For those in need because of the govt. shutdown, @movelbforward.bsky.social and others have compiled lists of resources, including free hot food and grocery giveaways, in Long Beach and surrounding areas. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/courts-force...

Upcoming Events happening in Long Beach! 📢

It's Fall szn! Join LBF and youth members at our Fall Social, a space for young people ages 14-24 to meet others interested in social justice, learn about community organizing in Long Beach, and have fun 🍁🍁🍁 🗓️ Saturday, October 4 📍 Youth Movement & Education Center ⏰ 1-3pm ✏️ bit.ly/LBFFallSocial

The team of organizers at @movelbforward.bsky.social and i are in the middle of our Long Beach Gives campaign to raise funds for the people & campaigns organizing for immigrant rights, education equity, and affordable housing. Help us meet our goal by midnight: www.longbeachgives.org/story/lbf-team

Each contribution during Long Beach Gives empowers the people, projects, and campaigns in our network with the creativity and power to keep moving Long Beach forward ✊🏾 Make a $10, $25, or $50 donation between today and Thursday to help us reach our goal of raising $10,000: lbforward.org/lbgives

Join us on Wednesday, September 24th from 5:30–7:00pm ONLINE via Zoom for an evening of community, conversation, and connection. Together, we’ll co-create a brave space to share, reflect, and support one another in everything happening in our world right now. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The family of a community member who was abducted by ICE in Long Beach this past weekend is raising funds to support with legal fees and expenses. Spread around and contribute--we take care of each other! www.gofundme.com/f/helps-with...

IEP's shouldn't be overwhelming and confusing. Join us for a virtual training to cover the basics of special education, key terms, parental rights, and steps in the process to show you how to prepare for IEP meetings. 🗓️ Tuesday, Sept 23 📍 Virtual: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... ⏰ 6-7:30pm

Building community knowledge, leadership, and power requires each of us to move and groove together–we will show up for each other and make room for collective joy and liberation. Contribute to our Long Beach Gives campaign at lbforward.org/lbgives by Sept 18!

The number of Long Beach car wash workers detained by federal agents continues to grow after agents raided Bixby Knolls Car Wash Saturday morning, taking seven people, according to the general manager. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/7-more-long-...

Through fundraisers, grocery deliveries, ‘adopt a corner’ initiatives and ICE watch, Angelenos are coming together to support their immigrant neighbors. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/la-u...

Workers at 2 Long Beach car washes showed up for their shift Sunday morning, but the lives of at least 9 people were upended when federal agents raided the businesses and detained them. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/ice-raids-2-...

✨ CCEJ’s Care & Connection Circles for Youth are back! ✨ Join us on Wednesday, August 27th from 5:30–7:00pm at our office in Long Beach for an evening of community, conversation, and connection. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sec. Turner's job is to tackle homelessness & help struggling tenants & homeowners, not punish whole communities by making crucial info—like tenants rights & scam warnings—harder to access.

Car washes have been hotspots for kidnappings on Sunday mornings. Join a rapid response network to help keep people safe and report ICE activity: 562-245-9575 (ORALE)

‼️ ICE Raid Alert: coasthand car wash 7th st and bellflower, long beach, ca 90804 ‼️ AUG 17, 2025 10:20 AM PST #iceraid www.stopice.net

💬 Join us for CCEJ’s Restorative Dialogue Training! 📅 Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | ⏰ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ✨ Learn: Affective Statements, Restorative Questions, Active Listening & Motivational Interviewing. 📍 Details & registration: cacej.org/trainings/restorative-dialogue

Long Beach residents and advocates gathered outside City Hall Tuesday morning to demand major revisions to the city’s proposed budget.

American teens can now access banned books through Long Beach’s free digital library program edsource.org/updates/cali...

Mass protests have demonstrated a wide range of disagreement with the Trump agenda. But we need smaller local and regional networks to build a more rooted, sustained opposition.

This Friday: Join the Holistic Collective for Healing Hands, a workshop exploring several healing practices to regulate your nervous system and take care for your mind, body, and spirit. 🗓️ Friday, August 15 📍 Long Beach Forward ⏰ 6:00pm ✏️ RSVP at bit.ly/HChh15

Federal workers—especially those serving our veterans—have been hit hard by recent federal cuts. On Friday, August 15 at 4PM, we’re gathering at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System to say: enough is enough.

These heat waves are making Long Beach Too Hot for ICE! Join us for a community open mic to benefit the Belonging and Resiliency Fund and provide cash assistance to immigrant families. All art forms are welcome 🎨 🗓️ Friday, August 29 📍 Long Beach Forward ⏰ 7-9pm; sign-ups start at 6:30pm

What does it mean to build a #UniversalPreK workforce that is ready for #MultilingualLearners? Our new report provides key insights from practitioners & advocates dedicated to creating an early education system that works for all. Read the report: buff.ly/CeXoLAY

It's time for Swing Set Open Mic! Swing Set an affirming, inclusive space to share your poetry, music, storytelling, or any art you want to bring to the mic. 🗓️ Friday, August 8 📍 2217 E 6th St. LBC 90814 ⏰ 7:00pm ✏️ swingset.eventbrite.com

“Our duty to care endures even & especially when the law threatens our ability to provide it. In this moment health workers face a choice We can go along or we can join those before us who took risks to protect those in need” must read by BDNH doc @eric-reinhart.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Summer Resource Fair: Care Culture Collaborative is hosting this free resource fair with a seed library, fix-it clinic, a free store, clothing and book swap and the launch of their second zine at Good Time Coffee

We're throwing a community celebration! Join us to review the draft findings from the community survey of the Long Beach LGBTQIA2S+ community health needs assessment and include your voice in the final report 🏳️‍🌈 📅 Monday, August 11th 🕘 6:00PM-7:30PM 📍 Long Beach Forward

TOMORROW! Join us to boycott Stater Bros., tomorrow, Friday, August 1 from 11AM-1PM in Long Beach. We need to show Stater Bros. that our community and our customers stand with us and they're willing to boycott this company until they start to respect their employees.

What do successful coalitions have in common? Diverse, complementary capacities and a strong architecture.

SB 555 kicks off a study to figure out how California can create social housing at scale — homes that put people before profit, protect tenants, and make sure everyone has a stable place to live. Help shape the future of housing by August 8th: berkeley.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A landmark labor struggle might seem like difficult terrain to explore in an opera, but Long Beach-based composer Nicolás Lell Benavides knew that he had a riveting tale to tell in ‘Dolores,’ premiering in Oakland on Aug. 2, 16 and 22.

The latest issue @interruptcrim.bsky.social This Month in Criminalization newsletter is out & chock full of actions you can take in the face of the firehose of horrible flooding your timeline. Just pick 1 thing you can do on Palestine & 1 on another issue you care about mailchi.mp/interrupting...

it’s always bittersweet when it’s time that the fellows leave the team 🥲

"Our elected officials must move beyond statements of solidarity to actions that match the scale of this emergency. Our community’s safety and dignity depend on immediate action."

“This decision undermines the fundamental commitment that the country has made to children and disregards decades of evidence that Head Start is essential to our collective future.”

We're partnering with Measure of America to collect stories that will illustrate the narrative of LA County. Join us to share your experience: 🗓️ Tues, July 15 ⏰ 5-7pm 📍 The Nonprofit Partnership 🗒️ Dinner, interpretation, childcare, & transportation provided ✏️ RSVP: forms.gle/9M3Ag66tt5Pi...

"The country’s traditional, “either-or” housing model – of unregulated, market-rate housing versus tightly regulated, income-restricted affordable housing – has reached its limits. Social housing promises a different path forward."

Excited to partner with @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social on the upcoming film series "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." Join us for opening night on July 13th with #UCLA Activists-in-Residence @jaisuazo.bsky.social, Lupita Limon Corrales & filmmaker Diego Robles>> cinema.ucla.edu/events/displ...

Now is the time for strong demands that confront the housing crisis in a way that unites working people across the country and constricts the sphere of influence that MAGA—and their billionaire backers—have over our communities.

Congrats to all the winners of the 3rd annual Youth Participatory Budgeting process!

After months of negotiations, unionized nurses at Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s and Women’s hospitals announced a one-day strike, but hospital leadership fired back with a four-day lockout. Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/long-beach-m...

Social housing is the future! Today we joined SAJE and @actlosangeles.bsky.social at the LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Authority to advocate for Measure A dollars go towards community-owned and controlled housing. Housing is a human right!

More 👏 community 👏 colleges 👏 providing 👏 housing 👏 for 👏 students!

The Long Beach Public Library in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach and LBF will present the 2025 Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Finals Ceremony, taking place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 at Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library. See you there!

🔥Badass is right! UCLA Activist-in-Residence Lupita Limón Corrales of @latenantsunion.bsky.social made a presentation to a group of tenants, and what became the Mohawk Street Tenants Association grew from there. Read more about this badass group of individuals who are changing policy citywide 👇

Happening this Sunday!

Calling all performers! 🎶✨ CCEJ is looking for singers, dancers, poets, and artists to celebrate love in all its forms at our Love Day event this June! 🌸💖 If you’re passionate about LGBTQ+ pride, joy, and community, we want you on our stage. 🏳️‍🌈 Submit your interest today - cacej.org/loveday

Youth Organizer Kyshia just presented to the #LongBeach City Council about the #participatorybudgeting process for the LB Invest in Youth Coalition! Youth power in action ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾