NELA Alliance for Democracy Monthly Meetings

Next Meeting: Thursday, August 28th Sign up here

The location will be sent after you register.

Our meetings include:

brief orientation
teach-in topic
planning actions
networking

Solidarity Saturdays
August 16th, 4-6pm, 6150 Piedmont Avenue (Highland Park Rec Center Park) Sign up here

Join NELA Alliance for Democracy for Solidarity Saturdays, an informal monthly meet-up at the park. We invite old and new members to join us to network, plan, and get more involved in actions. Feel like you never have enough time to talk to everyone you want at our monthly meetings? This is for you! Never heard of us before but want to uplift democratic ideals in your NELA neighborhood? This is for you!

Upcoming Local or
Online Actions

There is strength in numbers. We believe in working with and amplifying the work of aligned groups whenever possible.

Support for communities impacted by ICE Raids click HERE to download all Flyers

(Links further down page below for individual flyers)

LA MONARCA – NO KINGS JUST MONARCHS – Game Day Action FRIDAY August 15th. 4-8pm

Before the LA Dodgers vs San Diego Padres game

LA Art Activism's initial action in a new campaign! Sign up HERE

LA Art Activism, with NELA Alliance for Democracy and the Greater LA Pro-Democracy Coalition, calls out to all Southern California activists to converge onto the Park Row Bridge over the 110 Fwy, Elysian Park | Dodger Stadium adjacent.

Although all of us are heartened by the large Los Angeles protests against ICE raids and the broader Trump administration assault, we are disturbed by the larger, deeper historical biases and injustices that have allowed this administration to begin a fascist takeover of our country, targeting vulnerable communities. MAGA has used misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism, extreme nationalism, the idea of "survival of the fittest", and a large network of disinformation to promote hatred and division. In addition, the new U.S. federal budget includes $175 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, with funds for thousands more ICE agents, border patrol agents, the building of new prisons, renovation of older prisons, and the expansion of the border wall. All of this while cutting basic services and programs that will impact and hurt millions.

The metamorphosis will be televised

(we will have drone coverage)

We will gather on the bridge for a banner drop and bridge party during the hours leading up to the LA Dodgers vs San Diego Padres game from 4 to 8 pm on the evening of August 15. The Dodgers Stadium and Elysian Park adjacent bridge, spanning the 110 Fwy Southbound lanes at Academy Road, approaching downtown Los Angeles, is somewhat isolated but easily accessible by car and on foot from both sides of the bridge. The bridge offers a safe, accessible, visually stunning demonstration platform from which to communicate our communities’ displeasure with a wide range of issues propagated by the wannabe dictator in the White House, who has hijacked our democracy.

Home Depot Boycott | Protest

Sun, Aug 24, 12:00pm-2:00pm – 2055 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Join us as we protest at the Cypress Park Home Depot. Sign up HERE

Home Depot is complicit in warrantless raids that violate the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and have been prohibited by a federal court judge. We urge the public to boycott Home Depot as long as they’re permitting brutal immigration raids on their property.

We will have signs, sing protest songs (English & Spanish), tell stories of day laborers, and give shoppers local Hardware stores alternatives.

Home Depot has been the scene of many I.C.E. raids. with I.C.E. regularly taking Latino Day Laborers and Vendors off of Home Depot parking lots based solely on their skin color, language, and occupation.

Despite the pleas of immigration advocates, Home Depot managers have refused to prohibit I.C.E. raids on their premises. People on "migrant watch" who were looking out for the safety of day laborers, were asked to leave the premises of a Home Depot by a group of regional managers. Reports indicate that Home Depot is using Flock cameras to surveil Day Laborers and pass on information to I.C.E. The latest trick of I.C.E. agents to trap Day Laborers was to show up at Home Depot in a rental truck pretending to be contractors looking for workers. Workers were then handcuffed and loaded like cattle into the back of the truck.

Home Depot Manager Email-Writing Project - Get ICE Out of Home Depot!

NELA Alliance online action and action to support immigrant communities

Let your local Home Depot store manager know that you expect better and demand that they protect their staff, customers, and day laborers! Use our email template here.

We’ve compiled a list of local store managers’ emails in this document. (You can also call your local Home Depot to obtain the email address for the store manager.) Copy the template in the document, replace the highlighted info with your own information, and feel free to modify the email to reflect your sentiments before sending it on to your local store manager.

Thanks for helping hold Home Depot accountable!

If you see ICE | Protecting Communities from ICE (Eng/Span) | Know Your Rights(Eng/Span) | Reports ICE

List of Ways to Support/Protect Immigrant Communities

Mutual Aid LA

A living map and list of active Mutual Aid groups in the greater Los Angeles Area

Due to the evolving political climate, ICE presence, and the changing nature of mutual aid, food drops, events, and services are constantly adapting. Some of the addresses or locations may not accurately indicate the exact location of the mutual aid service. Please review the links of each service to ensure and reach out to the groups to volunteer or obtain services.

Un mapa interactivo y una lista de grupos de ayuda mutua

Debido al clima político cambiante, ICE y la naturaleza en constante evolución de la ayuda mutua, las entregas de alimentos, eventos y servicios están adaptándose continuamente. Algunas de las direcciones o ubicaciones pueden no indicar con precisión el lugar exacto del servicio de ayuda mutua. Por favor, revisa los enlaces de cada servicio para asegurarte y comunícate con los grupos para ofrecerte como voluntario u obtener servicios.

If you are with a mutual aid organization or group and would like to add / remove / revise and information please contact: sdfay123@gmail.com | Avocado Heights Vaquer@s, LP Mutual Aid, Operation Healthy Hearts

SoCal Events & Actions

STOP AVELO National Day of Action – JULY 27th 4 – 6 PM

Hosted by Indivisible CA27 and Nancy Klein | Organized by STOPAVELO.ORG National

Join us to Celebrate and Collaborate as we rise up to demand justice, accountability, and human rights!

Join us as we demand justice, accountability, and human rights! On the last Sunday of Every Month, we’re joining forces with STOPAVELO.ORG National and Defend and Resist, to protest in cities across the U.S. This is a call to action for anyone who believes in democracy, human rights, and the rule of law

Avelo Airlines has accepted a $150 million contract with ICE to carry out deportation flights that violate constitutional rights. These flights tear families apart and deny people their legal right to due process — a right reaffirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a cruel, inhumane, and illegal partnership, and we’re coming together across the country to stop it.

Vigil for the Taken
Every Tuesday at 12 noon, 300 N. Los Angeles St.

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) are hosting a weekly women's vigil modeled after the Mothers of the Disappeared movement in Argentina at the Federal Building in Downtown LA. Find out more and RSVP HERE.

Protest Avelo Airlines Deportation Flights

On the last Sunday of every month, we will meet at Burbank Airport to protest Avelo Airlines. The last celebration date will be July 27, August 24, and September 28. These will be in cooperation with larger national groups doing the same actions on those weekends. We want to make very clear to drivers what we are protesting about, so please make your signs, banners, and other messaging specific to Avelo airlines, civil rights, and deportation. sign up here

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.

Fight Back Fridays all Fridays at noon, Pasadena City College.

National and Online Events & Actions

The State of the People POWER Tour came to Los Angeles June 6-7, 2025

Went 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. 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.

Engage here.

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 PST, every Thursday until May 15.

Sign ACLU Petition

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.

Solidarity Pledge

Frequently scheduled calls to find ways to support immigrant communities and take action against mass deportation plans.

Other Kinds of Actions

Mutual Aid LA Network (MALAN)

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.

Mobilize

Search for events and meetings in your area using "Filters" function.

Indivisible

"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."

Democracy Action Network

An LA-based Indivisible group.

Women's March

"In partnership with dozens of organizations, WM produced the People's March in DC & across the globe on January 18, 2025."

50501

"50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement."

Working Families Party

"Making our nation work for the many, not the few."

Vote Forward

"Empowering grassroots volunteers to send personal, heartfelt letters encouraging fellow Americans to vote."

Support Immigrant Communities Against Mass Deportations