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Culture Series: Fighting For Home
July 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Event Details:
The 1970s was a period of intense gentrification in DC — but the decade was also marked by the most effective and creative tenant organizing in DC’s history to date. Join Amanda Huron, an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Political Science at the UDC, and a panel of three people who organized tenants in 1970s DC to share their experiences, and reflect on what organizers today can learn from the successes and failures of the 1970s.
As DC, once again, is in the midst of a housing crisis, many tenants are again responding by organizing in creative ways. We hope this panel helps people today learn from past efforts, and imagine new ways to claim home in the city.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
Host: HumanitiesDC
Date: July 18, 2024 • 7PM
Location: Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001
Event fee: Free
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Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806
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