All comrades—but especially Westside comrades in and around Venice—are invited to join this Mini Canvass Training + Phonebank in preparation for the upcoming Locks On My Block Canvass in Venice on June 26th.

AirBnB is an infamous engine for displacement and there is a particularly high density of AirBnB rentals in Venice. NOlympics-LA and the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project have built an organizing tool called LOCKS ON MY BLOCK [nolympicsla.com/locks] to report & track illegal Airbnbs in our city.

This event will train comrades to spot illegal Airbnbs and start conversations with tenants in your neighborhood and organize against these predatory practices. We’ll also be making calls to comrades in Venice to join us in this hyper-local organizing work going forward.

If you’ve never canvassed or phonebanked before, no worries! This virtual hosted event is a great way to get involved in neighborhood organizing work; there will be time dedicated to ensure comrades know what to expect for future irl canvassing and we’ll walk through the phone bank script step-by-step.