Direct Action▻Worker’s Rights▻Archiving #disappearingBlackness
Philadelphia, PA
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Ask the @PhilaHsgAuthPHA how it turns 40 houses (5 bedroom and 6 bedroom houses into 1 bedroom senior housing in segregated housing.
The new housing is not new. They are taking away from other sources.
Peace Beautiful People!
Our Housing Symposium is this Saturday from 2-6pm at the Church of the Advocate!
We have dope speakers from the following groups:
Philly REAL Justice
Nadera Hood-PHA Occupation
Philly Tenants Union
Stadium Stompers
Philly ACT UP
Soil Generation
BBWC
TONIGHT! Catch our digital watch party, 7-9 pm, of "Collective Courage" a documentary chronicling the hxstory of Black cooperative economic thought and practice. The film will stream live from our FB page facebook.com/BBworkers/
We believe it is time to challenge At-Will on a policy level as it is used systematically and systemically to discriminate against Black and Brown workers of all identities and class statuses. In the mean time, support former Vetri employees and circulate these demands.
Within a month the university set the site for demolition with police surrounding the park with an 8ft fence. 3,000 protestors defended the park but were met with police gunfire. 100s were wounded, 1 student killed.
A precedent for this action is People's Park located in Berkeley, California. In 1969 a vacant strip of UC Berkeley owned land was reclaimed and converted by community residents into a space for organizing.
Constructed in '96, Squirrel Hill Falls park has barred regular community access for 23 years. Reclaimed on 4.13.19, this privately owned public amenity is now known as People's Park. What space in your hood would you like to reclaim? #WeCallUs #DisappearingBlackness
Philadelphia Starbucks Protests.
A year later.
#StarbucksWhileBlack
#ShutDownStarbucks
#InquiringMinds
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@JeniceArmstrong ty for your stellar historical overview of the last year and thanks
@PhillyInquirer for Inquiring Minds.
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April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He died at a nearby hospital at 7:05 pm.
#MLK51
This site has been reclaimed on behalf of the displaced and dispossessed persons of Philadelphia. In a city of 11,000 homeless persons and 40,000 vacant spaces, local government has failed.
