Community Action - Las Vegas

A MESSAGE FROM LAS VEGAS Hip-Hop Congress

Dear Partner Organizations,

The Stop the “F” Street Closure LLC is a non-profit organization made up of residents of the historic Westside community, concerned Southern Nevadans, and civil rights activists. Our main cause is to oppose the closing of two major streets, “D” & “F”, which was decided and approved without proper outreach to the community. Legal representation was sought and once it was confirmed that this action was a gross violation of the community’s civil rights, on December 24, 2008, a lawsuit was filed against the City of Las Vegas and NDOT.

In October 2008, we were made aware of the permanent closure of “F” Street as well as “D”. After receiving unfulfilling explanations from key city and state officials for the closures, we then decided to form this coalition. Although our persistent opposing was rewarded by the city’s approval to reopen “D” Street in February 2009, the symbol of the closures is still the underlying issue, and “F” Street, the only through access to the city’s “new downtown” remain a serious concern.

Presently, we are planning a protest march down the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday April 18, 2009, the weekend the National Broadcastors Association convention will be in town. We feel it’s important for oppressed community and representatives of oppressed communities across the globe to stand up and be heard.

We would like your support in this time-sensitive cause. Please join us in our march and together let’s reclaim communities that are in dire need of outside help. Your contributions would be greatly appreciated.

For further information, I can be reached at 702.379.8966.

For your perusal, please visit our website: http://www.westlv.org/ or http://www.westlv.org/, which houses informative links and an online petition. We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Trish Geran,

Chairwoman

Brandon Greene,

Outreach Coordinator