May 2, 2012The Los Angeles TimesLetters to the EditorRE: "May Day rallies test LAPD," May 1, 2012 Dear Editor:Sadly, with yesterday's report on the May Day protests in L.A. ("May
Day rallies test LAPD; Occupy activists square off with officers
downtown..."), the Times fell to a new low in its history of traditionally
poor coverage of political protests.The Lawyers Guild had at least 60 legal observers stationed amongst the
numerous May Day protests. Three (3) arrests in the day-long schedule of
protests hardly qualifies as a "test" for the LAPD, whose top officers
repeatedly told me during the day that the day was "99% peaceful and
orderly" on the part of the protesters. (We are, however, still
investigating several legal observer reports of brutal behavior by some
members of the LAPD. A matter your reporters failed to cover.) The other
eight (8) arrests reported by the Times were, in fact, members of a union
protesting their employers at LAX, and those civil disobedience arrests were
planned well-in advance between the union and the LAPD and really had
nothing to do with the other May Day protests.As to the article's report on the numbers and size of the protests, I
am left wondering if the article's reporters were even actually in Los
Angeles yesterday. I was present throughout the largest of the two principal
immigrant rights marches and rallies, and at the first, and biggest, other
reporters on the scene estimated the crowd as, "about 10,000," not "only
several hundred" as the Times reported.In sum, your article, with its front page picture of a protester being
confronted by an angry cop, could only leave the reader with the clear
impression that a hand-full of trouble-makers came out yesterday to do
nothing more than "test" the LAPD and run wild in the streets, when the
truth is that thousands came out and peacefully protested economic injustice
towards immigrants, and all other workers in this nation.Sincerely,Jim LaffertyExecutive Director, National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles
Demand Full Transparency on LAPD's Secret Spying Program - April 26th at 5 PM
Concerned Communities Join Forces at LAPD “Symposium” to Rescind Special Orders 1 & 11 and
Demand Full Transparency on LAPD’s Secret Spying Program!
The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition will hold a rally and press conference on Thursday April 26th at 5 PM at 100 W. 1st Street, LA calling on the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for full transparency regarding LAPD’s secret spying program. A Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) “symposium” is to be held at LAPD headquarters at the same location later at 6:00 pm.
Coalition members will attend the "symposium" expecting an opportunity for full participation by the community in collective exchange of analysis, questions and impact of such policies.
JOIN US!
Thursday April 26th, 2012
Rally & Press Conference: 5 PM
LAPD “Symposium” begins: 6 PM
100 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles
Corner of 1st and Main – across city hall
My letter to @TomLaBonge re: #LAUSD District 5 #Redistricting. I hope the commission holds the line. #edu #socal
Dear Commission Members, I am writing to you as a Los Angeles native, homeowner in the impacted district, registered voter, and parent of an LAUSD middle-school student within the impacted region.
The proposed map has no tangible benefit to the students within the region; on the contrary, moving Garfield and unincorporated East Los Angeles into another district separates the community and makes navigating the LAUSD structure more challenging for me as someone who lives at the border of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated East L.A.
Accepting the proposed map might provide individuals such as school board member Monica Garcia future political advantage but I pray the commission hold the line to its original purpose: to ensure that redistricting provides more power to voting Los Angelenos rather than a process benefitting those already in office.
Please consider my two points above (1. this map makes navigating LAUSD more confusing for parents; 2. this map doesn't benefit children in LAUSD or voters at large).
Thank you for your time and attention. I would present these comments in public but I am co-presenting at 9:45am for the <redacted>.
Please feel free to contact me via email or surface mail with any questions.
Very truly yours.
/s/
<redacted>
Los Angeles, CA 90063
Keep ELA in #LAUSD District 5, STOP THE POWER GRAB! CALL NOW!
| The last public hearing concerning LAUSD Redistricting is tomorrow, April 25, at 8:30 AM. The City Council has their regular meeting afterwards (10 am) and we are an item on their agenda. Having two Board Members in the LAUSD for the greater Eastside of Boyle Heights and unincorporated ELA gives Latinos more representation. ics, monica and antonio want to have only one Board seat for greater Eastside. That means less representation, less democracy, and less diversity of political views. STOP THE POWER GRAB: Keep ELA in LAUSD District 5! ELA unincorporated is not part of LA City, the ELA Garfield HS Bulldog tradition is one of fighting to protect our community, protect and improve our schools, to fight for local representation! We do not want to be taken over by the downtown political interests of the mayor with his puppet politicians like monica and his high paid poverty pimps like ics who dupe and use parents and students to support the mayors political goals. Act now attend the meeting, call or write and email to: The LA City Council WILL decide on a final map April 25, Wednesday. Join by calling or writing to Council-members serving on the Rules Committee, who will make final recommendations, and send a message to KEEP ELA AND GARFIELD HS IN LAUSD DISTRICT 5! CALL or send an email to Council President Wesson, 213-473-7010, Chair, Rules Committee (copy everyone else listed below). In the "To" Field edw.johnson@lacity.org (his Chief of Staff) and erika.pulst@lacity.org (Clerk for the Committee). Copy: Councilmember LaBonge (Vice Chair) 213-473-7004 Councilmember Buscaino 213-473-7015 Councilmember Huizar Councilmember Englander 213-473-7012 John.S.Lee@lacity.org |
Carlos Montes
"Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right.
Henry Ford.
Sent: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 11:07 pm
Subject: Fwd: Special Council Meeting regarding LAUSD Redistricting Info Wed.
Here are the minor changes re linking LAUSD district 5, it does not include GHS, only the far eastern areas of ELA, and parts of El Sereno. The NEW report and NEW recommendation by the Chief Legislative Aide of the LA City is, attached and in the web link below, in the Agenda item. Special meeting to vote on it is this Wednesday, at LA City Hall, see note below.
C.
Re-Alignment of Districts 2 and 5Council District 10 has submitted a proposal that makes adjustments to the configuration of
Board Districts 2 and 5, and that also makes modifications to the proposed borders of Board
Districts 1, 4, and 7. The proposal (as detailed in Appendix C.3) would move the boundaries of
the corridor connecting the north and south sides of Board District 5 largely back to its existing
configuration along the eastern border of the LAUSD, move all of the Koreatown area,
Filipinotown, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo into one Board District, and reduce the number of
splits among different high school attendance zones.
This adjustment would reduce total population deviation
Carlos Montes
"Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right.
Henry Ford.
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Minemann <elizabeth.minemann@lacity.org>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 5:45 pm
Subject: Special Council Meeting regarding LAUSD Redistricting Info http://ens.lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas376777_04252012.pdf
From: Elizabeth Minemann <elizabeth.minemann@lacity.org>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 5:45 pm
Subject: Special Council Meeting regarding LAUSD Redistricting Info
Hello,
Please note:
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012
8 am committee meeting and 10:A.M. OR AS SOON THEREAFTER
AS COUNCIL RECESSES ITS REGULAR MEETING
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER
ROOM 340, CITY HALL
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
Thank you.
On-line Storage (a scattershot overview) #tech #minddump
I've been re-evaluating my on-line storage options this weekend. Currently, that buffet includes AmazonS3; Dropbox; SpiderOak; and a server for SCP/rsync. None of these solutions do what I need or want.
AmazonS3 has a nice free tier but, once it's no longer free, I don't know if I want to pay their data storage rates because I could always house PDFs and images elsewhere.
Dropbox is really nice but given their security snafus last year, I don't know if I feel confidence storing any sensitive data there. That being said, the autoupload from my android tablet is very cool because it ends up becoming an ad hoc backup of images taken with my tablet.
SpiderOak is a real interesting option because they are big on zero-knowledge which is something we should demand from our cloud vendors as default. I believe that was one of the Dropbox snafus, not having encryption on the data they're custodians of. As a general rule, this is one of the sexy features of SpiderOak. Another great feature is the polyfunctionality of the client: it does storage, sync, and sharing. The sync feature is really tight: it let's you sync across clients/devices.
The last tool, which I believe is not a practical tool for most people is access to a linux server and either setting up an rsync job or using an SCP tool with a GUI (WinSCP, FileZilla, etc). This route is good for techies but it isn't a very practical route for the average user.
At this point, I'm considering purchasing additional space on the SpiderOak server: a $100/year doesn't seem so bad....but then again, backing up docs via rsync, photos via amazons3, music via amazon music and google music, and system via time machine (yeah, i use a mac) might point to status quo being the most inexpensive though piecemeal solution.
I'm planning to look a little further into S3 as a solution to host things like PDF and video for certain applications related to work...but then again, embedding a clip and letting a scribd or vimeo take the traffic hit in exchange for a little branding might not be unreasonable given the uncertain recurring cost with long-term hosting w/in the S3 infrastructure.
CitizenshipWorks Nominated for a Webby Award!
I really admire IAN and the support they get from PBN. ------Original Message------
We're excited to share that CitizenshipWorks (http://www.citizenshipworks.org), a project of the Immigration Advocates Network, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and Pro Bono Net, has been nominated for Best Law Site in the 16th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. As a nominee, CitizenshipWorks is also eligible for The Webby Awards' "People's Voice Award", which is voted for online by fans across the globe. CitizenshipWorks is currently leading the votes in its category! Please vote for us and help us maintain our lead! Here's how: 1. Visit the Law category at http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/64 2. Click "Sign-up to vote" at the top of the page and register to vote with your email address or use your Google, Facebook or Twitter account login. (This step only takes a minute.) 3. After you have created an account, return to http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/64. To vote, click the CitizenshipWorks logo and then click again to confirm your vote. If you see a voting tally with percentages, you have voted successfully. That's it! Winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. If you have questions, email us at support@immigrationadvocates.org. Thanks for your support! Best,
Immigration Advocates Network
MEDIA Coverage: RECALL MONICA GARCIA
Amazing coverage of an effort to hold elected officials accountable.
RECALL MONICA GARCIA media coverage:
http://www.recallmonicagarcia.com/media_coverage
campaign launch: April 11, 2012 at LAUSD Beaudry
http://www.recallmonicagarcia.com/media_coverage
campaign launch: April 11, 2012 at LAUSD Beaudry
TELEVISION
- Ch22 http://www.recallmonicagarcia.com/recall_monica_garcia_press_conference_april_11_2012
- Univision Ch34 (link to be posted later)
NEWSPAPER
- LA OPINION, 2nd page on April 12 http://www.recallmonicagarcia.com/la_opinion_covers_recall_monica_garcia_press_conference_april_11
- DAILY NEWS http://www.dailynews.com/education/ci_20371766/lausd-critics-launch-campaign-recall-school-board-president
RADIO coverage
- KPCC: http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2012/04/11/5535/lausd-board-president-target-recall-campaign/
- KPFK: (link to be posted later)
- AM690: "Nuestra Gente" April 11, 9:00pm
- AM690: "Nuestra Gente" video of interviews:
- AM 1020: April 12, 3:00pm
BLOGS
- http://highlandpark-ca.patch.com/articles/protesters-call-for-firing-of-lausd-board-chief-video#youtube_video-9569457
- http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2012/04/lausd-recall-monica-garciaits-good.html
PROFESSIONAL FREELANCE
- Pocho One Photography:
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The lesson of Ellison's Invisible Man...
This is part of an email I wrote to our talented communications team today. I thought I'd share an excerpt because it underscores how sometimes, for the sake of appearing neutral, we actually (and unintentionally) perpetuate the invisibility that is ingrained in the racist society that we've inherited.
First off, people of color subjected to violence deserve to be named. Racism works by removing the humanity of the proverbial other and always making the person an outsider via labels such as country of origin, race, gender, etc. Second, the FBI is looking at it as a murder. A murder is VERY different from a tragic death. A tragic death is me breaking my neck because I slipped and fell in a bathtub. A murder would be me getting beat to death by the cops, even if they say it was provoked, would be murder. Here, there was a xenophobic come racist note next to the body.
I know we can't put up something like the feministing piece (which i <3), but at least naming those that society wants to remain nameless is part of our role as a civil rights org. http://feministing.com/2012/03/26/shaima-alawadi-iraqi-woman-murdered-in-ca/ --
I think that there's a delicate balance communications folks have to walk: how do we/they avoid alienating folks while being perfectly clear/honest with folks who have a different analysis predicated by their class or race-based privilege? Anyhow, it's a challenge for all of us; I know I sometimes euphemize tragedy for the sake of group comfort. In my silencing, I'm helping racism grow stronger....which is the path of least resistance.
Angela Davis on Trayvon Martin (Rest in Freedom)
“Trayvon’s blackness wasn’t something he could hide, so it wouldn’t have mattered whether he’d worn a hoodie or a t-shirt that fateful night. It mattered that he was black, and it mattered that the person who shot him had a vendetta out for black men before Trayvon ever set foot in the neighborhood. It matters that in 2012, there are more black men in prison today than those who were enslaved in 1850. It matters that blacks, in particular black men, are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and underrepresented in colleges. It matters that the black unemployment rate is nearly double that of unemployment for the general population. It matters that blacks are less likely to be screened, diagnosed, and treated for preventable diseases, less likely to own homes, less likely to receive research grants, and more likely to retire in poverty than their white counterparts. It matters that blacks are less likely than whites to abuse drugs, but more likely to be convicted of drug crimes. None of these statistics are due to a genetic predisposition to violence, poor health and underachievement, instead as a direct result of the disenfranchisement of blacks that has occurred in this country for more than 200 years at the hands of slavery, Jim Crow Laws, discrimination, and the institutionalized racism in our schools, banks, businesses, courts, and prisons that has torn apart our families and fractured our community. Just like Trayvon Martin, race mattered for Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell, Emmett Till, and hundreds more we will never know the name of who died because of their skin color.”
~Angela Marie Davis
~Angela Marie Davis
much love,
-daNaE-
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