“Beloved Community!” Show up on Jan. 19th to your local MLK Jr. Day observance event!

Yeah, go do a “Day of Service” project…
But FIRST, show up in the morning to pay your respects with the community who’ve been dealing with the Trumps of this world for generations!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeCzzRY_RI8)

Ventura County will be celebrating its 40th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observance on Monday, January 19th.

8:00 am – Freedom March starting from Oxnard Plaza Park
9:00 to 11:00 am – Observance Program am at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC)

Note to organizers: If you are arranging a “Day of Service” event on that Monday instead of the weekend before, please time it for AFTER this local observance! Encourage your people to take part in what MLK Jr. called the “Beloved Community.”

Mobilize link here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/878233/
$10 admission to the Observance Program includes great refreshments and vendor exhibits. Tickets may be purchased from MLK Committee members, at the door, or online at www.mlkventuracounty.com.

The Freedom March

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You swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Do your job! Join ACLU’s lawsuit against Trump’s unconstitutional raids NOW!

URGENT ACTION! CONTACT YOUR CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS – DEADLINE IS AUG. 12/13

Oxnard has just added their name to the list of cities who’ve recently joined a lawsuit (Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem) initiated by the ACLU which challenges the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s immigration raids. Los Angeles (and Los Angeles County), Pico Rivera, Montebello, Monterey Park, Culver City, Santa Monica and West Hollywood have already signed on. That list should include every city in Ventura County, including the county itself.

These lawsuits are important! Bautista, et al. v. Noem seeks to strike down a new policy enacted by ICE ending bond eligibility for immigrants currently detained by the agency. And there’s been a recent victory. (KTLA.com) “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are no longer allowed to identify themselves as local police or use deceptive tactics during home arrests in Southern California, following a court-approved settlement reached in a class action lawsuit.”

Action: Email a message to your city councilmembers and county supervisors TODAY! [(2) sample scripts]

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Wed 5/13: Ventura County’s Mask & Gown Brigades update and related news.

Beautiful masks made by a local volunteer!

Meet the four health care professionals who stood in silence on May 1!

Watch their video interview here. Many will recognize these awesome local professionals and how lucky Ventura County is to have them.

Listen to the message of care and empathy that brought them in front of hundreds of yelling, angry anti-lockdown protesters. (See previous post on protest here.)
Listen to what they seeing in their health care facilities, for children, adults and the families of patients.
Listen to what they are learning about this disease.

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