For LA Metro Black Lives, Don’t Matter.  LA Metro criminalizes black riders who are only 19% of riders, but make up over 50% of all LA Metro fare citations, fines and arrest are Black riders on [...]

Read this Article on Alternet A coalition of Los Angeles high school students and grassroots organizers just accomplished the unthinkable. After nearly two years of sit-ins and protests, they [...]

Today, after 18 months of ferocious uphill organizing the Labor/Community Strategy Center reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles School Police [...]

Dear Mr. Eric Mann, First, I want to thank you for your dialogue with me, other Board Members and with Chief Zipperman over the past few weeks. Yesterday you received a detailed letter together [...]

Dear Sirs: Our past and ongoing commitment to strengthening trust and partnerships with the Strategy Center and other community organizations remains paramount. It was a pleasure meeting with [...]

To the members of the Labor Community Strategy Center and the Dignity in Schools Campaign, The need for safety is a collective responsibility that must balance our lessons learned from history, [...]

A civic group protesting the military-style weapons once held by LA Unified police said they will continue to disrupt meetings and hold demonstrations until they get answers and action. The [...]

Dear Allies, We are happy to announce a major development, breakthrough and victory in our struggle against the Los Angeles Unified School District participation in the 1033 Program.  After a [...]

March 2, 2016 LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King, LAUSD President Steve Zimmer, Monica Garcia, George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson, Ref Rodriguez, Monica Ratliff, Richard Vladovic Los Angeles [...]

March 1, 2016 LAUSD President Steve Zimmer, Monica Garcia, George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson, Ref Rodriguez, Mónica Ratliff, Richard Vladovic, Superintendent Michelle King 333 South Beaudry Ave., [...]

LAUSD and LASPD has proclaimed its discontinued relationship with the Federal Department of Defense 1033 Program, FFSC Rally and Demonstration Demanding LAUSD to Destroy/ Return All 1033 Weapons [...]

Written by: Eric Mann, Director of the Labor Community Strategy Center, Revolutionary, Civil Rights, Anti-war, Labor, and Environmental Justice Organizer. Originally Posted on Huffington Post On [...]

July 24, 2015 LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board of Education 333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor Los Angeles, CA 900173 Dear LAUSD Board President Zimmer, We are writing to you on [...]

May 15, 2015 Superintendent Ramon Cortines Los Angeles Unified School District 333 South Beaudry Ave., 24th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 Dear Superintendent Cortines: We have received your letter [...]

L.A.’s top school-district cop says his department will return the grenade launchers they borrowed from the Pentagon, but will hold on to the M16 assault rifles and the military-grade armored [...]

It has come to our attention, in information released this past week that several California school police departments, including Los Angeles Unified School Police, have received highly [...]

Statement by the Labor/Community Strategy Center’ Fight for the Soul of the Cities and Community Rights Campaigns. It has come to our attention, in information released this past week that [...]