Houston residents, friends and @HGentrification out to develop, secure, enforce & sustain a Community Benefits Agreement with @RiceUniversity Management Company
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This Community Benefits Agreement is more than a contract. It’s an opportunity for Third Ward residents, @RiceUniversity, and @SylvesterTurner to create a relationship based in trust and accountability.
It’s time for Houston to do business differently.
#ProtectTheTre
HCEDD Community Meeting: Strategy Teams Report-back and Coalition Workshop teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1gqxvlnPL…
SAVE THE DATE! HCEDD will have our first community meeting of this year Thursday, May 12th from 6-7:30pm on Zoom.
RSVP and read below for more info:
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Online meetings and trainings can be creative, engaging, and dynamic!
Join HCEDD on Tuesday, March 15th at 6pm on Zoom for a facilitation workshop where we will explore tools and techniques that can help us feel more connected, seen, and heard.
RSVP: linktr.ee/hcedd
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The workshop is open to everyone regardless of experience with facilitation. We encourage y'all to log in on a computer or the mobile Zoom app so we can explore using Zoom in engaging ways.
The Zoom link will be
1. Emailed to all who RSVP
2. Posted here linktr.ee/hcedd
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The first half of the community meeting will be livestreamed on our Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube (linked in bio).
Schedule:
Intro/Education - 6:00-6:35PM
Civic Agreement Updates - 6:35-6:55PM
Strategy & Action Planning (NOT livestreamed) - 6:55-8PM
“You’re setting your districts and your communities back.”
We’re fighting for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) because we deserve equity and accountability when wealthy developers build in our neighborhoods. #ProtectTheTre
Houston City Council could have demanded Rice Management Company to negotiate with us on a CBA that meets Third Ward residents’ needs.
Instead, they settled for a meager $14 Million civic agreement that doesn’t even come close.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YIl…
Thread: Today your Houston City Council Members voted on this lackluster, offensive, and unaccountable civic agreement between Rice Management Company and the City of Houston. (1/4)
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The vote on @RiceUniversity Management Company’s insulting civic agreement was delayed by one week. Now it’s time to show up!
Houston City Council Meeting - Tues 11/9 2PM
Public Comment Prep session - Mon 11/8 12-1PM
Sign up at linktr.ee/hcedd
Tell your Council Members to
1. Vote NO on giving RMC $65 Million public funds until Third Ward residents get the Community Benefits Agreement they deserve.
2. Do an Impact Study on the Innovation District so that HCEDD can continue our effort eventbrite.com/e/flood-city-…
WIN: Houston City Council Member @TarshaJackson4B will vote NO on @riceuniversity Management Company’s Civic Agreement until HCEDD get its Community Benefits Agreement!
Where’s your City Council member on this? Most likely ignoring email requests for a meeting. #ProtectTheTre
Call and email your CM saying you support a Community Benefits Agreement between HCEDD and @RiceUniversity Management Company.
We want a future where low-income and poor Black people thrive in Third Ward. #ProtectTheTre
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Hey everyone, dm us events where @houmayor, Rice Management Company’s Alison Thacker, and every Houston City Council Member other than Evans-Shabazz will be.
Since they won’t meet with us, we’ll meet with them.
.@HoustonChron, @HoustonPubMedia, @impactnews, and every other media org must call @RiceUniversity Management Co.’s promises to the City the “Rice Management Company Civic Agreement.” It’s not a Community Benefits Agreement.
#hounews
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They haven’t performed in a year because they aren’t doing an CBA. HCEDD is.
In fact, they attended the community’s first workshops, never came back, and created a group of 13 people.
Check out our result of tens of meetings: linktr.ee/hcedd
“As developers, we’re making our own group and writing a Community Benefits Agreement.” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
@RiceUniversity Mgmt Co. can’t erase low income and poor Black people.
“We will be wherever contradictions arise in this…Whether that be Rice Management Company, whether that be certain city council members, whether that be the mayor himself.”
houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
(1/4) Yesterday community members got kicked out of the @USGBC @usgbctx “equity panel” for calling out Rice Management Company Sam Dike’s history of deceit and disrespect. (Affiliated with @RiceUniversity & @TheIonHouston)
What is a CBA? - A Conversation With HCEDD Legal Team Lead Maddie Sloan, J.D. teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1OdJrBEAj…
1. Yesterday at public comment, the Houston Council Members asked many questions about CBAs.
Today we re-emailed them to provide educational resources on CBAs, connections to global CBA experts, and an invitation to tmrw's conversation with our legal team lead Maddie Sloan
2. Read our CBA Education email to the Houston City Council Members: @AbbieKamin @AmyPeck @salliealcorn @TarshaJackson4B @RobertGallegos_ @MarthacastexT @TiffanyForAlief @CMPlummer4 @MikeKnox1Hou @Karla4Houston @TravisDistrictG @cmDaveMartin @PollardforHTX
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