The People’s Bloc

The People’s Bloc is a multiracial table dedicated to the inclusion of everyday residents, conducting public education, and proposing solutions to the redistricting process that promote the political voice, representation, and access to resources of historically underrepresented groups.

To this end, we believe that it is essential to build out a multiracial, intersectional regional approach to the redistricting process using a racial equity lens. The organizations involved will conduct ongoing grassroots community engagement around structural racism through storytelling, education, and targeted messaging to center community voices in the redistricting process. Partner organizations will also be tasked with creating “Solidarity Maps” that put forth redistricting lines that are rooted in racial solidarity, in which we elevate and support other communities.

All of our work is in the interest of ensuring that the maps created by the California and Los Angeles County Citizens Redistricting Commissions, and City of Los Angeles (including LAUSD), provide protection and political power to underrepresented communities within our region and do not result in minimizing the political voice, representation, and access to resources of those communities for years to come. We seek to elevate the voices of our communities throughout this process while strengthening their base and redistricting knowledge.