Echo Park Neighborhood Council

Tomorrow Night is our monthly Board of Governors meeting. Join us via Zoom! Presentations by our CD 13 Field Deputy, LADOT, Sen Maria Elena Durazo Agenda/Zoom Link EchoParkNC.com

Unete a nosotros
El Concilio Vecinal de Echo Park te invita a una jornada de puertas abiertas para candidatos

El evento sera virtual por Zoom
Sabado, 25 de Febrero
10:30a-12:00p

La fecha limite para registrarse como candidato es el Lunes 27 de Febrero

¿Preguntas sobre cómo presentarse a las elecciones?
¿Preguntas sobre El Concilio Vecinal?
¿Quieres charlar sobre responsabilidades?

Enlace de Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89496186288
Numero de indentificación: 89496186288

Visite el sitio web para más información sore la elecciones
www.echoparknc.com

The Indominable Biddy Mason
The definition of indominable should include a picture of Biddy Mason.
Bridget, called Biddy, was born into bo***ge in 1818 in the South. Little is known of her early life other than she was taken from her mother at a young age and resold several times before she was trafficked to San Bernadino in California, a free state, in 1851. In a remarkable act of bravery and persistence, Biddy, her three daughters, and 13 other women and their children sued for, and won, their freedom in 1856. She took the surname Mason to mark her new life as a free woman in the pueblo of Los Angeles.
Despite being deprived of formal learning, young Biddy honed critical nursing and midwifery skills that soon proved essential to her future success. Once able to charge for her services, she not only provided for her family but diligently saved money to purchase land on what is now known as Spring Street. Mason, who died in 1891, amassed a fortune of $300,000 (estimated at $8.5 million nowadays), established the first elementary school for Black children in the City, nursed the sick and indigent, donated to lift-up her community, and co-founded First African Methodist Episcopal Church, or F.A.M.E., which still stands today.
It took nearly a century, but Los Angeles finally paid homage to one of its brightest angels in 1988 when Mayor Tom Bradley, and F.A.M.E. parishioners, gathered in Evergreen Cemetery to mark her grave with a tombstone. Two years later, a park devoted to her memory opened between Broadway and Spring streets, the site where she built her homestead. May she rest in power.
To learn more about this remarkable woman check out these resources:

https://biddymasoncollaborative.com/

https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/biddy-mason-memorial-park

Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White Edendale Branch x 92 M398Wh

-Lauren Buisson 5 February 2023

Have you ever thought about running for a seat on the Echo Park Neighborhood Council?
The. Time. Is. Now.
Go to our webpage: www.EchoParkNC.com
for more information!
Your community needs you!

Attend a Candidate Info Session and learn how you can run for local office on your LA Neighborhood Council!

Learn how to create a successful campaign using free and low-cost outreach strategies and how to fill out your candidate application, with the City of Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the Election Division.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

How to connect with voters
How to advocate for issues you’re passionate about
Tips for writing your personal statement + talking points

How & when to file as a candidate

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All sessions are on Zoom; details to join online or by phone are sent with your RSVP confirmation. RSVP now:

http://tiny.cc/CandidateSessions

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SCHEDULE

Saturday December 10 (10am - 12pm)
Weeknight week of January 9 (date/time TBA)
Saturday January 21 (10am - 12pm)
Weeknight week of January 31 (date/time TBA)
Saturday February 4 (10am - 12pm)
Saturday February 18 (10am - 12pm)
Saturday March 4 (10am - 12pm)
Saturday March 18 (10am - 12pm)

After attending, you will receive candidate support resources via email to the address you used for RSVP. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Translation in Spanish and Korean will be provided. Please indicate any additional languages or other accommodations needed when you RSVP.

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WHEN IS YOUR ELECTION?

LA Neighborhood Council (NC) elections are happening on 12 different regional dates between November 2022 - June 2023. Find your NC’s candidate filing + election dates:
http://tiny.cc/NCElectionDates

All newly elected board members across the City will take office at once after the election cycle closes, on July 1, 2023.

http://bit.ly/echoparklakesurvey

See our previous post about this “Under the Radar” survey.
This is the actual mailer received today by one of our District 4 (Angelino Heights) representatives.

Congrats from the Echo Park Neighborhood Council to Kenneth Mejia!

Did you know that there is a consultant group (MIG) working for Mitch O’Farrell and the city doing a secretive survey on the Echo Park Recreation Complex?
Read our letter for our stance.
Want to voice your concerns? Come to our Board of Governors meeting on November 22nd and speak during public comment.
www.echoparknc.com

We have a District 5 opening! Get involved. Be a voice for your community. We’d love to have you.
Visit our Website www.echoparknc.com or email us at [email protected] for more info!

This Saturday!

Metro Los Angeles Hilda Solis Eunisses for City Council 2022 Mayor Eric Garcetti Your busses, trains and station elevators are FILTHY.

This is disrespectful and insulting to the Citizens of Los Angeles that depend on public transportation.

It also feels like a targeted attack on our BIPOC population.

WE NEED SOLUTIONS NOW.

Metro Los Angeles, you are cordially invited to speak at one of our board meetings.

[email protected]
www.echoparknc.com

Joining us This Tuesday 10-25 at 7p during our regularly scheduled Board of Governors meeting.

We’d love to have you! www.echoparknc.com