Watch as we catch up with 8th District Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson and VP of Policy for the Community Coalition Karren A. Lane, J.D. to discuss how the Power Fest 2016 was organized to empower voters in South LA.
Reporter: Brittany K. Jackson
During election season, everybody always discerned an abundance of talk about presidential candidates campaigning in dozens of states to win over each state’s accumulation of delegates for their respective primaries.
In 2016 the right to vote is still being debated by the U.S. Supreme Court and there are still important lessons have not been learned…
Compton Mayor Aja Brown was invited back to the White House recently to participate in a discussion on legislative priorities aimed at helping to make the American middle class stronger. She was one of 27 state and local elected officials to attend the meeting. Topics discussed ranged from issues such as paid sick and family leave in all states, minimum wage increases in communities around the country and the President initiative called “My Brother’s Keeper”, a national call to action to close opportunity gaps faced by young people, including young men of color.
Carson City clerk Jim Dear states that Jawane Hilton’s election to councilman was illegal and allegedly uses N-Word