Wednesday: Anti-Gentrification Rally at Mayor's Conference

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McGrath" <tenacdc@yahoo.com>
To: <tenac@lists.riseup.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:57 PM
Subject: [tenac] Fwd: Wednesday: Anti-Gentrification Rally at Mayor's
Conference

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> --- Parisa Norouzi <parisa@empowerdc.org> wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:40:01 -0500
>> From: "Parisa Norouzi" <parisa@empowerdc.org>
>> Subject: Wednesday: Anti-Gentrification Rally at
>> Mayor's Conference
>> To: <parisa@empowerdc.org>
>>
>> Join Empower DC this Wednesday to Protest
>> Gentrification in DC and Beyond.
>> Wear Red - Call Linda if you can make it (202)
>> 234-9119
>>
>>
>>
>> CALL TO ACTION
>>
>>
>>
>> SOLIDARITY ACTION AGAINST GENTRIFICATION!
>>
>>
>>
>> Miami Activities Join DC Residents to Protest the
>>
>> UC Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting & Gala
>>
>>
>>
>> Date / Time: 4:30PM, WEDNESDAY, January 24th
>>
>> Target: Mayors of DC and Cities Across the Country!
>>
>> Location: National Building Museum, 5th & G sts, NW
>>
>> (Judiciary Sq Metro)
>>
>>
>>
>> Miami based organization Power U Center for Social
>> Change has been in a long
>> term fight against the City of Miami because its
>> leadership continues to
>> give away public land to rich developers. Miami is
>> in a housing crisis
>> (certainly not unfamiliar to most of us) and as
>> these city officials
>> continue to give away land, dollars, and process to
>> rich developers for
>> luxury condo's poor black and brown residents are
>> DISPLACED.
>>
>>
>>
>> The US Conference of Mayors is an opportunity to
>> shame city of Miami Mayor
>> Manny Diaz and any other Mayors in front of their
>> peers and in the press. We
>> believe we must continue to put pressure on the city
>> and increase our power
>> to claim what is OURS; our community, our housing,
>> our LAND.
>>
>>
>>
>> By joining us on Wednesday, January 24th at 5pm you
>> will be participating in
>> solidarity against gentrification with Power U
>> Center in Miami, Florida,
>> Jobs with Justice, DC and South Florida; Tenant and
>> Workers United,
>> Virginia; Miami Workers Center, Miami, Florida; ONE
>> DC; National Organizers
>> Alliance, DC; Empower DC; Hill-Snowdon Foundation,
>> DC; Youth Education
>> Alliance, DC. COME JOIN US SO WE CAN INCREASE OUR
>> POWER IN THIS FIGHT!!
>>
>>
>>
>> There are opportunities to join us for poster making
>> Wednesday, January 24th
>> 1pm -3pm at the ONE DC office, a dinner and debrief
>> at 7:30pm Wednesday,
>> Busboys and Poets; a breakfast gathering on
>> Thursday, January 25th.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> If you can attend any or all of these events or have
>> questions please call:
>>
>> Bernadette Armand, Power U Center organizer
>> 954-709-7386
>> (barmand@poweru.org)
>>
>>
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>>
>> Parisa B. Norouzi
>>
>> Co-Director/Organizer
>>
>> District of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project
>>
>> (Empower DC)
>>
>> 1419 V St, NW
>>
>> Washington, DC 20009
>>
>> (202) 234-9119
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> TENAC, the D.C. Tenants' Advocacy Coalition is asking 1,000 people to
> actively support the "D.C. Mobilization for Tenants' Rights & Affordable
> Housing" campaign. Click http://www.tenac.org/ to support the "D.C.
> Mobilization for Tenants' Rights & Affordable Housing" campaign.
>
>
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