`LA For All' Week Begins in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- City Hall, the Sixth Street Bridge and Dodger Stadium are among the iconic Los Angeles structures to be illuminated tonight in a mosaic of colors as part of the city's first ``LA For All'' week.

``LA For All'' is part of the Los Angeles Civil Rights Department's anti-hate PSA campaign. Created in 2021 amid a rise in hate crimes across Los Angeles and the country, it includes 18 languages and has been displayed on more than 5,000 ad spaces in the city.

In conjunction with the campaign, a student art show was at Cal State Los Angeles on Tuesday and a resource fair will be in Lincoln Park on Thursday.

Other structures lighting up on Thursday will be Union Station, the US Bank Tower, the pylons at LAX, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, USC's Galen Center, Metro Headquarters, the LA Zoo, Banc of California Stadium and the former Herald Examiner Building.

In 2021, Los Angeles recorded the most hate crimes among large cities in the United States, and an analysis from USC found that the city is on track to surpass last year's totals in 2022.

``L.A.'s greatest strength lies in its diversity, but that diversity must be protected,'' said Capri Maddox, executive director of LA Civil Rights.

``We are launching LA For All week because we can't sit by and watch hate continue to rise. We are standing together to make it known that Los Angeles is for everyone.''

-- City News Service