Christmas

Christmas Lights in Leimert Park

The lights, a winter’s seasonal theme of reds and greens. Tonight, neighbors and passerbys experience something magical in Leimert Park. If you didn’t know any better, you might confuse this residence with Disneyland or an enchanting holiday film. But on this crisp winter night in Los Angeles, the visual is all too real and spectacular. If you decide to check out winter lights tonight, accuweather says expect cold temperatures for LA, at °39 degrees! http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/los-angeles-ca/90012/weather-forecast/347625 It’s a great time to make hot cocoa, dress warm and check out the artistic efforts of your neighborhood! We won’t tell the street but

Kwanzaa: A Season and Celebration of the Good

This year marks the 49th anniversary of the pan-African holiday Kwanzaa, a celebration of family, community and culture. And all over the world throughout the global African community, African people will come together for seven days, December 26-January 1 to celebrate themselves and the good that they represent, create and enjoy in the world.

“Boycott Christmas, Not Jesus”

Mobilization increased for the national campaign to “Boycott Christmas, Not Jesus.” The economic boycott spans from November 27 from Black Friday spending on the day after Thanksgiving through January 1. It is the first action implemented out of Justice or Else, the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March. Approximately 1.4 million people joined convener, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 10 to commemorate the historic 1995 gathering. Now they’re working to redistribute the pain Blacks have suffered under white supremacy, and which plays out in areas like police brutality, mass incarceration,