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Liberty Hill Statement on Family Separation
Jun 20 2018
Continue ReadingLiberty Hill Supporter,
Like many other people across the nation, I went home every night this last week to hug my children a little tighter, feeling extreme sorrow for those families who were denied the same opportunity by our government.
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Get to Know Liberty Hill's 2018 Leaders to Watch
May 22 2018
Continue ReadingRemember what it was like to be a kid? What would you have done, at 12 years old, if you couldn’t breathe because of the oil drilling site next door? What if, at 16 you were sent to jail for being late to school?
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Justice Begins at Home - Highlights from the 2018 Upton Sinclair Awards Dinner
Apr 20 2018
Continue ReadingThe 2018 Liberty Hill Awards Dinner was one for the books! Here are some of the most memorable moments from the sold out gala.
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Talking Community, Arts and Access with Liz Levitt Hirsch
Apr 16 2018
Continue ReadingLiberty Hill is pleased to honor Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch with the Founders Award at our 2018 Upton Sinclair Awards Dinner on April 19. The recognition is given to individuals whose philanthropy embodies the spirit of “change, not charity” and whose exceptional generosity is helping to realize equality and justice for all.
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Why Justice Begins at Home
Apr 16 2018
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Honoring a Civil Rights Hero
Mar 19 2018
Continue Reading“Tell them they have to have hope, no matter what. If they get knocked down, they have to get back up.” That is what Congressman John Lewis—this year’s recipient of Liberty Hill’s Upton Sinclair Award—told me when I asked him what he would say to our youth leaders in L.A.
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Queer Youth Leaders Mobilize for GSA Day of Racial Justice
Feb 27 2018
Continue ReadingIn February 2018, Liberty Hill partnered with the Genders and Sexualities Alliance (GSA) Network of Southern California—one of our grantees fighting to empower and train young LGBTQ leaders—to call on Los Angeles County elected officials to address issues of disproportionate criminalization and abusive treatment of LGBTQ youth of color.
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Statement from Liberty Hill Director of Common Agenda, Michele Prichard on L.A. County Report on Oil Drilling
Feb 23 2018
Continue ReadingThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health validated today what hundreds of residents living near urban oil drilling sites have already known: proximity to oil drilling is hazardous to their health.
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Environmental News Roundup
Jan 30 2018
Continue ReadingIn the fight to end neighborhood oil drilling across Los Angeles’ communities, every small victory is worth celebrating, and every campaign move is an opportunity to highlight the public health challenges that communities face.
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My Fight For Youth Justice
Jan 30 2018
Continue ReadingIf someone offered you $100,000 and two years to think deeply about how to solve a big problem, what problem would you tackle? As a recipient of the 2018 Stanton Fellowship, I have just that opportunity.