PRINTED newspaper in east Lakewood
The first of the Lakewood Populist's special community editions this election season.
LAKEWOOD, CA: A group of volunteers distributed the first PRINTED NEWSPAPER for east Lakewood.
The Lakewood Populist wished to serve the underserved communities of east Lakewood, where a large proportion of the city's homeless encamp and where near half the city's homicides have occurred since 2000. Therefore, the Lakewood Populist dedicated its first special neighborhood print edition to the east Lakewood communities.
Several residents, upon being told that the newspaper was about their local community, appeared eager to read it. Only a handful declined the newspaper, which was their right.
Two thousand newspapers were printed, the vast majority of them being folded, rolled up and delivered to homes between the 605 Freeway and Coyote Creek. Unfortunately, we needed about 400 more to reach the homes south of Centralia Street and east of Norwalk Boulevard, as well as maybe 150 other houses scattered across east Lakewood's district 5 area.
The project was all volunteer and allowed those involved to bond and get some long overdue exercise.
Stories included: biographies of this year's two district 5 City Council candidates, a timeline of "The Purge" in Lakewood crimes and the resulting emergency public safety measures, a blurb about ABC Unified and Cerritos College students and faculty fighting for their civil rights against Covid mandates, and an exhortation for the citizens of east Lakewood to fight for their rights via staying informed and politically organizing.
About 80 copies of the newspaper was delivered to several east Lakewood eateries:
- The Loft Hawaiian Grill (Pioneer/Del Amo)
- Pioneer Donuts (Pioneer/Centralia)
- Gangnam Korean BBQ (Pioneer/Centralia)
- Brothers Korean BBQ (Norwalk/Centralia)
- Ahead Stylist Barber Shop (Norwalk/Centralia)
- Donut City (Norwalk/Centralia)
- Sun's Donuts (Bloomfield/Centralia)
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