Recent Streetsblog LA posts about race relations

Ceebo Tha Rapper shoots a video near 65th and Broadway, where 25-year-old Ezell Ford was shot and killed by the police, answering critics that thought his first video called for violence against the police. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Equity 101: Bikes v. Bodies on Bikes

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 28, 2016 | 6 Comments

“Maybe you didn’t catch that you jumped into a convo specifically about transportation/police issues?” snarked the self-described “police/community relations specialist” and bike advocate. I had jumped into the #moveequity twitter conversation to engage the prompt, “How can community groups and residents partner with law enforcement to build trust and create safer, fairer communities?” I did […]

Justice-Oriented Mobility Advocates to “Untokenize” Active Transportation Movement at November Convening

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 20, 2016 | 13 Comments

He was so glad I had “talked about people of color committing violence against other people of color,” the man gushed, shaking my hand. My eyebrows shot up. The focus of my talk at last October’s CalBike’s annual summit had been the extent to which the socio-economic and cultural landscapes of a community are inextricably […]

Little-Tokyo-to-Watts Ride Explores Shared History of Japanese- and African-American Angelenos

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 2, 2016 | No Comments

The unity bike ride – the third annual effort between the East Side Riders Bike Club and the Asian and Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance (APIOPA) to link the communities that lie along the historic Central Avenue corridor by unearthing their shared history – kicked off yesterday’s event with a discussion of the origins of […]

“More than Just Food” Looks at Role of Community Services Unlimited in Advancing Food Justice

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 25, 2016 | 13 Comments

“Food is a way in which you can get folks to think critically about their environment,” Lawrence De Freitas, a staff member with South Los Angeles-based Community Services Unlimited, Inc. (CSU), tells researcher and author Garrett Broad in an interview for Broad’s new book, More than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change. [Broad will […]

Ride4Love Rides Again: More than 200 Cyclists Roll for Unity, Love in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 19, 2016 | No Comments

“This is such a great turnout!” was something I must have heard come out of my own mouth somewhere between 20 and 30 times during the East Side Riders’ Ride4Love last weekend. And it was. I mean, they always get a good turnout. Last year, just under 200 cyclists showed up for the event. But […]

Mayor Eric Garcetti tried to pacify activists by discussing his efforts to humanize policing just before the South L.A. Town Hall was finally shut down. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

South L.A. Town Hall Ends in Protests but Residents Hope Dialogue with Mayor Is Just Beginning

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 21, 2015 | 35 Comments

Really? A helicopter?? The aircraft swooped in low and fast outside Holman United Methodist Church Monday night as Mayor Eric Garcetti’s first ever South L.A. Town Hall came to an otherwise unceremonious close. It was a little after 8 p.m., and pleas from an exasperated Reverend Kelvin Sauls that those “interested in having a civil […]

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