-------- Forwarded message --------- From: Los Angeles Community Action Network <[email protected]> Date: Mon, May 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM Subject: Freedom Now 2026 - Your Generosity Builds Community and Changes Lives To: <[email protected]>
Freedom Now 2026: A Juneteenth Gala & Concert for Democracy, Justice & Joy View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/09f81c8b6ac0/freedom-now-2026-your-generosity-builds-community-and-changes-lives?e=d059e440ce> *Dear Friend of LA CAN,* Los Angeles Community Action Network is asking for your partnership through sponsorship and/or donation to our annual fundraiser, the Freedom Now Awards. (Please see the attached sponsorship form for additional details.) Freedom Now is more than a fundraiser, it is a celebration of members, supporters, and allies building power at the forefront of movements for justice, equity, and human rights. Your investment sustains an organized, engaged base of residents fighting for a Los Angeles grounded in gender, economic, environmental, and racial justice, moving from vision to real wins. For three decades, LA CAN has worked alongside houseless and extremely low-income Angelenos in Skid Row and South Central Los Angeles through organizing, community improvement, and service. We are not simply responding to crises, we are building leadership so residents can drive change themselves, especially in a moment where public investment is shrinking and enforcement is expanding. Invest In Community Liberation <https://us.list-manage.com/3c96UYGKPqV?e=d059e440ce&c2id=536648c9594408672a6dc10b95fe751b> *What your support makes possible* - Women’s Needs Assessment 2026 (WNA): A community-authored report documenting pathways into homelessness for women in Skid Row and driving policy and organizing demands. - Revive LA Report: Exposing how “revitalization” is used to justify displacement, over-policing, and erasure. - Civil rights accountability: Surfacing unlawful practices from encampment sweeps to sanitation violations, strengthening legal challenges and public scrutiny. - Recognized in the press: Cited by Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, PBS, NBC News, LAist, and LA Weekly for exposing sanitation corruption, documenting the human impact of sweeps, defending the right to protest and challenging policies that criminalize poverty. - Culture as power: Our Freedom Singers reached a national audience on America's Got Talent and have been performing across the country, using art to shift narrative. - Community defense & town halls: Strengthening rapid-response organizing and convening spaces where residents shape solutions directly. Support Our Work <https://us.list-manage.com/aPZ4iVo12oF?e=d059e440ce&c2id=536648c9594408672a6dc10b95fe751b> This work extends beyond Skid Row, contributing to broader movements challenging poverty, homelessness, and unjust policing. Freedom Now 2026: “We Were Always Here” will bring together artists, organizers, and thought leaders to lift up a fuller story rooted in resistance, creativity, and community. We invite you to stand with us. Your sponsorship is an investment in community-led change that is grounded, effective, and necessary. All sponsors and donors will be acknowledged in event materials. Tax-deductible receipts will be provided. We look forward to building with you. Support The Skid Row Community <https://us.list-manage.com/DOjuDzKpIDp?e=d059e440ce&c2id=536648c9594408672a6dc10b95fe751b> *Pete White Founder & Executive Director Los Angeles Community Action Network (213) 228-0024* [image: Twitter] <https://us.list-manage.com/qOjoba1sYUb?e=d059e440ce&c2id=536648c9594408672a6dc10b95fe751b> [image: Facebook] <https://us.list-manage.com/R6dpgrUirmj?e=d059e440ce&c2id=536648c9594408672a6dc10b95fe751b> [image: Website] <https://us.list-manage.com/YfzhxmAbXTJ?e=d059e440ce&c2id=536648c9594408672a6dc10b95fe751b> *Copyright © 2026 Los Angeles Community Action Network, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email as a supporter of LA CAN. *Our mailing address is:* Los Angeles Community Action Network 838 E 6th St Los Angeles, CA 90021 Add us to your address book <https://cangress.us5.list-manage.com/vcard?u=55b2a3845d55c1bcc332e2af6&id=dc3555684e> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://cangress.us5.list-manage.com/profile?u=55b2a3845d55c1bcc332e2af6&id=dc3555684e&e=d059e440ce&c=d05619dbca> or unsubscribe from this list <https://cangress.us5.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=55b2a3845d55c1bcc332e2af6&id=dc3555684e&t=b&e=d059e440ce&c=d05619dbca>. -- JAI -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41767): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41767 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119385844/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
