URGENT SUPPORT FOR OCCUPY LOS ANGELES Please Send Emails of Support to Mayor Villaraigosa & the City Council
Occupy LA Is Being Threatened With Eviction! Sent From Yehuda Maayan: [email protected] Dear Frank, I have been involved with Occupy LA since its inception almost two months ago. Being there and partaking in creating a far reaching vision via participatory direct democracy has been one of the most rewarding and inspiring experiences of my life. Today (day 54) we are threatened with eviction. Only a massive act of support from the LA community at large can stop the eviction. Please sign and send the petition below to Mayor Villaraigosa and the City Council. Time is an essence and this petition must go viral to become effective. Emails of the Mayor and the Members of the City Council are below. PETITION: To the Mayor and City Council Members: I pledge my support for Occupy Los Angeles' right to encamp on the city hall lawn. Those participating in the encampment are exercising a fundamental form of expressive speech, protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Occupation itself is a protected form of expression that effectively calls attention to our need for economic change, social justice and political accountability. The Occupation will carry on its mission on the city hall grounds, where it can be seen, heard and felt, until such wrongs are addressed. Signed, Name: Zip Code: Email: Emails of the Mayor & Council Members: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] In Gratitude, Yehuda Maayan www.lawoftheheartfilm.com 310 701-0679 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here’s a Letter from Emily Wilt about what is happening at Occupy LA: From: Emily Wilt: [email protected] Date: November 24, 2011 1:45:23 PM EST To: [email protected] Subject: [occupyla] Emailing for support Happy Holidays! I hope this message finds you well, and that you are able to enjoy this time of year among family and friends. In this season of peace, charity, and heightened good will, the City of Los Angeles and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have presented the participants of Occupy LA with a very thoughtful gift: An ambiguous yet firm eviction notice. In a meeting yesterday, 11/23/11, and in a public announcement given shortly thereafter on the South Steps of City Hall, LA City Representatives informed us that they will be closing the park sometime next week. During that meeting, a representative from the LAPD backed the closing of the park, saying that once the park is closed, Occupiers will be in violation of the law, and that the use of force to remove Occupiers would be determined by the actions of the camp. No definite time was given, but we are considering this our notice. We are an open, participatory, democratic, horizontal, peaceful, and non-violent movement. And we are asking for your support in continuing to exercise our First Amendment right to peaceably assemble and petition our government for a redress of our grievances. We ask you, if able, to come to City Hall to stand with us when the park is closed, and that you come armed with love, courage, and a video recording device if possible. Please be aware that, while we are non-violent, we cannot predict what tactics may be used against us. We appreciate the support of all, but we also want to ensure the safety of the children and elderly among us. Please encourage their absence from the premises. We ask you, if able, to provide a safe space for housing Occupiers who are unable to be arrested. Please contact Claire Moss at [email protected], or our Social Services Committee at [email protected]. We ask you, if able, to contact our Bail Fund Affinity Group with donations to support Occupiers who are able to be arrested. [email protected] - 818-645-1654 We ask you, if able, to call Mayor Villaraigosa ‘s office, the LAPD, and your City Council member to voice your support for Occupy Los Angeles. And we ask you, if able, to help us spread the word. We’re going to need all the support we can muster- let’s show the city, the country, and the world that We Are the 99%. 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