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Greetings!

Today is a big day for LA Civil Rights - because today, we are opening the doors on the new home for civil and human rights in Los Angeles.

Our office space will provide state-of-the-art workspace for discrimination investigators, meeting space for human rights commissioners, and the John Lewis Conference Center, where changemakers will gather to make some good trouble.

In the past year, we've been able to meet with hundreds of community organizations, host over two dozen events, and reach millions of Angelenos in 17 languages through our LA for All campaign against hate. Now just imagine what we can do with a dedicated workspace.

But in all seriousness, this space isn't for us - it's for Los Angeles. It's a commitment to preserve and uphold civil rights, human rights and racial equity in this city, and long after we're gone, this space will be here to keep the faith and keep the fight for generations to come.

That future starts today, and I hope you'll join us on Instagram Live or Facebook Live to watch it happen. It means so much to me to see the LA Civil Rights office become a reality, and I am so grateful to all our partners and city leaders who helped make it happen.

Keep the faith and keep the fight,

- Capri Maddox
Executive Director,
Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department
TODAY: LA Civil Rights Grand Opening
Today is the Grand Opening of our LA Civil Rights Office - and though we are at full capacity for the in-person event - we hope you join the ribbon cutting on Instagram Live! Executive Director Capri Maddox will be joined by Mayor Eric Garcetti, elected officials, and community leaders to open the doors on our office complex. The LA Civil Rights Department spans three former retail locations, and includes modern workspaces, areas for reporting discrimination and hate, and the 50+ person John Lewis Conference Center. We are so excited to open our doors, and grateful to Gensler and our city partners for making it possible.

Join us on our Instagram Page (@lacivilrights) or Facebook Page at 10AM to watch live!
Happy Latinx Heritage Month!
September 15th marks the start of Latinx Heritage Month - a celebration of the diverse Latinx communities and histories that make the United States the vibrant and powerful country it is today. Here in Los Angeles, this month has even greater resonance, as more than 4.9 million Latinx individuals call LA County home, as do so many movements, stories, and figures of Latinx Heritage.

We'll be celebrating Latinx Heritage Month through October 15 with Latinx stories of LA through the social media campaign #LAEsperanza. Follow along on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and celebrate the Latinx past, present and future.
RECAP: Anti-Discrimination Webinar
On September 9th, we hosted the first webinar in our Discrimination Series: Fair Employment, Equitable Workplace and Upward Mobility. We explored workers rights and the state of the economy for workers and entrepreneurs of color. Thank you to our amazing panelists - Lola Smallwood Cuevas of Black Worker Center, Karim Webb of 4thMVMT and Branden Butler of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing - and to Councilmember Paul Krekorian for his opening remarks.

If you missed our webinar, you can watch it on our website - or, catch the next one in this ongoing series.
Remembering 9/11 Twenty Years Later
This past Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, a date that changed the world. We honored the lives lost in a ceremony at City Hall with Councilmember Paul Koretz and Parents, Educators, and Students in Action (PESA).

This year it becomes even more important to remember, as we educate a new generation of Americans about those attacks and what it meant.

As we honor the lives lost, let us also remember what got us through those difficult days - communities who came together, first responders who saved lives, and neighbors who helped each other through.

Read coverage of the event here.

Picture: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
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