On Saturday, March 24, more than 55,000 demonstrators peacefully gathered throughout Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles to call for gun control legislation. This rally was a response to the recent shootings at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where, on February 14 of this year, 17 people were killed and just as many were injured. The massacre in Parkland was carried out by a perpetrator using an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle with multiple magazines. In response to this tragedy, on March 9th, the Republican governor of Florida, Rick Scott, signed a bill raising the minimum legal age to posses a rifle in Florida to 21 and increased the scrutiny of background checks for gun sales. This bill also...
On Saturday, January 27th, CASA of Los Angeles held their annual Art+Wine Charity event. Artists from around Los Angeles donated their work to support this organization that supports children in the dependency system. According to casala.org, "Wine+Art raised $171,000...This means we can serve more children in the dependency system with intensive one-on-one advocacy so they have the opportunity to thrive in a safe and permanent home."
Click here to donate directly to CASA of Los Angeles
I am proud and honored that I was given the opportunity to donate a limited edition print of "Jesus Saves DTLA" to help support this important organization.
Elliott GroganFebruary 6, 2018
Reference: CASA of Los Angeles: http://casala.org/wineart/
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In 2016,Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback for the SF 49ers began to kneel during the pre-game National Anthem as a sign of protest over police brutality. In an interview addressing this action, Kaepernick raised his concern that police officers are not being held accountable for using deadly force. Kaepernick asserts, “People are being given paid leave for killing people. That’s not right.” Kaepernick continues to say, “There’s things we can do to hold them more accountable. To make those standards higher. You have people that practice law and are lawyers and go to school for eight years, but you can become a cop in six months and don’t have to have the same amount of training as a cosmetologist.” In these...
