Vision Circle

Live from Lucy Florence

I will be making a journey on a regular basis to Los Angeles to hook up with the National Alliance for Positive Action, now hosted at Lucy Florence in Leimert Park. This morning was the first of many trips. I'm excited by a number of things that are in the mix and I will be reporting it here in the pages of Vision Circle.

You may or may not have heard of Earl Ofari Hutchinson, but he is an Old School fellow who has quite a bit of credibility in Los Angeles. He is kind and gentle, grass roots and community oriented and is providing a non-partisan forum for folks to discuss matters of political interest in a respectful way. Ofari and Lucy Florence, run by the Harris twins, are a perfect fit, and I never fail to be impressed by just how well things go there.

Today's visit was an excellent introduction to an interesting cluster of folks. If you've never seen black republicans and democrats sit down at the same table and work things out, this is the place to be. I met a Republican candidate for state senate as well members of Karenga's original US organization. The full political spectrum is here.

The Alliance will be hosting forums every Saturday at 10am at Lucy Florence and the next few weeks look to be very interesting. Topics over the next few weeks include Wal Mart in Inglewood, the Donovan Jackson trial, HIV AIDS Prevention and the election campaign of Steve Cooley. Ofari has the ability to bring big names to the forum so you can expect important folks and press to show up. I'll be there, so you will too.