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A historic effort to buy the Crenshaw Mall to redevelop it for the community, and by the community.

06/13/2025

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

That is Saturday June 14th we are excited to invite you to an intimate event to celebrate a new partnership between The World Stage Performance Gallery, Liberty Community Land Trust and Downtown Crenshaw Rising.

For decades The World Stage has been the leading force in cultivating local talent, which can be seen and heard across this country and indeed the world. We are excited to partner with them to help continue their esteemed legacy and train the next generation of artists committed to justice, as we work together to build out their future home on Liberty Community Land Trust land.

At a time when the authoritarian federal government is trying to silence critics, terrorize the most vulnerable, remove our contributions from society, ban books from Black authors, and occupy our streets with a heavy military presence, we want to be in community with you to celebrate our support for Black arts and each other.

There is a lot of good trouble happening in Los Angeles this weekend, and we encourage you to participate and exercise your first amendment rights. We hope you will protest in the morning and party with us in the afternoon.

12/29/2022

Ujamaa 🌿 “To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.”

Throughout 2022, Downtown Crenshaw and Liberty Community Land Trust worked diligently to ensure the principle of Ujamaa stayed at the center of all we did for our community. Whether it was purchasing land to build 100% affordable housing, buying commercial properties to help maintain the legacies of black owned businesses, obtaining single family homes to house the most vulnerable, or creating cooperative spaces, we wanted to see the community benefit from our practice of Ujamaa.

We made it our mission to sustain our Black presence in Crenshaw through cooperative economics.

Join us tonight, December 29th at 6:00PM for our annual Kwanzaa Celebration where we’ll celebrate the work of Liberty Ecosystem in light of Ujamaa!

Let’s celebrate together!

12/16/2022

We’re excited to have our monthly mutual aid food giveaway at the weekly AfricaTown marketplace in partnership with , , , and . Come pick up free fresh produce on Sunday, December 18th at noon in Africa Town (Leimert Park Village). If you want to volunteer, please arrive at 10am.

We’ll be there until all food has been given away.

Join us!

11/18/2022

We’re excited to have our monthly mutual aid food giveaway at the weekly AfricaTown marketplace in partnership with , , , and . Come pick up free fresh produce on Sunday, November 20th at noon in Africa Town (Leimert Park Village). If you want to volunteer, please arrive at 10am.

We’ll be there until all food has been given away.

Join us!

11/03/2022

WE’RE THE VOICES. WE’RE THE LEADERS.
Sociocracy is a concept that suggests the best decisions are made when everyone’s voice is heard. As a result, organizations and movements can make inclusive decisions, save time, and create more human organizations. It also serves as a decision making model and governance model that’s in line with the ethos of the cooperative identity, which honors and centers the human individual within the organization.

Join us November 4th-6th as Shala Massey, Sociocracy for All trainer, helps us to better understand sociocracy principles and practices in a community-centered space!

Register here: http://bit.ly/sociocracyq422

TRAINING INFORMATION
The training will take place over three days at The Umoja Center (3347 W. 43rd Los Angles, CA 90008):
November 4th from 7:00PM - 10:00PM
November 5th from 12:00PM - 6:00PM
November 6th from 12:00PM - 4:00PM
**NOTE: There are capacity limits, and all participants will be required to adhere to strict COVID protocol, including spacing and wearing KN-95/N-95 masks at all times.***

(Meals will be provided)
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

10/30/2022

IMPORTANT: L.A.'s SECTION 8 WAITLIST OPEN UNTIL OCT 30

For the first time in 5 years, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) is opening up the Section 8 waitlist. It will only be open until October 30, 2022 at 5pm.

As we work to build and maintain housing in our community that long-time residents can afford, Section 8 is a critical financing tool. Many of our units will be made available to rent (and hopefully to purchase) to Section 8 voucher holders.
Most members and families in our community will qualify for Section 8, especially those who are the greatest risk of displacement from rising rents.

SIGN UP TO GET IN THE SECTION 8 LOTTERY NOW at https://hacla.hcvlist.org AND SPREAD THE WORD

10/17/2022

Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission 1st Public Engagement Event!

Did you know the City of Los Angeles has its own Advisory Commission? Yes! In addition to the CA State Reparations effort, Black Angelenos also have a local platform to engage the this most important assessment of the history and legacy of slavery and institutional racism in our city.

The LA City Reparations Advisory Commission was tasked by with developing the city’s first pilot reparations program for Black residents of LA City.

The Commission will host its first virtual meeting on October 20th with “Homecoming,” a conversation about LA’s past, present and the reparations work needed for a brighter future. Join us on Zoom and FB Live at bit.ly/ReparationsLA

10/15/2022

We’re excited to have our monthly mutual aid food giveaway at the weekly AfricaTown marketplace in partnership with , , , and . Come pick up free fresh produce on Sunday, October 16h at noon in Africa Town (Leimert Park Village). If you want to volunteer, please arrive at 10am.

We’ll be there until all food has been given away.

Join us!

10/12/2022

At tonight’s special Sankofa Gathering we’ll discuss what we’ve known all along. Now, it’s our job to call it for what it is, demand resignations & demand ending the systemic anti-Black racism that is in the DNA of our city’s most powerful institutions.

We’ll also discuss how you can get involved in protesting at City Hall, and upcoming canvassing opportunities and serving at out next Mutual Aid giveaway this week. See you all at 6:30pm Pacific on Zoom!

10/06/2022

Join us for tonight for a special Sankofa Gathering (the weekly Downtown Crenshaw-Liberty CLT coordinating meeting). Our architects at Designing Justice+Designing Spaces will be retuning to provide updates on the community designing process for the former Total Experience site at 43rd Place and Crenshaw.

We will also discuss how you can get involved in canvassing our community and serving at our next Mutual Aid event in AfricaTown this month.

See you at 6:30pm on Zoom!

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4399 Degnan Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90008

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