Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education (SCOPE)

Black community leaders throughout California say YES on Prop 15. After seeing how wealthy corporations are using lies to divide our communities these leaders want to set the record straight. #YESon15 #Election2020

"Despite our progressive values and diverse population, California plays a leading role in this ugly history... California’s cap is the oldest and most severe. It was created while families of color face credit restrictions limiting their purchase of property, just 30 years after whites-only deed restrictions were invalidated and 19 years after the enactment of fair employment and housing laws. As voters consider Proposition 15, the Schools and Communities First Initiative, recent research from UC San Diego offers further evidence that a yes vote will dismantle a system holding back people of color and help make right past wrongs." Read more about how #YesonProp15 will benefit Black and Brown communities: https://calmatters.org//a-yes-vote-on-prop-15-will-help-d/

Let's go out and vote South LA residents! If you are concerned about voting in person, there's still time to vote by mail. Track your ballot at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov and stay safe. Residentes del Sur de Los Angeles Salgamos y votemos!... Si le preocupa votar en persona, todavía hay tiempo para votar por correo. Siga su boleta en WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov y mantengase saludable.

Who’s ready for tomorrow’s Ballot Party? We’re extremely excited and can’t wait to see you! We have DJ Rony G joining us, St. Panther and 3 raffles (what kind of gift will you receive ) You can RSVP today: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSe0Hx9ytaxCRJvjLo/viewform

This Friday night at our Mobilize Our Power: Ballot Party our special guest will be St. Panther! We're super excited to have her with us-- get hyped by listening to the video below (link attached) and join us fat 5pm on Friday! https://www.youtube.com/watch

"Through countless hours of community advocacy, innovation, and analysis, LA County took an important step forward this week to secure clean water for all residents, develop more green space, and grow our region’s climate resilience. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved over $95 million in new investments for the first round of Safe Clean Water Program projects, including many recommended by OurWaterLA and community leaders." How exciting and great work... to all those involved in the advocacy and education of the Safe Clean Water Program!! Read more about what this all means: https://ourwaterla.org/la-county-approves-first-year-of-sa/

Join us and our partner organizations for a series of workshops to discuss community health and resilience during and after COVID-19. Please register at the registration link: http://bit.ly/covid19workshops Choose one of the three (or all three!) to join: ... Path to Just Recovery (PSR-LA, USC, SCOPE): Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 10am-12pm COVID-19 and Community Health Disparities (PSR-LA, USC, Esperanza): Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 3pm-5pm Green Cleaning and COVID-19 (PSR-LA, USC, IDEPSCA): Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 3pm-5pm See more

What's at stake for South Los Angeles? These four offices on the ballot play a crucial role in the political, social and economic landscape of South Los Angeles. Learn what each office does, what's at stake specifically for our community and the candidates w/ some links to research their political history and talking points. Let’s make the best choices we can for our community. We’ll be discussing which propositions impact racial justice this Friday at 5pm at our Mobilize Our Power: Ballot Party! Make sure to join us, we have an event page with all the info.

BLMLA X @BLDPWR | Wednesday, 10/21/2020 at 3PM #JackieLaceyMustGo Demonstration and March to the Polls, meet at Hall of (In)Justice, 211 W. Temple, DTLA Bri...ng your ballot and wear your walking shoes! We’ll rally with the families, lifting up the names and Spirits of the 622 people killed by police on DA Jackie Lacey’s watch. Lacey refuses to prosecute the police who kill our people in just about every case! For more on why she must go, visit jackielaceymustgo.org. Together, we’ll take a short walk to a ballot drop off location and VOTE HER OUT! See more

This Friday join us for our Mobilize Our Power: SCOPE Ballot Party! We’ll have music, games, a raffle and we’ll discuss our racial justice slate. We can’t be more excited for a fun night this election season and we hope you’re just as excited. More info on our event page: https://fb.me/e/3BPuVEqVr Share and help spread the word! ... #elections2020 #RepCA #RepTogether #MondaysWeMove See more

This election is about more than presidential candidates; it’s about our communities. Dismantling systemic racism, ending police brutality and protecting our rights requires us to demand new leadership, build power, and vote to make change happen. Visit myBlackCounts.org/VOTE to learn more. #BlackVotesCount #myBlackCounts

SCOPE Member, Veronica Wilkins, was quoted in this article discussing the important and hard work she, along with so many other volunteers, does to educate residents about the elections and #YesonProp15 The first half of the day we call them, and we educate people about Prop. 15. We ask, ‘Does this sound like something you’d support? When we talk to them and they tell us yes, then we ask them about their ballothave you received it and filled it out? The Yes on 15 responses... are tabulated and those voters slated for further contact to make sure the voting process is a smooth one. But she misses the connection of face-to-face conversations. You go out into the community, you meet people, Wilkins says. The people she calls are frequently glad to hear from herbut timing matters. It dependsis the debate on? Is the game on? That’s when she has to call back later or another evening." Read the full article: https://capitalandmain.com/campaigning-for-tax-reform-a-gro

Debbie is a member of SCOPE in South LA. She’s struggling to pay her utility bill every month. Debbie and many other Angelenos have been struggling to pay their rent and utility because of the pandemic. LADWP can help by erasing utility debt. You can support by signing here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/erase-utility-debt