This is an incredibly difficult moment. The Trump administration is attacking on LA County — threatening our communities and our democracy. At LA Forward, we’re committed to helping Angelenos stay informed, grow as leaders, and take action in partnership with effective community organizing groups directly responding to Trump's manufactured crises.
We have lots of ways for you to take action this month!
At our Monthly Meeting on July 15, we’ll hear from Local Progress about how local leaders are organizing to stand up to Trumpism.
We’re excited to announce the launch of two new working groups — focused on Immigrant Justice Justice and the LA City Charter reform.
Speaking of working groups,... all 7 of our issue groups are meeting regularly! Check out the schedule here.
Join Indivisible’s One Million Rising campaign, building grassroots power through non-cooperation training nationwide.
Check out LA Taco's article — "25 Places to Volunteer Your Skills for Immigrants and Angelenos in Need Right Now"
Monthly Meeting: Where Are Our Leaders? – July 1
Many of us are wondering: Where are our elected leaders? Why aren’t more of them standing up to Trump? At our June Monthly Meeting, we’ll dive into these questions together. We’ll be joined by D’Ana Pennington, Program Director at Local Progress, a movement of local elected officials advancing a racial and economic justice agenda through all levels of local government. D’Ana will share how local leaders are organizing and taking action to push back against the Trump agenda. We’ll also hear from Maywood Mayor Mayra Aguiluz, who will offer a first-hand perspective on what it’s like to lead at the local level here in LA County during these incredibly challenging times.
Immigration Justice Working Group Launch – July 17
For the last several weeks, the Southern California has experienced racial profiling and disappearances of our neighbors, friends, colleagues, and family members. Although it is heartbreaking to process every day’s events, we must stay vigilant and organized to end this systemic violence. We welcome you to join our first working group meeting on July 17. At this first meeting, we will get to know one another and co-develop next steps and actions together. All of this work will be done in collaboration with organizations on the frontlines of immigrant justiuce and rapid reponse work. We will be meeting every other Thursday.
LA City Charter Reform Working Group Launch – July 14
We've always been in the weeds of LA City Charter reform, platforming teach-ins about Independent Redistricting (which we won last November!), City Council expansion, and more as possible governance reforms that LA City could be considering to become a better city for its residents. Now, with the advent of a 13-person City Charter Commission, we want to make sure our community members have access to tracking this process and readying for advocacy — all the way through whatever charter reforms end up on our ballot in November 2026.
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us — not just on single days of mass action, but through sustained organizing in our communities.
That’s why this summer, Indivisible is launching One Million Rising — a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us — and lead.
