NELA Alliance for Democracy Monthly Meetings
Fourth Thursday (in person), 7 pm
Next Meeting: Thursday, May 22nd at 7pm
Sign up here The location will be sent after you register.
We also host a virtual call focused on communication between the leadership of groups up and down the coast.
West Coast Connection Virtual Organizing Meeting
every second Thursday: 6:30-8:00 pm on zoom
Sign up here The zoom registration will be sent after you register.
We can benefit from one another's work, share resources, and support each other with our wisdom, experience and passion.
Our meetings include:
brief orientation
teach-in topic
planning actions
networking
Upcoming Local or
Online Actions
There is strength in numbers. We believe in working with and amplifying the work of aligned groups whenever possible.
May 10 Solidarity Saturdays/Sábado Gigante: saber es poder, Every Saturday, 3-5pm, York Park, 4956 York Blvd, Highland Park (York & 50th)
Come join us as we celebrate togetherness in a time of division and joy in a time of fear. Wear costumes and your dancing shoes. Bring songs and instruments. Special invitation to giant puppets. Clowns and mimes welcome. Elect a clown and you get a circus! This event is intended to feel safe, welcoming, and festive!
Sign-up HERE to let us know you plan to come—and what you’ll bring! (Sign-up is optional, but helpful for planning festivities!)
SoCal Events & Actions
Civic Sundays Meetings Sundays (in-person) and other days (in-person) and online
Truth Bomb Trainings, Freeway Banner Hangs, and more!
Learn how to produce memes showing how Trump is hurting people and share on social media and send to reporters.
Truth Bomb Trainings, Every Friday, 2-3pm Pacific time.
Learn how to send Truth Bombs – a simple new, non-confrontational, social-media-based weapon to add to our arsenal to strengthen media coverage of the harms done by the Trump administration.
Tesla Takedown – Rally to defend democracy protest against Musk, DOGE, and Trump
Every Saturday, 12-2pm, Tesla in Old Pasadena, 117 W Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105
Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup.
Register HERE for Tesla Takedown!
Fight Back Fridays all Fridays at noon, Pasadena City College
May 8, Thursday, 6-8pm, V-E Day Rally, We Beat Fascists Once, We Can Do It Again
275 S. Raymond, Pasadena, 91005
V-E Day is Victory in Europe Day, when the Nazis surrendered to Allied Forces in 1945. Join us for a V-E Day Rally to fight back against this new fascist takeover. Defend our democracy and protect our people!
May 10, Saturday, at 7pm, Democracy Action Network March
West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069
March through West Hollywood to protest this authoritarian and corrupt government. March for democracy!! Sign up and find more information HERE.
Avelo Airlines – Stop the Deportations
Sunday, May 18th and 25th, 4-6 pm, Hollywood Burbank Airport, 2627 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505
This action is to build momentum and visibility about Avelo Airlines doing deportations out of Mesa, AZ. Burbank is a main Avelo hub and we are seeking to send a message to travelers to stop supporting this company that is part of Trump’s deportation machine.
Register HERE for Avelo Airlines Burbank Airport action!
National and Online Events & Actions
The State of the People POWER Tour coming to Los Angeles June 6-7, 2025
We’re coming to 12 cities across the country to rally, restore, and reimagine what’s possible for Black communities
The State of the People POWER Tour is a nationwide call to action; a movement to rally, restore, and reimagine what’s possible for Black communities across the U.S. It’s not just an event, it’s a people-powered campaign rooted in service, solidarity, and strategic action. Through powerful gatherings in cities across the country, we aim to activate a grassroots movement that amplifies Black voices, demands systemic change, and advances a national collective Black agenda rooted in justice and liberation – building toward the State of the People International Assembly on Juneteenth. This tour exists at the intersection of healing, resistance, and mobilization – recognizing both the urgency and power of our collective voice.
Sign up for the Rise For Freedom Trainings to learn about mutual aid, how to make political violence backfire, and strategy for blocking the Trump coup. Meetings are Thursday evenings from 5-7 pm pacific time every thursday until May 15.
Petition asks Congress to block cruel border policies that lead to family separation, children being held behind bars, and ICE in schools, places of worship, and hospitals. Urge your lawmakers to block almost half a trillion dollars to fund Trump's mass deportations, detention, and militarization at the border.
National Strike: date TBD
Sign your strike card now.
Minute of Silence, Weekly on Wednesdays, 12:53 pm Local Time
Take time to honor those who have been harmed by Trump policies.
Frequently scheduled calls to find ways to support immigrant communities and take action against mass deportation plans.
Other Kinds of Actions
A connector and information hub for mutual aid efforts, people and resources across Los Angeles.
Plug in or find resources with thier Group Listings Directory, which pulls up-to-date info and opportunities from mutual aid groups listed in The Dispatch. Their main goal is to make it easy for you to find a mutual aid practicing group that fits, based on location, schedule, resource offered, remote or in-person needs, and area of interest or skill. MALAN has thierr own projects like Produce in the Park, Hygiene Hello!, The Dispatch, Resource Responders, our Poli-Ed Reading Group and more.
Action Ideas:
What Resistance is Already Happening?
Collective Action and Loving Defiance, Horizons Project
Resistance Tracker, Choosedemocracy.us/
Organizations Listing Local Events
Check out these organizations to find more events that may be a fit for you.
Civic Sundays Truth Bomb Trainings (every other Friday)
Learn how to produce memes showing how the Trump regime is hurting people to share on social media and send to reporters.
Search for events and meetings in your area using "Filters" function.
"We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda."
MoveOn
"MoveOn is where millions mobilize for a better society—one where everyone can thrive."
An LA-based Indivisible group.
"In partnership with dozens of organizations, WM produced the People's March in DC & across the globe on January 18, 2025."
"50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement."
"Making our nation work for the many, not the few."
"Empowering grassroots volunteers to send personal, heartfelt letters encouraging fellow Americans to vote."
Support Immigrant Communities Against Mass Deportations
Many actions can be ongoing or situation-specific. Here's how to be prepared.
To report an ICE Raid in progress:
Call LA Rapid Response Network HOTLINE at (888) 624-4752.
Know Your Rights/Conoce Tus Derechos Cards
These cards can be distributed or left in public places.
Emergency Preparedness for Those at Risk of Deportation
Financial Planning Guide for Those at Risk of Deportation
Learn to Give a "Know Your Rights" Training
Materials in many languages.
Toolkit for Defending Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests
Examples of Deceit Used by ICE to Trap Targeted Individuals