Housing is a human right!
A four part series
Reclaim, Remain, Rebuild is a series of forums bringing together some of the best housing advocates nationally and locally to share their work around various aspects of housing justice. From campaigns around rent control, tenant organizing, houseless villages, housing co-ops, land trusts, rent strikes and foreclosure/eviction defense, we need a diverse toolkit of strategies to reverse the effects of the waves of displacement, gentrification and rampant real estate speculation we have seen over the last couple decades, and combat the assaults we know are coming from landlords and developers as the crisis deepens. With the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus threatening to displace millions of people from their living situations in the coming months, right now is a critical time to start finding each other and working together to build campaigns and coalitions that can turn the tables on powerful property owners and build a strong and diverse movement for housing justice.
Our first event
Reclaim
Sunday August 30th, 2-4 PM
In this panel Max Rameau will discuss his work with Take Back the Land, which reclaimed vacant space for community needs in Miami over a decade ago, as well as what he has recently been working on and thoughts on the possibility for these kind of actions in the current moment. Ibrahim Mubarak of Right 2 Survive and Sarah P of Stop the Sweeps PDX will discuss the role of autonomous houseless villages and explore steps we can take locally to prevent neighbors from being criminalized because of their housing status and to brainstorm community-driven solutions to provide housing dignity for houseless neighbors.
Visit our website at www.rrrpdx.org to register and receive the Zoom link for the event.
Limited space for 10 participants will be available at the Social Justice Action Center for those who don’t have access to computer technology to participate in a Zoom meeting. Please email reclaimremainrebuild@gmail.com to let us know to will be attending in person. Food and bus tickets will be provided.
Second Event in Series
Remain
Saturday September 26th, 3-5 PM
Leeor & Laura E of Portland Tenants United and CiCi from LA Tenants Union will discuss ways to keep people in their homes as this health and economic crisis continues to batter renters. We will cover a variety of strategies for housing defense including tenant union organizing, eviction defense, organizing rents strikes, and building larger regional & national coalitions to build tenant power.
Visit our website at www.rrrpdx.org to register and receive the Zoom link for the event.
Limited space for 10 participants will be available at the Social Justice Action Center for those who don’t have access to computer technology to participate in a Zoom meeting. Please email reclaimremainrebuild@gmail.com to let us know to will be attending in person. Food and bus tickets will be provided.
