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PNN Newsletter: Belfield Day, Community Clean-Up, Youth Summit, More

PNN’s mission is to engage, educate and empower our neighbors to make our City a better place to live. Here’s what’s coming up in each of these areas:


  • Engage: Belfield Day Community Party, Lambert Street Community Clean-Up

  • Educate: Black Women's Lives Count Event, Summit on Youth, Crime, Solutions

  • Empower: Become a Paid Canvasser, Help with Voter Registration



Want to Participate in Any of These Events?


We will have a table at the following events:


  • Sat, July 20 - Belfield Day (2109 W Chew Av)

  • Sat, Aug 17 - Wallace Playground Park Clean-Up (33rd & Wallace St)  

  • Sun, Aug 25 - Back-to-School Event (Piccoli Playground)


If you'd like to help this summer, whether it's postcards, planning/staffing events, buddy canvass, make phone calls or you've got another idea, please Click Here to let us know.

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Paid Canvass Opportunities

Thru the Summer Until Election Day


If you or someone you know would like to get paid to talk with your neighbors, then click on the link below to sign up. PNN is looking to hire people to canvass neighbors in select communities in the city. You must be personable, responsible to the work, have a smart phone, and be willing to learn how to use the MiniVAN app to capture information from the people you talk with at the doors.


Work is typically a five-hour shift with a paid half hour break taken from that time. At the start of each shift, you'll get a List Number that you'll input into the MiniVAN app. You'll be given instructions - and practice - on what to say at the doors, how to record information in MiniVAN, and how to close out your shift.


Canvassers are paid $20/hr for five hours for a total of $100 per shift. Accommodations can be made on hours and days to fit personal schedules. You can work as often as you like within program limits.

We will announce our first canvass prep workshop next week.

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Summit on Youth & Criminal Justice

Saturday, July 20, 12PM-4PM, 1610 S. 26th Street


Join allies at the Brilliant Minds Children's Learning Center for a full and frank discussion of the challenges facing our youth, including the criminal justice system, and explore solutions within our community. Refreshments will be served.

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Black Women's Lives Count Exhibition

Saturday, July 20, 3PM-5PM, 5011 Wayne Ave


Join allies at the Crossroads Women's Center in Germantown for Black Women's Lives Count, a conversation and exhibition about the murder or disappearance of more than 200 poor black women in Los Angeles who authorities decided not to investigate. Enjoy conversation with founder Margaret Prescod, see film clips from "Tales of the Grim Sleeper" that tells the story of these murders and the fight for justice.

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Belfield Day Community Party

Saturday, July 20, 10AM-4PM, Belfield Rec Center, 2109 W. Chew Ave.


Join community leaders and neighbors for a day filled with numerous activities for all ages. Come by to say hello and spend the day with friends. Meet allies like State Senator Art Haywood and Andre Carroll.

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Community Clean-Up Day

Saturday, July 27, 1PM-3PM, 2200 Block Lambert St


Believing that a clean neighborhood leads to a better sense of community, we will be conducting a Community Day Clean-Up on the 2200 block of Lambert Street on Saturday afternoon, July 27th. We'll supply materials, but if you have a favorite broom or some other things you'd like to bring, please do so. Afterwards, we'll be treated to water ice and pretzels.

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Back to School Celebration!

Saturday, August 24, 2PM-5PM, 1100 E. Chelten Ave.


Join State Senator Art Haywood and allies for a Back-to-School Celebration at the Lonnie Young Rec Center located at 1100 E. Chelten Ave. There will be giveaways for students. More details to come.

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This Week in History


July 19, 1848 – U.S. Women's Rights Movement Born. The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in the United States. The meeting was the start of a 70-year journey, which eventually led to women's suffrage.


July 20, 1969 – One Small Step for Man. On this day, astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped off the lunar module Eagle to become the first person to walk on the moon.


July 24, 1903 – "Wail of the Children". On this day, labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones delivered a speech in support of the 10,000 children who were on strike from working under horrible conditions in mills in the Kensington section of our City.


Thanks for your activism!

Tim Brown, Organizing Director

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