10/29/2013 A Dream Foreclosed

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A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home activist discussion and community forum

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.

UIC School of Public Health Auditorium
1603 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL

Accessible by Ashland #9 Bus, Pink/Blue Line, Taylor #157 Bus, and Roosevelt #12 Bus

Free and open to the public

Child care, free legal advice, and English-Spanish translation will be provided. For child care, please e-mail moc.liamg|ciu.hpr#moc.liamg|ciu.hpr.

Hosted by: Radical Public Health
Cosponsored by: Metropolitan Tenants Organization, Minority Students for the Advancement of Public Health, Public Health Student Association, UIC Department of Urban Planning, The UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

The foreclosure crisis has had devastating effects on our nation's public health, creating a "public hell" for many. Across the country, ten million Americans have been thrown out of their homes, and predatory lending and the resultant legal battles have rendered these people homeless and their homes people-less. In Chicago alone, more than 116,000 people were homeless during the 2012-13 school year—an increase of more than 10% from the year before, according to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

For African Americans—who have been hit the hardest by foreclosure and eviction—this is just one more chapter in a long history of landlessness. After generations of struggle for basic human and civil rights, many are now finding it difficult to hold onto the right to own the most basic and necessary property: a home.

On Tuesday, October 29, join us at UIC's School of Public Health to hear the stories of African American home liberators who were threatened with foreclosure and eviction and decided to fight back: challenging the banks, organizing with their neighbors, and occupying vacant and foreclosed homes. Laura Gottesdiener, author of A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home, will present stories from her book, and local housing activists, some featured in her book, will share the history, politics, and future of the struggle for the community control of land.

Speakers will include:

- Martha Biggs and Ebonee Stevenson, from the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
- Michael Donley and Carmilla Manzanet, from Communities United Against Foreclosure and Eviction (CUAFE)
- Laura Gottesdiener, author of A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home

Reviews of A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home (http://www.zuccottiparkpress.com/lauradreamforecl/):

“These compelling and lucidly told stories are about people unwilling to stop imagining what it means to have a secure home. They reveal that the stakes in the fight for housing justice have never been higher: home is about the kind of democracy we want to have, and even what kind of planet we want to live on. A riveting book.”

—NAOMI KLEIN, author of The Shock Doctrine

“The bare statistics on foreclosures are shattering enough. But the enormity of the crime strikes home vividly in the heart-rending accounts of those who are brutally thrown out of their modest homes—for African Americans particularly, almost all they have—then survive in the streets, struggle on, and sometimes even regain something of what was stolen from them thanks to the courageous and inspiring work of the home liberation activists, now reinforced by the Occupy movement. All recounted with historical depth and analytic insight in this most valuable study.”

—NOAM CHOMSKY

Also, check out this interview with the author on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/6/a_dream_foreclosed_as_obama_touts


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A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home
(Un sueño anulado: Afroamerican@s y la lucha por un hogar)

Charla activista y foro comunitario

Martes, 29 de octubre, 2013 a las 6:30 p.m.

UIC School of Public Health Auditorium
1603 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL

Transporte público - Ashland #9 Bus, Pink/Blue Line, Taylor #157 Bus, y Roosevelt #12 Bus

Gratuito y abierto al público

Guardaría, asesoría jurídica gratuita, y interpretación (inglés/español) serán proveídos. Para la guardaría, por favor mande un e-mail a moc.liamg|ciu.hpr#moc.liamg|ciu.hpr.

Organizado por: Radical Public Health

Patrocinado por: Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, Metropolitan Tenants Organization, Minority Students for the Advancement of Public Health, Public Health Student Association, UIC Department of Urban Planning

RSVP aquí: http://tinyurl.com/RPHDreamForeclosed, y ¡por favor reenvíe este e-mail a tod@s que estarán interesad@s!

El martes, 29 de octubre, venga a la UIC's School of Public Health (Facultad de Salud Pública) a escuchar las historias de personas afroamericanas, dueños de casa con la amenaza de ejecución hipotecaria, que decidieron defenderse. Juntos con sus vecinos, desafiaban los bancos y ocuparon las casas abandonadas y en ejecución hipotecaria. Laura Gottesdiener, autora de A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home, presentará unas historias ilustrativas de su libro, y unos activistas locales (algunos destacados en el libro) nos hablarán de la historia, la política y el futuro de la lucha para el control comunitario del suelo.

Los panelistas serán:

Martha Biggs y Ebonee Stevenson, de la Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
Michael Donley y Carmilla Manzanet, de Communities United Against Foreclosure and Eviction (CUAFE)
Laura Gottesdiener, autora de A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home

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