Vanguardians Purpose: To Inform, Educate, & Motivate people for their Involvement, Engagement & Advocacy in local government.

Global Circle is an emerging community of young professionals dedicated to supporting American Jewish World Service's mission to work directly with grassroots organizations in the Global South to help people realize their human rights and alleviate hunger, poverty and disease through sustainable models. AJWS Global Circle aims to inspire and engage young Jewish professionals in Los Angeles through personal philanthropy, social events, and social justice initiatives and educational events.

We are the local chapter of the Pachamama Alliance. http://pachamama.org/ Our mission is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on the planet. We engage on a monthly basis to explore ways we can work together to support this mission in our community. Our main focus is to educate individuals and businesses in our community through the delivery of a free symposium called Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream. We are also looking for …

The Left Bank gathers people who share a love for wilderness, music and progressive thought. We organize a variety of activities such as hiking and camping in Southern California, acoustic music jams, coffee breaks (somewhat reminiscent of "Rive Gauche" café life in Paris), movies, concerts, parties, political and environmental activism, therapy exchange, workshops and lectures.  The Left Bank is a refuge for grassroots progressives, liberals, socialists, anarchists and environmentalists who wis …

Meet other local progressive Muslims and get together in an open, compassionate and non-judgmental environment. We welcome new Muslims, old Muslims, LGBTQ Muslims, and Muslims in mixed-faith relationships. Our goal is to build a community in Los Angeles based on the core Islamic values of compassion, equality, social justice, and human rights. A place where you can be Muslim and be yourself! This Los Angeles progressive Muslim Meetup is the founding community of Muslims for Progressive Values, a …

We are an un-affiliated but well-connected group of people who care about ending modern slavery. We work to educate others, raise public awareness and provide opportunities for collaboration between people who work to end human trafficking or support survivors and the general public.

The Stop Violence Against Women Book Club hopes to create dialogues and campaigns to promote an end the emotional, physical and sexual abuse of women. Discussions will be geared to a chosen book on the issue of violence against women. The chosen book, voted upon by the members, will educate the group not only about the statistics, but also the contemporary dynamics of women abuse. After a discussion of the book, members will brainstorm ideas on how to raise awareness and promote action within th …

We are a new organization begun in July 2011 to give life to fresh expressions of church. We want to gather folks who are part of churches, who are disenchanted with church or who are seeking a spiritual life without the formal church.  We help encourage, train and resource people to explore and maybe even start a fresh expression of church. We are an initiative of New Ministries of the United Methodist Church.

This is a group people who describe themselves as activists or advocates; people who are film makers or who have access to facilities where we can show films; people who want to make a difference; and/or people who just like to watch films (mostly documentaries). Films for Action is specifically NOT political so we will not be supporting a specific political party. The goal is to leverage the power of story to help advocates/activists motivate and inspire change. We are open to the topics that w …

Do you want to discuss and learn more about issues in the developing world?  Would you like to do something to help those in need, particularly women and girls?  Finally, are you interested in meeting like-minded people? Then this group is for you! This group was inspired by "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" by Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.  (No need to have read the book to join!) The purpose of this group will be: (1) to use "Half the Sky" as a starting …

The word Reiki translates to " universal life energy". Reiki In You" is a bi-monthly circle dedicated to exploring and harnessing inner love for self healing. The intention of this circle is to hold space by honoring every beings emotions, intentions, journeys, and personal truths. I believe that this "universal life energy" is love and that all beings have the ability to heal themselves and others though love. This space is held as a space of remembering that we are all healers. The cricle tak …

Network with other Muslim Professionals from Southern California in an open, compassionate and non-judgmental environment. We welcome new Muslims and Muslims in mixed-faith relationships. Our goal is to build a community in Los Angeles based on the core Islamic values of compassion, equality, social justice, and human rights. To give you an idea of some of our values: We believe we are all equal before God, irrespective of sect, ethnicity and gender, and we are inspired by God's Mercy and Kindn …

Offered by The Institute for Uncontrollable Juvenile Delinquency and Ecstatic Beauty: Recipes for World Peace: This is an affordable alternative to longer workshops for writers—from wannabees to pros—who need inspiration, unusual exercises, and/or critical assistance overcoming difficulties or just trying to get something going.This fun little scouting group will especially appeal to those attracted to so-called "fringe" topics, such as eating non-Monsanto engineered foodlike products, girls wal …

"The Garden" consists of people of all ages living in the area who want to connect with one another and discuss a wide range of topics that deal with faith, spirituality, ethics, and social justice.  The group averages around a dozen participants and gathers together every Wednesday evening in front entry room (or adjacent inner patio) of Claremont United Methodist Church.  The hot coffee, tea and cookies are free while we share in contemporary Christian music, conversation and communion. While …

We would love for you to join our meet-up group. Let's get out there and wake people up! We organize street actions big and small. We organize truth actions for confronting politicians and other influential figures. We create content for YouTube to help spur the 9/11 Truth movement, and to let the media know that WE KNOW! DONATE HERE https://personal.paypal.com/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=marketing_us/fundraise&nav=0.3.4

Voices of A New Tomorrow is a choir of diverse singers who rehearses on Tuesday evenings in Pasadena and performs at community concerts and civic events.  We have performed at Pasadena's Martin Luther King Day ceremony, World AIDS Day, PraiseJamPasadena and the Pasadena Peace and Justice concert.  The sky is the limit, so join us and we will make musical dreams happen together!

A Bit About Us: We are a community of people who share a deep, abiding love of God, a heart-based spiritual path of attraction, the Shadhiliyya Sufi Path and a guide, Sidi Muhammad Sa'id al Jamal ar Rifa'i as Shaduli (Sidi), who knows the Way and is leading and supporting us in our journey in the return to to God. A Bit About Our Path: The Shadhuliyya Sufi Path is a path of attraction Attraction to the Light and the Love of God; held within its ancient teachings is the promise of discovering …

Los Angeles Chemtrails Meetup, is about raising awareness, demanding transparency, and stopping the Aerosol Spray Operations taking place, on a near daily basis, over the populations of Los Angeles, the United States, and the world over. We demand an immediate halt to these operations. We demand to know exactly what we have been sprayed with and what the health effects are. We demand publicly open investigations and publicly open hearings. We demand Justice! More Information: http://www.carnicom …

Do you read or write action adventure stories? Can you identify with a protagonist who means well, but has a decidedly violent nature? Are you ready for the rampage that begins when his friends are ripped off or extorted, his girlfriend's kidnapped or his family butchered? Do you forgive his lack of investigative skills and reliance on the simplest methods to find an underling and torture out information leading to the next villain, then blows his head off, guts him like a fish or wrings his nec …

少林永春拳 - Shaolin Weng Chun This meet-up was created in 2011 in honor of my Sifu Ignatius Siu. The goal is to provide an accessible forum for those who interesting in spread the art of Shaolin Weng Chun (SWC). Learn the ancient Chinese Healing Art of Ba Duan Jin (8 Pieces of Brocade) to strengthen your internal organs & Dharma Yi Jin Jing (Muscle Tendon Changing Classic) to improve internal energy, release muscle pain and overall physical health. SWC is a system to show you how to overcome stronge …

In this series of meetups we will explore Plato's Republic from a variety of mainstream approaches and see if they are coherent with the goal stated in the last paragraph of the Republic... “...if we follow my advice, believing the soul immortal, and able to undergo all evil things and all good things, we will hold ever the upward road, and we will practise in every way justice along with wisdom, in order that we may be friends to the Gods and to ourselves as well, both while we remain here on …

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court #2599 Our Lady of the Angels Under the patronage of the Blessed Mother, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas are united by their faith in Jesus Christ, in their devotion to the church and the Holy Trinity.  CDA  is a sisterhood of women who work together in acts of charity, unity, and love.  Saint Charles Borromeo is the home of court #2599, Our Lady of the Angels, but all Catholic women of any parish  are  welcomed to join. We invite you to attend ou …