The Fight to Save Philadelphia’s Chinatown
Philadelphia’s Chinatown has successfully fought off previous developments, and a coalition of organizations has formed to stop the planned arena.
read morePhiladelphia’s Chinatown has successfully fought off previous developments, and a coalition of organizations has formed to stop the planned arena.
read moreThe murder of Breonna Taylor is a reminder that gentrification, white supremacy, and police violence are all tightly connected.
read moreAs Chinatowns around the world reel from racial and economic injustice, young women are organizing to save these iconic neighborhoods.
read moreThough the home is the center of our lives, housing in the United States is not a right but a privilege for those able to afford it.
read moreWest Philly residents from the People’s Townhomes are fighting to maintain accessible housing for families and seniors.
read moreCities throughout the country are tackling homelessness by issuing encampment sweeps, further displacing unhoused people.
read moreEmerald (ze/hir), is a housing activist and member of the board of the South Bay Community Land Trust (SBLCT). Emerald talked about what runaway housing costs look like in the area and discussed their particular effects on oppressed populations like queer youth and elders.
read moreDavid Carbajal Torres organizes with Tenants United Santa Ana (Tú Santa Ana). shows how rent hikes and gentrification displace immigrant communities. David also discussed the community resistance to displacement through organizing, culture, and community ties.
read moreVasudha Kumar is a resident of California’s Silicon Valley. After playing a leading role in a multi-year campaign to stop a new Google megacampus, Vasudha now studies the dynamics of economic displacement in cities around the U.S.
read moreNoni Session is the Executive Director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative in Oakland, California. In a city with a deep Black radical history and some of the most pronounced modern-day displacement, EB PREC is building shared economic and community power by preserving land without landlords.
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