Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere Los Angeles (AWARE-LA)

Projects

White People 4 Black Lives (WP4BL) is a project of Aware-LA. White People 4 Black Lives works under the national network Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). ¹ Showing Up for Racial Justice is a far-left agitation group based out of Louisville, Kentucky. ³ White People 4 Black Lives has a history of making anti-police statements, and attacking traditional gender roles.” ^{4 5}

Aware-LA runs a twice-annual 4-day workshop entitled Unmasking Whiteness Institute, designed specifically for white people. The workshop explores “meanings of whiteness,” “white privilege,” guilt, and systemic racism. ⁶

Aware-LA is listed among the partners of the NOlympics LA campaign, an activist group that opposes the 2028 Olympics slated to take place in Los Angeles. ⁷ The groups cite climate change, displacement of local populations, and high costs for their opposition to the Olympics taking place in Los Angeles. ⁸ The NOlympics LA campaign was founded by the Housing and Homelessness Committee of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). ⁹

Financials

In 2022, Aware-LA reported revenues of $177,272 and expenses of $522,944, with total assets of $974,028. ¹⁰ Donations to Aware-LA are made through ActBlue Civics. ¹¹

Aware-LA donates to other third-party advocacy groups. In 2023, Aware-LA reported donating $239,852 to the Center for Black Power, a left-of-center activist group which works with the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles chapter (BLMLA). ¹² In 2023, the Center for Black Power reported revenues of $564,852 and expenses of $23,856, with total assets of $3,918,158. ¹³

In 2023, Aware-LA reported donating $16,312 to the Tides Foundation, a left-of-center pass-through grantmaking organization whose donor-advised funds can be directed to third-party groups. ^{12 14}

In 2023, Aware-LA reported donating $15,585 to the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN). ¹² In 2023, the Los Angeles Community Action Network reported $2,558,875 in revenues and $1,600,608 in expenses, with $11,075,316 in total assets. ¹³

People

Marianne Drummond is the director and president of Aware-LA. ¹⁰ Drummond has supported the left-wing Women’s March. ¹⁵