SoCal in 17 host Alex Cohen speaks with Melina Abdullah​, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter L.A. Abdullah recounts how she joined the movement, her experience presenting the “People’s Budget” to the L.A. City Council, and her reason behind why she wants to re-imagine public safety.

Producer Esther Lee then joins to celebrate Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

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