Long Beach Rising! is a civic engagement program in partnership with local organizations to promote civic participation, alliance building, voter engagement, and community organizing amongst communities historically marginalized from the political process, including low-income communities. Long Beach Rising member organizations include:
Graduates from our 2015 Long Beach Rising leadership and organizing training.
- A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL)
- All of Us or None
- Anakbayan Long Beach
- Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach (BHCLB)
- California Faculty Association (CFA)
- Don’t Waste Long Beach
- EndOil
- Filipino Migrant Center (FMC)
- Housing Long Beach (HLB)
- Latinos in Action
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
- Long Beach Area Peace Network (LBAPN)
- Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community
- Long Beach Time Exchange (LBTE)
- Khmer Girls in Action (KGA)
- The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach
- The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP)
- Unite Here Local 11
For more information about Long Beach Rising, email Marlene Montañez at mmontanez@laane.org or Nicole Taylor at nicole@bhclongbeach.org.
The People’s State of the City 2017
On April 5th, hundreds of Long Beach community members came out to the People’s State of the City at First Congregational Church to hear how workers, families, and residents are taking a stand to fight for inclusion and justice in our city. Check out all the media from the event below and share it with your neighbors.
To keep the people power from the People’s State of the City going, we encourage you to organize your community using the hashtag #LBResist. The People’s State of the City is one conversation, but our movement against hate and exclusion is ongoing. We invite you to use this hashtag to share about how you and your community will resist and share information going forward about how people in Long Beach can take action.
Share the People’s State of the City with #LBResist
- Full video of the People’s State of the City Presentation (LINK)
- Text from the 2017 People’s State of the City (PDF)
- Data slides from the presentation (PDF)
- #LBResist Action Sheet (PDF)
- “This is Long Beach” video (LINK)
- Photos from the event (LINK)
Media Coverage of #PSOTC2017
- Long Beach Post: Why I Am Attending the Long Beach People’s State of The City
- Gazettes: Long Beach Hosts Sixth People’s State Of The City
- Long Beach Post: People’s State of the City Will Highlight Anxieties Brought On by National Politics And Local Fixes That Can Ease Them
- Press-Telegram: Photos from the People’s State of the City
- Long Beach Post: Sixth Annual People’s State of the City a Platform for Local Policy Demands in the Age of Trump
- VoiceWaves: Coalition Calls for Unity Through Diversity in Face of Harsh Climate
- KRCA 62: Long Beach People’s State of the City 2017
- Press-Telegram: During ‘People’s’ address, Long Beach activists call for city to become a sanctuary
- Daily 49er: Community Comes Together at the People’s State of the City
Long Beach Rising! Leadership Program
Educate! Organize! Build Coalitions to Win!
Together with Long Beach residents, workers, teachers, and students, we are working to transform Long Beach into a more progressive city that will enact policies to support workers and their families. Long Beach Rising! advocates for civic participation, voter engagement, and community organizing in historically underrepresented communities. We focus on issues including jobs, housing, education, immigrant rights, environmental justice, and neighborhood safety.
The Long Beach Rising! Leadership Program is a 4-day training where participants will learn more about the opportunities for positive social change in Long Beach and how to organize their community. All community members are encouraged to participate regardless of experience and background! 2017 training dates will be announced in Summer 2017.
Applications for the 2017 program will be available in the Fall. For questions, contact Marlene Montañez at mmontanez@laane.org or (213) 479-8200.
Archive: People’s State of the City
Missed the previous People’s State of the City events? View our archives below:
- People’s State of the City 2016 (Franklin Middle School)
- People’s State of the City 2015 (Stephens Middle School)
