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Gentrification & Displacement

Watch:

WURD Radio's recorded panel discussion:

Urban Displacement Project's video, Gentrification Explained:

Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity's report, Revitalization without Gentrification:

http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/reports/2004/07_2004_Gentrification%20and%20Revitalization.pdf

Read:

How to Kill a City by Peter Moskowitz

Check out:

Dealing with Gentrification Toolkit: http://dealingwithgentrification.org/toolkit/

Urban Displacement Project: http://www.urbandisplacement.org/gentrification-explained

For community education / workshop facilitation:

CORAJUS (Coalition for Racial Justice): www.corajus.org

For assistance:

Community Legal Services: http://www.clsphila.org

Philadelphia Basic Systems Home Repair: http://ohcdphila.org/home-repair/bsrp/

Longtime Owner Occupants Program: https://www.phila.gov/services/payments-assistance-taxes/income-based-assistance-programs/longtime-owner-occupants-program/

Germantown First-Time Homebuyer Counseling: https://germantownunitedcdc.org/community-resources/housing-counseling-services/

Tenant Union Representative Network: http://rturn.net/

Time Banking

Watch:

Time Banking on Good Morning America:

Time as Money trailer (watch in full by setting up a free account on Kanopy.com):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ud5HVh500J0

Check out:

Womanist Working Collective Reciprocity Time Bank:

https://www.womanistworkingcollective.org/reciprocity-time-bank?fbclid=IwAR0FcPQQ4GdQaTeLLc9yF4YOE04q7DmYP1IySkJ2abYKR3NfoAupdk27f7A

Community Land Trust

Watch:

Arc of Justice documentary:

Streets of Dreams documentary: https://www.newday.com/film/streets-dreams

(both films are short and available with a free account on Kanopy.com)

Read:

The Next System Project on CLTs: https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/community-land-trust

Cooperative Business, Cooperative Housing, Cooperatives Misc.

Check out:

Cooperation Jackson: http://www.cooperationjackson.org

Attend events from:

Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA): https://philadelphia.coop/

Watch:

PACA's video, Unstoppable: How cooperative businesses are transforming communities:

Kali Akuno's interview on Chris Hedges' On Contact:

https://cooperationjackson.org/blog/2018/3/8/on-contact-with-chris-hedges-the-radical-transformation-of-jackson-mississippi

Sacred Economics, Charles Eisenstein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZkQv25uEs&feature=player_embedded

Read:

Solidarity Rising in Massachusetts Report by Solidary Economy Initiative: https://pennloh.wpcomstaging.com/2017/03/14/solidarity-rising-in-massachusetts/

Capitalism is Not the Only Choice article by Penn Loh:

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/solidarity/capitalism-is-not-the-only-choice-20171114

Philahealthia Co-op Health Care: http://philahealthia.org

Worker Co-ops Catch on in Philadelphia:

https://nextcity.org/features/view/worker-co-ops-catch-on-in-philadelphia?fbclid=IwAR3jE-B61sP8XkTEBlO8o83hOW6ZfDtJ_-8982fS7BW2xaZVB-uGsRDe-2c

Cooperative Buying Power of Land: https://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/neighbors-got-together-buy-vacant-buildings-renting-bike-shop-brewer?fbclid=IwAR0iF0K_lv_zU98lsrzZFro-kaxQFY4xRMyPvn_f2NimYkbnR6C9naxYcEA

Housing, Cooperative Living, & Intentional Community

Get involved with:

Women's Community Revitalization Project: www.wcrpphila.org

Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities

Read:

How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult:

https://www.vox.com/2015/10/28/9622920/housing-adult-friendship

Check out:

Life Center Association in West Philly: http://www.lca.coop

The story of New Communities Inc in Albany, GA

PUSH Buffalo: https://www.pushbuffalo.org/

Grassroots Organizing & Movement Building

Read:

The Next American Revolution by Grace Lee Boggs

Bridging the Class Divide by Linda Stout

Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community (34 pages) by Peter Block:

http://www.peterblock.com/_assets/downloads/Civic.pdf

Small Works / Little Actions Everywhere Yes! Magazine article:

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/mental-health/5-ways-small-actions-have-huge-power-20180910?fbclid=IwAR1FFAfu2ikSNIKAaoBdvNFa26EpUkRU4qT8xpxJnRRxG5N43VOBLEqXxio

Check out:

Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership, Detroit: www.boggscenter.org

Piedmont Peace Project

Community-Based Solutions / Optimism for the Future (in general)

Read:

Yes! Magazine: www.yesmagazine.org (subscribe to e-newsletter or home delivery)

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