Rooted & Rising: Gatherings for A Just California

As Dr. Charity Chandler-Col, executive director of LA Voice reminded us: we are not spectators to history, we are shapers of it. Ours is a moral movement grounded in the belief that democracy works best when ordinary people step together into their extraordinary power.

Take Action

Participate in:

• May Day in MacArthur Park Register here
• Join this WhatsApp group to coordinate among attendees of our LA Voice & Liberty Hill Foundation event
• Voice Raise
• LA Forward Garden Party, April 25, 1-4 pm
• LA Forward Salon on Housing contact eallisonthomas@gmail.com

Support organizations that are resisting authoritarian consolidation:

• LA Voice
• Liberty Hill Foundation
• Liberty Hill Foundation’s 2026 Media and Journalism recommendations for organizations seeking funding:
  • Movement Journalism
  • New Media and Trusted Messengers
• Liberty Hill Foundation's recommended Immigrant Justice organizations to consider funding
  

Get out the vote for the June primary and learn more about Measure ER:

Measure ER is the Essential Healthcare Restoration Act for Los Angeles County. It instates a temporary, half a penny investment to protect the essential services that every person in Los Angeles County relies on for their healthcare needs.

Meet immediate needs of LA’s unhoused and economically precarious community:

If anyone is looking to donate materially, the Amazon wish list is available here. For anyone interested in volunteering time (cooking and/or serving food), the best thing to do is follow the primary coordinator, Eva Woods on Instagram, who manages the program. Since this is an all volunteer led effort, there is no website and all funds raised and all effort goes directly to supporting events at the park.

Reach out to Joy Friedman jfriedman@libertyhill.org if you would like:

• More specific recommendation for organizations, causes, or movements in need of funding
• To learn more about LA’s Home for Progressive Philanthropy,
• To learn more about opening a Donor Advised Fund,
• To attend more events like Saturday’s.

Reach out to Mavis Bortey-fio and Rabbi Suzy Stone if you would like to:

• Receive training and host your own house meeting or boycott,
• Advocate for ballot measures, including Measure ER, alongside a diverse set of leaders from all corners of LA County,
• Learn more about LA Voice.