Health Care for All – LA will join the Muslim Delegates and Allies (MD&A) on Tuesday, March 2, at 6 PM (PST) as co-sponsors for a conversation with Dr. Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter-LA, Gina Clayton-Thompson, founder and Executive Director of Essie Justice Group, and the co-author of the Breathe Act, and Chair of the Legislative Progressive Caucus, Assemblymember Ash Kalra to learn more about the visionary bill authored by Movement for Black Lives to divest our taxpayer dollars from brutal and discriminatory policing and invest in a new vision of public safety.
On Tuesday, we will remember Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Natasha McKenna, George Floyd, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Elijah McClain, Pearlie Golden, Kayla Moore, Freddie Gray, Atatiana Jefferson, Oscar Grant, and honor the lives of those taken by state-sanctioned violence and Police. We will also discuss the role the Progressive State of California must play in order to ensure that this vision comes to reality.
HCA-LA leadership team member Hanieh Jodat will be joined by co-host Ben Hauck , Political Director of Public Bank LA and Nadia B. Ahmad , Chairwoman and co-founder of MD&A (Florida) to discuss a call to action.