As the Long Beach City Council debates on whether the city will house a migrant detention center, demonstrators gathered to make demands of their elected officials.
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Annual May Day demonstration sparks conversations on social change
Long Beach residents marched for their rights as workers for International Workers’ Day.
Long Beach residents reveal the first ever People’s Budget Proposal
About forty residents gathered on Tuesday morning in front of City Hall to present and endorse the first ever “The People’s Budget Proposal” for the 2019 fiscal year. The budget proposal was authored by four local activist organizations: the Housing Habitability Coalition, the Invest in Youth Campaign, the Long Beach[Read More…]
1,300 participate in local Families Belong Together rally
Long Beach residents took signs, slogans and spirit on Saturday to participate in a Families Belong Together rally which began at Cesar Chavez Park. The Families Belong Together events arose nationwide in response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s separation of migrant children and parents after processing them into detention[Read More…]
Immigration clinic brings families to CSULB
Concerns and questions about immigration brought people to The Pointe on Saturday, where they met with attorneys at a free legal clinic. The Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition and Cal State Long Beach’s Future Underrepresented Educated Leaders hosted the clinic, welcoming upward of 50 attendees into the venue where they[Read More…]