The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

The student media organization of California State University Northridge

Daily Sundial

Xavier Recarte (left) and his mother, Maria Recarte hold signs in support of the rally to defund the Los Angeles School Police Department on June 23.

LAUSD votes against defunding school police, Superintendent introduces School Safety Task Force

Sloane Bozzi, Assistant News Editor June 24, 2020

The Los Angeles Unified School District board rejected three resolutions on Tuesday to reform the Los Angeles School Police Department. One of the rejected resolutions, proposed by board member Monica...

A crowd of protesters listening to Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter L.A., as she performs a libation for the lives lost to police brutality in front of the LAUSD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Protesters demand for defunding LAUSD school police at downtown L.A. protest

Chris Torres and Samantha Bravo June 23, 2020

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Protesters chanted in front of the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters on Fourth Street and Beaudry Avenue in downtown Los Angeles to demand the defunding of LAUSD...

Dezcjon Lathrops mural, outside of the Hollywood Pantages Theater.

Artists’ Black Lives Matter murals deemed “too political,” removed temporarily from Hollywood Boulevard

Sloane Bozzi, Reporter June 23, 2020

As tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hollywood on June 7 to protest against police brutality, artists lined the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard to paint murals on boarded up shops.  Dezcjon...

Families and Cre8 The Change dancers enjoy music on stage during the Juneteenth Celebration Rally in Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Memorial War Park on Friday, June 19, 2020.

Cre8 The Change hosts Juneteenth Celebration Rally in Sherman Oaks

Samantha Bravo, Assistant Campus Editor June 21, 2020

SHERMAN OAKS — This year’s Juneteenth Celebration Rally at the Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Memorial War Park featured music, spoken poetry and dance on Friday. Juneteenth, or June 19, marks the day the...

An individual holds a picture of late rapper and local hero Nipsey Hussle,  who was actively involved in uplifting his community.

Black Lives Matter-L.A. celebrates Juneteenth, honors Grechario Mack in Crenshaw march

Orlando Mayorquin and Chris Torres June 19, 2020

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Hundreds marched in Los Angeles on Friday to celebrate Juneteenth in an event organized by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. The day commemorates the emancipation of slaves.  The...

Hundreds celebrate Juneteenth at Leimart Park Village

Michaella Huck and Tiago Barreiro June 19, 2020

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Hundreds gathered in Leimert Park Village on Friday to celebrate June 19 — also known as Juneteenth — at a "Pray For The Hood" event, which was created by Los Angeles artist,...

Protesters march past L.A. City Hall on June 17, 2020.

Protests against District Attorney Jackie Lacey continue; defund police movement makes strides

Chris Torres and Orlando Mayorquin June 17, 2020

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Thousands gathered in front of the Hall of Justice on Wednesday for Black Lives Matter Los Angeles’s weekly protest demanding the removal of L.A. County District Attorney...

A protester holds a sign during a defund LAUSD police protest in downtown Los Angeles.

Hundreds march to defund LAUSD school police

Samantha Bravo and Victor Rojas June 16, 2020

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES —  Over a hundred students, parents and teachers protested in front of Miguel Contreras Learning Complex on Tuesday morning for a march to defund Los Angeles Unified School...

Hundreds of protesters march during the All Black Lives Matter solidarity march in Hollywood, California.

Protesters march against injustice faced by Black LGBTQ community

Michaella Huck and Chris Torres June 14, 2020

WEST HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood Boulevard was filled with rainbow flags and signs on Sunday for an All Black Lives Matter march, which was organized by a group of Black LGBTQ leaders from different organizations. The...

A demonstrator holds a sign that reads BLM #MarshaPJohnson during the June 4 protest on UCLA campus.

Pride Month 2020: All Black Lives Matter march to replace LA Pride

Samantha Bravo, Assistant Campus Editor June 14, 2020

Pride Month began as a fight against police brutality directed toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual community. The act of resistance is usually celebrated...

Organizers and protesters champion for change by kneeling in the intersection

Northridge Black Lives Matter call for defunding CSUN police, protecting ethnic studies

NORTHRIDGE — Hundreds of protesters Saturday morning came together in Northridge to call for the defunding of the police and other measures as nation-wide demonstrations enter the third week. Northridge...

Demonstrators march to defund LAPD on June 13, 2020. (Samantha Bravo / The Sundial)

Echo Park rally led by housed, unhoused Black individuals calls for defunding police, adopting People’s Budget

Samantha Bravo and Natalie Miranda June 13, 2020

ECHO PARK — The Los Angeles Community Action Network, Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles and Street Watch LA and other co-sponsors organized a rally for the unhoused Black community in...

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