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, [...]

Dear LAUSD Board President Zimmer and Superintendent King: The Philadelphia Student Union is a youth-led, civil and human rights organization working to stop the school to prison pipeline and the [...]

El distrito escolar fue urgido a mejorar la educación, a apoyar a la comunidad y a los estudiantes, en vez de aceptar programas militares  que lo dotaron de armas de alto poder. Y así puede tomar [...]

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., [...]

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 [...]

June 19, 2015 Eric Mann, Director Manny Criollo, Director Labor/Community Strategy Center 3780 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Dear Sirs: The Los Angeles Unified School [...]

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 [...]

Last week, President Obama issued an executive order to regulate the use of military equipment within local police departments, as part of an ongoing effort to address police violence in [...]

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 [...]

A small but loud group from The Labor Community Strategy Center’s Fight for the Soul of the Cities and Community Rights Campaign protested outside of LA Unified headquarters yesterday, demanding [...]

Los Angeles Unified’s school police have returned their armored vehicle after community outcry over a federal program that sent military weapons to local law enforcement agencies. That “1033 [...]

The Labor/Community Strategy Center’s Community Rights Campaign rejects Boardmember Ratliff’s resolution to study expansion of police into elementary schools, proud members of the [...]

Michael Davis’ block in Los Angeles used to have huge trees on both sides of the street, so big they created a canopy. “They were beautiful,” says the 17-year-old high school [...]

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 [...]