MEDIA CONTACT:
August, 2015
Jamarah Harris
646-262-8044
Jamarah.harris@gmail.com
Days of Dialogue to Host Future of Policing Conversations Across LA
Hundreds Expected to Join Mediated Discussions Beginning August 11, 2015
LOS ANGELES—In an effort to ensure constructive civic engagement around the difficult issue of police violence, the Institute for Nonviolence in Los Angeles (INVLA), through its Days of Dialogue program, is planning large-scale dialogues throughout Los Angeles County on the “Future of Policing,” marking the 50th Anniversary of the Watts Rebellion. Beginning August 11, 2015, hundreds of people will gather in sites across Los Angeles to share their perspectives on how to rebuild trust between community and law enforcement in a time when nearly every week we hear another story of a violent clash. These dialogues will be facilitated by trained moderators and are supported by our partners in the faith community, law enforcement and social justice advocacy.
Dialogues will be hosted at 12 sites across Los Angeles County, listed below. Please check www.futureofpolicing.org for up-to-date information.
LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT-MARINA DEL REY AND PARK HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH
Park Hills Community Church Fellowship Hall
5245 Overdale Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90043
10 AM – 12:30 PM
Contact: dodaugust11@gmail.com
PEACE OVER VIOLENCE
Peace Over Violence
1015 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Contact:Emily@peaceoverviolence.org
KOREAN CHURCHES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Oriental Mission Church
424 N. Western Ave.
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Contact: info@kccd33.org
RSVP: for more information and to RSVP visit www.KCCD.org
ELMO VILLAGE
St. Elmo Village
4830 St. Elmo Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90019
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Contact:stelmovillage@earthlink.net
Phone: (323) 931-3409
YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION
Youth Justice Coalition
1137 East Redondo Beach Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90302
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact:abraham@youth4justice.org
LOS ANGELES COUNTY (LACOFD) FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Station 181
590 S. Park Ave.
Pomona, CA 91766
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact: troy.flath@fire.lacounty.gov
Phone: 909-620-2003
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH & LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT SOUTH
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Doheny Campus
10 Chester Place
Los Angeles, CA 90007
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Contact: Tyler.Dixon@lacity.org
CASA ESPERANZA
Casa Esperanza
14705 Blythe Street
Panorama, CA 91402
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Contact:kristian@casaesperanzaihm.org
Phone: (818) 786-1076
LACOFD
Division V, Fire Station
129 Training Center
42110 6th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93534
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Contact:Carmen.Mackey@fire.lacounty.gov
LAPD CENTRAL & LAFD CENTRAL
Glassell Senior Citizen Center
3750 Verdugo Road
Los Angeles, CA 90065
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Contact:Hector.M.Hernandez@lacity.org
Phone: (323) 344-5717
LAPD VALLEY & LAFD VALLEY
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
15107 Vanowen Street
Van Nuys, CA 91405
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Contact: Danny.Wu@lacity.org
LAPD OPERATIONAL WEST BUREAU PACIFIC DIVISION AND LAFD OPERATIONS WEST BUREAU
Ahmanson Recruit Training Center
5651 W. Manchester Ave.
Westchester, CA 90045
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contact: Michael McIndoe
(213) 703-3477
Michael.McIndoe@lacity.org
AUGUST 16, 2015
COMMITTEE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
The Church in Ocean Park
235 Hill Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Contact: Res1810J@verizon.net
AUGUST 28, 2015
LOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORPS
2824 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Contact: dhaynes@lacorps.org
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
TONGAN AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION; OFFICE OF SAMOAN AFFAIRS; CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS
CSU Dominguez Hills
Welch Hall
1000 Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Contact:
Vaka Faletau
310.404.1772
OCTOBER 3, 2015
SEIU 99
2724 West 8th Street
Los Angeles 90005
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Contact: Tonia McMillian
mcmilliant@aol.com
OCTOBER 8, 2015
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Chapman University
Civic and Cross Cultural Engagements
1 University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Contact: JKoppel@chapman.edu
All events are open to the media. The series will be preceded by a special dialogue on August 10, 2015 at 10:00am, which can be viewed via Time Warner Cable webcast. It is not necessary to be a Time Warner Cable subscriber to view the webcast. Advanced registration is required: http://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=2142&seid=74
Days of Dialogue has a robust social media presence. Please follow along at @daysofdialogue, #futureofpolicing and www.facebook.com/daysofdialoguela
Generous support for Future of Policing has been provided by Ambassador Frank E. Baxter, the California Community Foundation, the California Endowment, the California Nurses Association, Dakota Communications, Fox Entertainment Group, IBEW Local 18, Immaculate Heart Community, LA Police Protective League, McKissack & McKissack, NBC Universal, Councilmember Curren Price Jr., SEIU ULTCW, SEIU Local 99, Sony Pictures, the Southern California Gas Company and Time Warner Cable.
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