No images? Click here
June 28: Black & Indigenous Housing and Land Rights in Phoenix
Displacement in America today is the result of policy choices that have made housing unaffordable, evictions more likely, and opportunity for free choice less accessible. We know that in the neighborhoods we work alongside, displacement occurs from neglect. New transit projects and investments in infrastructure have failed to enact policies to protect residents.
The Center for American Progress reports, “National trends showed more than 110,000 Black residents and 24,000 Hispanic residents were displaced from urban areas from 2000 to 2013 due to gentrification.”
The consequences are severe, which is why we center Black and Indigenous communities in our anti-displacement work.
This summer, in partnership with InSite Consultants and Mass Liberation AZ, we're launching a new series of workshops and panel discussions that lead up to a Politics of Place in the fall. We hope you'll join us on June 28 for Black & Indigenous Housing and Land Rights in PHX and mark your calendars for each of the events below.
Popular Education Virtual Workshop:
Black & Indigenous Housing and Land Rights in PHX
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
In contemporary capitalist societies, the economic power of owning land is critical, allowing the building of equity to access resources to fund education, businesses, more land ownership, and more self-determination for one’s descendants. Today, Black and Indigenous communities are navigating these relationships to land while mapping and acting to build community economics that are decoupled from exploitative systems of production and trade.
Join Mass Liberation, InSite Consultants and LISC Phoenix for an interactive workshop focusing on housing and land rights in Phoenix, AZ. We will learn and discuss important strategies for solidarity and policy change to support the liberation and thriving across shared struggles.
This work is made possible by the generous support of LISC Phoenix and the Turning The Corner initiative.
