The murders of three Angelenos in the first six days of 2023 by the LAPD reflect the ongoing brutality of policing and the immense harm its practices cause to our communities. As members of White People 4 Black Lives (WP4BL), we will not stay silent. Our community members, Keenan Anderson…

by White People 4 Black Lives Resources for helping us have brave conversations about race at the dinner table with extended family on Thanksgiving are so necessary, but what if we are struggling with celebrating or even talking about the holiday with our children? How we frame this holiday for…

by White People 4 Black Lives WP4BL is a white anti-racist collective committed to ending white support for “state violence,” defined as “the use of legitimate governmental authority to cause unnecessary harm and suffering to groups, individuals and states.” The leaked tapes from an October 2021 secret meeting between then-City…

After yet another white supremacist mass shooting, we at White People 4 Black Lives (WP4BL) in Los Angeles acknowledge that ending violence against Black people requires white people to take accountability: we must stand up against the spread of racist conspiracy theories and the systemic prohibition of historical knowledge about…

by Catherine Safley For three years now, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles has maintained the demand that Torrance City Council must establish an Independent Civilian Oversight Commission for the Torrance Police Department. …

by White People 4 Black Lives Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty in the killings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and the injury of Gaige Grosskreutz. Those of us who align with anti-racism and abolition understand this as reflective of a justice system designed to uphold white supremacy. …

by White People 4 Black Lives Are you looking for a way to get involved in ongoing local political organizing pushing back against the racism and violence inherent to policing? If so, look no further than the #LAPCFails coalition, composed of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, Los…

by Catherine Safley Since February of 2021, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles has been hosting the End Police Associations weekly rallies on Wednesday afternoons, directly across from the offices of Los Angeles Police Protective League. …

by White People 4 Black Lives Our mission at WP4BL is to end white support for state violence in L.A. County and stand in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and people of color-led organizations working towards collective liberation. The movement is asking us all to work towards abolishing police and prison…