LA landmarks light up as part of anti-hate campaign

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LOS ANGELES – City landmarks will be illuminated in various colors for several nights, beginning Friday night, to commemorate the third anniversary of the “L.A. is For Everyone” campaign, which promotes community, diversity and anti-hate.

Starting Friday evening and continuing through Sunday, Los Angeles City Hall, LAX Pylons, Union Station, the LA Zoo, the Port of Los Angeles and other locations will be illuminated after sunset.
A complete list of locations is available here.

The LA Civil Rights Department launched the anti-hate campaign in 2020 in response to a rise in hate crimes in Southern California. Since then, it has been translated into 21 languages and displayed in more than 10,000 locations, including trains, buses, city parks, libraries and hundreds of businesses, according to the campaign.

“Even though this is a campaign to stop hate, it intentionally does not center hate as the subject of the campaign,” according to the department’s website. “Instead, we are using this space to empower our diverse communities and talk about what we stand for — belonging, inclusion and solidarity.”

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For THREE nights starting Friday, September 27, iconic LA landmarks will be illuminated after dark to mark three years of fighting hate and to celebrate diversity, solidarity, and an #LAForAll Join us with @LACivilRights!💡✨ pic.twitter.com/59vfJJsBfG

— City of Los Angeles (@LACity) September 25, 2024

The campaign won an award from the American Advertising Awards in 2022.

“Since 2020, LA Civil Rights has worked to strengthen, promote, and fight to protect Angelenos and LA visitors from hate and discrimination,” Capri Maddox, executive director of the LA Civil Rights Department, said in a statement.

“This year, more than a dozen LA landmarks will be illuminated in honor of our `LA is For Everyone’ campaign,” her statement continued. “It is a beautiful mosaic of colors representing the brilliant diversity of our city.

Its growth in popularity is part of our intentional awareness campaign that hate has no home in Los Angeles, and we are building an inclusive LA for all.”

Angelenos are encouraged to take photos and share them on social media with the tag @LACivilRights and the hashtag #LAForAllChallenge.

“I’m going to be at Warehouse 1 a little later tonight, and take my picture to be a force multiplier,” LA City Councilman Tim McOsker said during Friday’s council meeting. “Join us hand-in-hand as we remind the world that hate has no place in LA” (CNS)