To the editor: Gustavo Arellano’s column asks us to insurgent smarter (“Trump wants L.A. to set itself on fire. Let’s rebel smarter,” June 9). As we take to the streets, allow us to additionally act decisively to financially assist the organizations and households affected by the president’s reckless actions. Their subsequent steps are to safe authorized counsel, discover bodily security and demand accountability from their authorities.
Over the previous couple of years, I’ve been part of a neighborhood Latino giving circle in Los Angeles that has raised practically half 1,000,000 {dollars} for immigrant-serving organizations since 2017. We’re at the moment elevating more cash to assist our immigrant communities in want at this second.
Whereas a few of us might not be capable to march towards this authorities’s actions, or select to not for no matter motive, all of us can provide, irrespective of the quantity. That too is an act of protest and a name to motion for the simply society that eludes us nonetheless.
Pamela Wright, Los Angeles
