka California - Know Your Rigths, You Don't Need A Home To Vote.

About 30 people took to the Humboldt County Courthouse steps in Eureka on Monday evening holding signs, chanting slogans and listening to speakers all as part of the Humboldt Poor People's Campaign.

Protesters held signs with various statements such as "we need rent stabilization," "criminalizing homelessness is immoral," "fight poverty not the poor" and "housing is a human right."

One man wore judges robes and a American flag scarf while another wore a pitched tent with "Where is legal?" painted on one side.

The nation-wide campaign organization is a "call to moral revival saying our government isn't making policies for the benefit of all the livelihood of the majority of Americans," Humboldt Poor People's Campaign steering committee member Rebekah Paez said.

The rally included speakers, singers and an open microphone to allow people to tell their experiences being homeless or living on the edge of homelessness.

One of the handful of speakers on Monday was homeless advocate, Western Regional Advocacy Project executive director and homeless bill of rights author Paul Boden.

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