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Michelle Crouch, Sterling Johnson, Darlene Foreman, Emma Fox, Andrew Ross, Amin Husain and Nitasha Dhillon in conversation on Friday, April 8, 6:30-8pm
With prices and rents soaring, and the threat of mass evictions on our doorstep, the pre-pandemic housing crisis has become an emergency. Yet the pandemic has also seen an upsurge of movement organization under the banner of Housing for All. This event will chart the dimensions of the affordable housing crunch, offer a report from the frontlines, discuss the range of solutions, and highlight some local struggles from the housing justice movement. This conversation is part of a larger one around interconnected struggles that should inform strategies and tactics for producing non-market alternatives such as community land trusts, cooperatives, and self-organized social housing. Last but not least, we will address the role of property and police in directing and disciplining the housing field and even parts of the movement.
Michelle Crouch is a higher ed worker, housing organizer, single parent, and writer based in West Philadelphia. She serves on the steering committee of the Philadelphia Rent Control Coalition.
Sterling Johnson researches in the areas of Black geographies, anti-colonialism, feminist geography, carceral and abolition geographies. Their research is concerned with laws and morality and issues of social justice and liberation.
Darlene Foreman is a resident of UC TownHomes and activist in the Coalition.
Emma Fox is a queer community organizer, truth activator, and play specialist with a background in early childhood education and anti oppression work. she founded the wild ride collective.
Andrew Ross is an NYU professor and organizer with Decolonize This Place. He is author of many books, including, most recently, Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing.
Amin Husain and Nitasha Dhillon will participate as facilitators.