Carl Glover
Divest
*Archived post* I have not posted on my Flickr profile in a while so I am uploading all of my old photos to this account.
The banking divestment movement was not something that I was very personally involved or familiar with, but was something I was recently turned on to by the organizations Revolution LA and Divest LA. Coming out of the 2016 elections I saw a lot of energy and enthusiasm in the protests that followed. One of my biggest worries was that this passion would lack the direction necessary to bring about actual change and would eventually fizzle out. I was later encouraged to see groups like the aforementioned ones taking up causes, challenging those in power, and bringing about real change. Revolution LA is a grassroots organization based in the Los Angeles area that supports a myriad of different progressive causes, one of which became the group Divest LA. Through a series of protests and direction action, the groups, in late June of this year, convinced the Los Angeles City Council to pass, by a 14-0 vote, to divest $40 million dollars from Wells Fargo (for its unscrupulous and discriminatory practices, and its financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline). This was an extraordinary feat for a group from such humble beginnings. This piece, if anything, is made out of my respect and admiration of the things this group has managed to accomplish and hopefully will continue to pursue in the future.
Revolution LA
www.facebook.com/revolutionlosangeles/
www.instagram.com/revolution.la/
Divest LA
Divest
*Archived post* I have not posted on my Flickr profile in a while so I am uploading all of my old photos to this account.
The banking divestment movement was not something that I was very personally involved or familiar with, but was something I was recently turned on to by the organizations Revolution LA and Divest LA. Coming out of the 2016 elections I saw a lot of energy and enthusiasm in the protests that followed. One of my biggest worries was that this passion would lack the direction necessary to bring about actual change and would eventually fizzle out. I was later encouraged to see groups like the aforementioned ones taking up causes, challenging those in power, and bringing about real change. Revolution LA is a grassroots organization based in the Los Angeles area that supports a myriad of different progressive causes, one of which became the group Divest LA. Through a series of protests and direction action, the groups, in late June of this year, convinced the Los Angeles City Council to pass, by a 14-0 vote, to divest $40 million dollars from Wells Fargo (for its unscrupulous and discriminatory practices, and its financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline). This was an extraordinary feat for a group from such humble beginnings. This piece, if anything, is made out of my respect and admiration of the things this group has managed to accomplish and hopefully will continue to pursue in the future.
Revolution LA
www.facebook.com/revolutionlosangeles/
www.instagram.com/revolution.la/
Divest LA