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Converge at the Farm!! It is Being Destroyed |
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Contributed by Fernando Flores
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Jun 13, 2006 at 11:00 AM |
SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS and SUPPORTERS RESISTING EVICTION AS BULLDOZERS MOVE IN TO DESTROY THE FARM
AT 5 A.M. A SQUADRON OF HELICOPTERS & SQUAD CARS CAME TO ATTACK FARMERS & PEACEFUL SUPPORTERS
Tuesday June13Media Contact Fernando Flores 909-605-3136
Leslie Morava (310) 428-9380
Harold Linde 323-382-7554
URGENT BREAKING NEWS
SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS and SUPPORTERS RESISTING EVICTION AS BULLDOZERS MOVE IN TO DESTROY THE FARM
AT 5 A.M. A SQUADRON OF HELICOPTERS & SQUAD CARS CAME TO ATTACK FARMERS & PEACEFUL SUPPORTERS
The immediate area around the Farm has been blocked off by the authorities limiting access to the site. Spontaneous rallies of support have sprouted on these perimeters with crowds increasing in size as the morning passes. Protesters still inside the Farm are being physically removed and arrested. Bulldozers have broken fences and are leveling trees and the crops. 20 protesters are on the east side of the Farm getting arrested for civil disobedience.
Supporters are encouraged to rally at the Farm or to converge at Los Angeles City Hall to demand they stop the destruction and arrests.
-Los Angeles City Hall: 200 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA
WHEN: Tuesday June 13, NOW
WHAT: Physical Eviction of South Central Farmers and Supporters.
Protesters are still inside the property, resisting nonviolently.
WHERE: South Central Farm
4000 S. Long Beach Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90058
(Media enter on 40th Pl. through Long Beach Ave. Park on 41st )
WHY:
For over three weeks supporters have been onsite at the South Central Farm, the nation’s largest urban farm, which serves as a 14-acre oasis in the middle of L.A.’s concrete jungle. This 14-year-old community gem functions as an active farm for more than 350 families and fills a local need for fresh produce, green space and a safe haven in a poverty-stricken region of Los Angeles. The farmers, community volunteers and celebrity supporters have been in a daily state of peril awaiting a deal to come through with the developer or the eviction to be executed by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
“The South Central Farm is a gem in the Los Angeles landscape. It supplies local communities with fresh, organic produce, gives children a safe environment to play and learn in, and provides a successful example of urban sustainability for the rest of the world to follow…”
- Dr. Joseph Hurwitz, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Isaiah, Palm Springs
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