african american caucus - SEIU Local 721

Black History Month 2022 Food Drive

February 9, 2022

Happy Black History Month! Dear SEIU 721 Brothers and Sisters, Something that I look forward to every year during Black History Month is taking the time to shine a spotlight on people who might not be Read More...

Black Workers Deserve to Thrive — Share Your Story

May 11, 2021

We’re excited to share the opportunity to get involved with the Essential Stories campaign. Essential Stories is a movement-building advocacy campaign created to uplift the voices and experiences of Black workers in California. As one of the hardest hit populations by the pandemic, the Read More...

Black History Month: Celebrating Fannie Lou Hamer

February 19, 2021

SEIU 721 Members are invited to attend this online event celebrating one of our labor heroes! The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute is hosting a program celebrating its namesake on Facebook Live on Read More...

Black History Is American History: BHM 2021

February 1, 2021

Last month a scene unfolded on the grounds of the US Capitol that was almost unimaginable. White supremacists, at the urging of former Pres. Donald Trump, lay siege to Congress in an attempt to overturn the Read More...

SEIU’s International Board Passes Resolution in Support of the Movement for Black Lives

June 15, 2020

At SEIU Local 721 we know that an injustice to one is an injustice to us all. That's why we proudly stand with our allies in the Movement for Black Lives and have pledged to continue in the fight to dismantle white supremacy, systematic racism and end the epidemic of police Read More...

Juneteenth Block Party – June 15!

May 29, 2019

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Juneteenth Block Party Saturday, June 15 2019 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Exposition Park – SOUTH LAWN Join us for the Juneteenth Block Party on June 15th, 2019 at Exposition Park, from 2pm to 8pm. PRESENTED BY The SEIU Local 721, the African American Caucus and the Office of Read More...

A look back at….SEIU 721’s Juneteenth 2018!

August 27, 2018

By popular demand, here is the highlight reel from SEIU 721's Juneteenth Celebration 2018! The African-American Caucus presented this year's Juneteenth celebration titled, The Blackout Experience: Read More...

As Black History Month Starts, SEIU 721 Remembers Sacrifice of Sanitation Workers

February 1, 2018

The gruesome on-duty deaths of two Memphis sanitation workers on Feb 1, 1968 spurred a series of events that forever changed the struggle for worker safety and civil rights. Now, 50 years later, the fight for safe working conditions and to establish and maintain our collective voice on the job is Read More...

SEIU 721 Celebrates Juneteenth

June 19, 2017

SEIU 2015 President Laphonza Butler, Assembly member Reggie Jones-Sawyer, and SEIU 721 VP Linda Dent. Juneteenth, From Broken Chains to a New Reign "It's time to revitalize and it's time to Read More...

Assemblymember Reggie Jones Sawyer & SEIU Local 721 African American Caucus JUNETEENTH Celebration

May 19, 2017

"From Broken Chains to a New Reign"Please join Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer and SEIU Local 721's African American Caucus as we celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday, June 17, 2017. This year we are Read More...