Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
Newsletter

November 7, 2005

Re: NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS INVITED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING DIALOG.  HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT INSTRUCTION SHEET AVAILABLE.

NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS INVITED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING DIALOG

One of the most life threatening issues affecting Los Angeles today is human trafficking and sexual slavery, a 9 billion dollar a year industry. According to the FBI, it is the third largest criminal activity in the world, drugs and guns being first and second, respectively. This modern day slavery is occurring right in front of us, so we need to learn to look beneath the surface.

The Commission on the Status of Women invites the leadership of Neighborhood Councils to learn more about this heinous crime and get the message out to your stakeholders.

Join the Commission on Thursday, November 17, at the National Council of Jewish Women: 543 North Fairfax Avenue (corner of Clinton Street, one block south of Melrose Avenue), from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. There is free on-site parking at rear of building. Also present will be representatives from LAPD's Narcotics and Vice Divisions, the Fire Department, the FBI, the District Attorney's Office, and Councilmembers Jack Weiss and Tony Cardenas.

If you have any questions, please contact Anne Dunn, Assistant Executive Director, Commission on the Status of Women, at (213) 978-0300, or Norma Foster, Advisory Committee Co-Chair and representative for Neighborhood Councils, at (323) 460-7170.

HOW TO SUBMIT A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT INSTRUCTION SHEET AVAILABLE

Over the year, the department has send out tons of information about how we help Neighborhood Councils get their work done, and specific instructions about how to do certain things. But it is largely mushed into years of past newsletters and it's not easy to find.

We are now starting to take this information and organize it into a collection of simply written "How To" sheeets that we will post on our website. The first one explains how Neighborhood Councils can submit Community Impact Statements and have them printed on the agendas of the City Councils, its committees, and city commissions. There is no other city in the nation (maybe in the world) that provides this opportunity for the public's voice to be heard.

Our home page has been modified to include a button labeled "How To". Click on it and you'll see a growing list of these helpful information sheets. To go straight to the CIS sheet, click here.

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Greg Nelson
gnelson@mailbox.lacity.org

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