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Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together
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)
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