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Anti-ICE billboards show Angelenos how their tax dollars are ‘wasted’

Anti-ICE billboards show Angelenos how their tax dollars are ‘wasted’

There are some new billboards in town that want you to know what the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is doing with its newfound funding. “Your tax $ wasted” reads the top of these billboards that can be found around L.A. and in several other cities around the country, including Memphis, Miami and Raleigh, N.C. Other messages found on the signs are: “ICE weapons spending increases 600%, 17 million people lose healthcare;” “ICE cruelty is costing you $28 billion;” and “Funding ICE is a slippery slope to fascism.” The coordinated action was put together by the activist group Mijente Support Committee, a Latinx rights advocacy group whose ethos is “no one is coming to save us, so we have to save ourselves and each other.” Joseline Garcia — who serves as Mijente’s community defense director, as well as community defense training for L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez’s first district — spoke with The Times about the advocacy organization’s billboard campaign. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen an increase in the use of billboards for …

11 places in Los Angeles connecting Angelenos to their Latinidad

11 places in Los Angeles connecting Angelenos to their Latinidad

“Let’s go, lesbians!” That’s the rallying cry of DJ Leslie Ortiz — DJ Les — the founder of Toxica Fridays, a weekly Latin dance party for lesbians. “Toxica” is a play on the stereotype of lesbians having toxic relationships, but it’s all good vibes and everyone is welcome at Mi Corazón restaurant in Silver Lake. “It’s definitely open to anyone” who wants to have a good time, says Jeremy Swan, who owns Mi Corazón with his wife, Vanessa Swan. Every Friday, the party at Mi Corazón restaurant begins with dinner at 8 p.m. At 9, Ortiz and her crew begin their Latin music set and at 10, tables are pushed out of the way and the dancing gets going. Ortiz hosts Toxica events, lesbian brunches and private parties all over Southern California. To find out about her next event, check out her Instagram. Source link

10 places to pick up a new hobby taught by Latino Angelenos

10 places to pick up a new hobby taught by Latino Angelenos

For some Latinos, the kitchen is a holy ground where tías, abuelas or even mothers and fathers cook all the favorite meals that tell the family story. Because, of course, your mother’s albondigas is the best and why would you ever even try to make it or have it at a restaurant? That’s one of the walls that chef Nicole Presley wants to tear down with her classes at LA Cocina de Gloria Molina located at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Cooking should not be intimidating, even if a certain dish holds a special place in a person’s memory, she said. Presley taught a class on how to make chile rellenos, and a group of elderly Latina women told her that they were a bit afraid to tackle the dish. “It’s all about how you approach the dish and cooking from a different perspective,” Presley said, who won over her students in the end by showing them how not to overthink the recipe. “If you can make the recipe approachable, relatable, then it’s really …