Today’s Local Actions – Thursday 7/9 – “Continue on” Edition
Check out all our “Watch Party” videos here.
- Today’s MOST SHAREABLE: The Cursed Platoon – How Hannity and Trump made a murderer into a hero
- Recently added: “What defund the police” really means.
- Recently added: Suppressed: The Fight to Vote – Full Film
Events happening today!
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; It must be demanded by the oppressed.” ~ MLK
- We’re putting up information on local protests and actions by others we’re finding from informal sources. These listings are not endorsements nor guarantees as to time/place/type of protest or participant safety. Events can and have already been cancelled without notice.
- Protest safely in the time of pandemic and police overreaction: Go here for resources on camera apps, equipment, what to know if you’re stopped by police.
Today’s CALL/email Actions!
Junipero Serra Statue Action
Whose history counts? Write Ventura City Councilmembers to relocate the Serra Statue! Get ready for the next meeting on Wed. July 15.
Although Ventura Mayor Matt LaVere, Father Tom Elewaut of Mission San Buenaventura and Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, tribal chair of the Barbareno/Ventureno Band of Mission Indians (Chumash), had already agreed that the statue of Junipero Serra should be transferred from City Hall to the mission grounds where he belongs, a contentious city council meeting spooked some council members to abandon this civilized solution, and punt their decision to a later meeting on a CEQA technicality (Wed. July, 15th) or even to a costly public vote. Continue reading “#BLM protests and other antiracist things to do…”
