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 AFSCME District Council 47 |
 United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia |
 Philadelphia Jobs With Justice |
 Kensington Renewal |
 Maypop Collective for Climate and Economic Justice |
 All That Philly Jazz |
 Arab American CDC |
 Viola Street Residents Association |
 My Place Germantown |
 Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania |
 United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania |
 SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania |
 Soil Generation |
 Farm to City |
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 The Simple Way |
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 Applied Mechanics |
 Land Health Institute |
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 Philadelphia Orchard Project |
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 Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign |
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 Universal Homes |
 Logan Orchard and Market |
 Spatial Justice Lab |
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 Unite Here Local 274 |
 Impact Services Corporation |
 Mariposa Food Co-op |
 Resource Generation Philadelphia Chapter |
 Tenants Union Rights Network (TURN) |
 SEIU 32BJ |
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 Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals |
 Community Legal Services of Philadelphia |
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LATEST NEWS
Join the Phila. Coalition for Affordable Communities for a film screening and interactive workshop to learn about the Civil Rights roots of the Community Land Trust movement and about what is happening to build this movement in Philadelphia.
We will be at Liberty Resources (112 N. 8th St.) on the 2nd Floor in the Wade Blank Room.
* About the film: Arc of Justice traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. (NCI) in southwest Georgia, a story of racial justice, community organizing, and perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles.
NCI was created in 1969 in Albany, Georgia by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Congressman John Lewis, and Charles and Shirley Sherrod, to help secure economic independence for African American families. For 15 years, NCI cooperatively farmed nearly 6,000 acres, the largest tract of land in the United States owned by African Americans at the time, but racist opposition prevented them from implementing plans to build 500 affordable homes as part of their community land trust. You can learn more at: www.arcofjusticefilm.com
The Civil Rights Roots of Community Land Trusts
June 28, 2017, 6:00pm - June 28, 2017, 7:00pm
112 N 8th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2422, United States
Join the Phila. Coalition for Affordable Communities for a film screening and interactive workshop to learn about the Civil Rights roots of the Community Land Trust movement and about what is happening to build this movement in Philadelphia. We will be at Liberty Resources (112 N. 8th St.) on the 2nd Floor in the Wade Blank Room. * About the film: Arc of Justice traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. (NCI) in southwest Georgia, a story of racial justice, community organizing, and perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles. NCI was created in 1969 in Albany, Georgia by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Congressman John Lewis, and Charles and Shirley Sherrod, to help secure economic independence for African American families. For 15 years, NCI cooperatively farmed nearly 6,000 acres, the largest tract of land in the United States owned by African Americans at the time, but racist opposition prevented them from implementing plans to build 500 affordable homes as part of their community land trust. You can learn more at: www.arcofjusticefilm.com
Tomorrow night! Join the PHL Assembled Reconstructions team for a house raising ceremony and celebration at the "Blueprint for a Just Neighborhood" site.
Blueprint for a Just Neighborhood / Housewarming Celebration
June 1, 2017, 5:30pm - June 1, 2017, 8:00pm
Blueprint for a Just Neighborhood
Join us for a house-raising ceremony and housewarming celebration as we put the finishing touches on the framework for an affordable house at the “Blueprint for a Just Neighborhood” site at Tillmon Community Garden in Olde/South Kensington. The evening will feature the performance of "Neighbors?" a Philadelphia scene grappling with gentrification and displacement, scripted by playwright Mona Washington and performed by Tony Kamani and Asaki Kuruma. This site is realized in collaboration with affordable housing advocates including Women's Community Revitalization Project, Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities, Healthy Rowhouse Project, and Tillmon Garden. The program includes contributions from featured artists and collaborators Lisa Adjei, Betty Leacraft, Brujo de la Mancha, Staci Moore, Tieshka K Smith, Denise Valentine, and Mona R. Washington.
Housing costs are skyrocketing and incomes are not keeping pace. This means fewer options for low-income residents in our city. We need City Council to pass legislation that expands resources for our Housing Trust Fund so we can #keepPhillyaffordable
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