NELA Alliance for Democracy

NELA Alliance for Democracy Monthly Meetings

We will meet again in person on the 4th Thursday in January from 7-9pm Come early 6:30-7PM for a yummy taco vendor buyout! Sign up Here

Our in-person meetings include:

brief orientation
teach-in topic
planning actions
networking

ICE Out Rally: Sunday 25th 12-2 pm

Cypress Park Home Depot 2055 N Figueroa Blvd sign up

Join us for our weekly protest against ICE Raids happening in NELA, LA, and across the country! We will rally with our Died in Detention Placards to acknowledge the impact of the Raids, with families being ripped apart and the senseless deaths.

ICE amped up the attacks on our neighborhoods in NELA these past weeks. We are continuing with the pressure to stop these brutal attacks on our community and across the nation.

These raids are a part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities. We demand accountability for the killings and an end to ICE and CBP raids. We will not sit by while violence goes unanswered and our communities are terrorized.

We demand accountability, honor the lives lost, and will make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.

Feel free to reach out to support the action or with questions. action@nelafordemocracy.org

Upcoming Local or
Online Actions

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

SoCal Events & Actions

We stand with NDOLN, IDEPSCA, and the whole Boycott Home Depot coalition to demand that Home Depot immediately: Publicly condemn ICE raids, Stop cooperating with ICE – close stores and parking lots to agents, Protect workers and customers from attacks, Help detained victims and support their families, Release security video and other footage of enforcement actions at Home Depot stores.

Let's End Remaining California State Funding for the Geo Group

Sign our petition re: Geo Group still getting state contracts.
Please sign this petition our government contracts campaign committee wrote up to pressure govenor newsome to cancel all remaining contracts with Geo Group one of the worst private prisons in the state.

As members of the Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for Democracy and as Californians, we call on you to terminate remaining state grants and contracts with the Geo Group, a private operator of ICE detention centers in California and of private prisons around the

nation. While we are aware that through your efforts the state has

ended its contracts with Geo Group to operate state prisons, we are concerned that the Geo Group continues to receive state funds from the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation and the Division of Adult Parole Operations. These agencies continue to provide funds to the company to operate re-entry facilities in 18 California counties, including San Francisco, and to provide criminal justice system services, such as tracking accused perpetrators out on bond and parolees with ankle bracelets and other hardware Geo Group manufactures.

Help us put pressure on Home Depot, which is complicit in allowing brutal raids. We urge the public to boycott Home Depot as long as they’re permitting brutal immigration raids on their property. We have a Why Home Depot Boycott pdf with Local Hardware store alternatives and asking people to bring in or email a letter to their local Home Depot managers.

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

Let your local Home Depot store manager know that you expect better and demand that they protect their staff, customers, and day laborers! Thanks for helping hold Home Depot accountable!

Use our email template here with English and Spanish letters.

We’ve compiled a list of local store managers’ emails in this document. 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.

Vigil for the Taken– Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
Every Tuesday at 12 noon, 300 N. Los Angeles St.

A weekly vigil modeled after the Mothers of the Disappeared movement in Argentina at the Federal Building in Downtown LA. Find out more and RSVP HERE.

NO KINGS Signs of Solidarity Canvassing Toolkit

When businesses and communities stand together, we send a powerful message: immigrants are essential and welcome here. This guide will help you organize locally, engage business owners, and build visible, united resistance.

Download printable signs — one designates a private area for employees that ICE cannot enter without a judicial warrant, and others show public solidarity with immigrants. Print them, bring them to businesses, and help send a clear message that our community stands together against fear and intimidation.

https://www.nokings.org/signs-of-solidarity-toolkit

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

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