Archive for the ‘ Eventos’ Category
Goods Movement Toxic Tour
Members of greenRELAY decided to attend the Goods Movement Toxic Tour led by East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice last week. The tour, which focused primarily on the cities of Commerce and Bell Gardens, highlighted the environmental justice implications of international trade and the expansion of the Long Beach Freeway, Interstate 710.
August 29, 2009
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Anson · 
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Tags: Commerce, EYCEJ, goods movement, photos, rail, toxic tour · Posted in: Eventos
Community Rights Campaign Workshop
On Saturday, August 1st I held a workshop that dealt with the Labor/Community Strategy Center‘s Community Rights Campaign. The workshop discussed in great detail the campaign itself, the demands on LAUSD, and how we want to change pre-prison conditions in high schools. I was able to present to the group the background and tools needed [...]
August 10, 2009
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Tags: Community Rights Campaign, LC, LCSC, leadership, school to prison pipeline, Stop Pre-prisoning, truancy tickets, Jovenes · Posted in: Eventos, Historias
Solidarity March
Workers from Overhills Farm, American Apparel, Farmer Johns and others joined to march in order to stop the rampant I-9 audits and E-verify. E-verify is system that makes sure whether someone can legally work in the US. Whenever someone applies for a job, the person’s information is put in the system and in a matter [...]
August 6, 2009
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Tags: civil rights, E-Verify, immigrantion, Workers, working class · Posted in: Eventos
City Council Meetingon Greener Retrofit and Workforce Program
The meeting will discuss the funding of a Greener Los Angeles. The meeting will cover how a Green jobs could help the Los Angeles community. It will also be a great opportunity if anyone has any ideas or anything to say to come and let your voice b generic propecia e heard. Where: Los Angeles [...]
August 4, 2009
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Tags: City Hall, green jobs · Posted in: Eventos
Public Scoping Meeting – Expansion at the Port of LA
On Wednesday August 5, 2009 at 6pm, The Port of Los Angles and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a Public Scoping Meeting to discuss “the redevelopment and expansion of the existing container terminal [at Berths 302-306] by 56 acres.” The public comment period lasts until Aug 24th, but anyone who intends to [...]
August 3, 2009
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Tags: Port of LA, ports, public meeting · Posted in: Eventos
TRPT and the National Day of Action
Last Wednesday, the Transit Riders for Public Transportation campaign took action all over the United States. Big cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Portland, Chicago and Atlanta participated in the rally. The motivation for the day of action was to get Congress Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 2746 which is a bill introduced by [...]
August 2, 2009
· Monte · Comments Closed
Tags: BRU, federal government, politics, public transportation, transit, TRPT · Posted in: Eventos
LA Park(ing) Day
Damien Newton from LA Streetsblog announced a Parking Day Ride on the blog on July 27th, 09. Park(ing) Day LA is an annual event in which people ‘rent’ parking spots throughout the city and create open space and temporary parks. The 2009 day will take place on Friday, Sept 18th. The Park(ing) Day LA Website [...]
August 2, 2009
· Christine · One Comment
Tags: free parking, livable streets, park(ing) day, public space, streets · Posted in: Eventos, Noticias
Item 61 – The MTA Postpones LRTP Approval Again
On July 23rd, 2009, the MTA held its monthly board meeting, and a hot ticket item – the 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan – was on the agenda. There were so many supporters that the new chair, Ara J. Najarian, asked supporters to skip the speeches, acknowledge their support and sit down to keep to [...]
July 28, 2009
· Christine · 10 Comments
Tags: MTA · Posted in: Eventos
Solidarity March
The working class in Los Angeles is being targeted by I-9 audits and by the use of E-Verify. March alongside \the workers of Overhill Farms, American Apparel, Farmer Johns and others call on all immigrant and human rights organizations and supporters to DEMAND THAT OBAMA STOP THE RAMPANT I-9 AUDITS AND E-VERIFY! Wednesday, July 29, [...]
July 28, 2009
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Tags: civil rights, E-Verify, immigrant rights, immigrants · Posted in: Eventos
MTA Board Meeting
I woke at 6:40 AM to attempt to attend a meeting that started at 9:30 PM. I just have to say that if public transportation was easier to use that I probably could have gotten up at 7:45. If the MTA trip planner which I attempted to use was better I wouldn’t have wasted so [...]
July 28, 2009
· Ryan · No Comments
Tags: MTA, public transportation · Posted in: Eventos
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