The Obama Center can build South Side communities OR it can displace longtime residents. Join us to win a community benefits agreement from the City of Chicago
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Coalition for a CBA retweeted
#DefendChristiana update: She's been evicted and her belongings are outside. If you can help move it onto trucks, come to 6141 S Greenwood now. Thank you!
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
🚨RIGHT NOW: ALL OUT TO 6141 S Greenwood to #DefendChristiana. RIGHT NOW law enforcement is trying to wrongly evict Black third-generation home-owner Christiana.🚨
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
defund's virtual TNT teach-in is tomorrow! register below:
Join us for two upcoming Treatment Not Trauma Teach-Ins! Plug into our final push to get TNT on the ballot in the 20th ward!
Sun, Jul 31, 5pm - IN PERSON bit.ly/TnTDefundTeachIn
Wed, Aug 3, 6pm - ONLINE bit.ly/TNTVirtualTeachIn
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
The Mayor hasn't taken her obligation to create fair & equitable housing seriously; she has yet to fill the seats on the appointed CHA board, and stories like @taylorfor20th waiting 29 years for a housing voucher reply from the city prove there is much work to be done.
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
I urge the city to set aside all 52 Woodlawn lots, and if that isn't done by the time I take office, I commit to doing so myself. I'll also work w/ the coalition to ensure equitable development in South Shore to protect homeowners, expand tenants rights, and prevent displacement.
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
We are outside City Hall today with @LB_HopeCenter, @KOCOmmunity, & @northsideaction to demand that Mayor Lightfoot stop the construction of a new high school on Ickes land, a land promised to Black & brown community members for more affordable housing!
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
This morning, @LB_HopeCenter and other allies demanded the rebuilding of affordable housing for the Harold L. Ike’s site, NOT a high school for the South Loop community!
Here’s Rod on the city’s anti-black housing policies and the sale of CHA land to a private company:
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Dixon Romeo of @ObamaCBA notes the condo fund is being bankrolled by the city's Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund: "We don't need programs like this that are literally taking money out of funds that could go to affordable housing...and giving it the condo owners."
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Multiple reps of @ObamaCBA are calling into public comment to criticize the South Shore condo preservation pilot, saying it does nothing to help the renters who are being displaced.
They're calling for a "comprehensive housing program" to stem displacement in South Shore.
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Healing in the Park is about to get underway soon! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with set up!
We keep us safe!
#TreatmentNotTrauma
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Ready to see how the Chicago Parks Golf Alliance talks about the piece of land that the Sanctuary occupies? Here are some excerpts from their 2017 praise of the proposed course design. It's an exemplar in the plundering of public resources for private gain.
ALT Lush foliage of the Sanctuary looking out over Lake Michigan and the downtown skyline
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Check out this article highlighting the demands made by Woodlawn residents and student activists for the University of Chicago to give more than $70 million per year in reparations to South Side communities
blockclubchicago.org/2022/02…
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Mayor Lightfoot, where are the 52 lots for affordable homes you agreed to as part of the Obama Community Benefits Agreement?
This report shows a crisis is coming for our Black senior homeowners. It's time to #StopDisplacement
@chicagosmayor @ObamaCBA
housingstudies.org/blog/plan…
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Please join us in welcoming Marilyn Harper ([email protected]) to STOP as a new AmeriCorps housing organizer!
“I’ve been in STOP for over seven year now, as community activist and life-long resident of the Woodlawn community."
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
Join us in welcoming Anna Durr ([email protected]) to STOP as our restorative-justice coordinator!
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
And now we and @ObamaCBA are off to rally and speak to news media at @ChicagosMayor Lightfoot's house!
STOP DISPLACING BLACK RESIDENTS from Woodlawn and South Shore!!
@LoriLightfoot just showed up at the Woodlawn Summit so we and our #CBAnow coalition did too!
@ChicagosMayor: Displacement is happening NOW! Set aside the City's vacant lots on 63rd St for construction with 30% of apartments affordable NOW!
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
STOP SOUTH SHORE DISPLACEMENT. Organized by. @KOCOmmunity @STOPChicago , Not Me We, @ObamaCBA . @chicagosmayor, where are you when black folks are being displaced?
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
In good times, developers build too much too fast, leading to gentrification & displacement. We need smart growth that keeps people in their communities, right @chicagosmayor? Where are the 52 lots you promised for Woodlawn? #KOCOmmunity @ObamaCBA @UICGCI
greatcities.uic.edu/2022/01/…
Coalition for a CBA retweeted
20+ years ago, Betsy couldn't afford a home in Edgewater and bought a home in Woodlawn. Now her daughter is having trouble affording to stay here.
@LoriLightfoot: set aside all 52 vacant lots committed in 2020's @ObamaCBA ordinance for affordable housing! Do it TODAY!
