Right to the City

WWW.LA-URBAN-CONGRESS.ORG   LA URBAN CONGRESS: On September 12, 13, and 14, community based-organizations from all over the country will join the struggle against displacement and gentrification in Los Angeles at the Right to the City National Urban Congress. Our goal is to lift up the anti-displacement fights happening in working class communities of color in Los Angeles.  The communities and anti-displacement campaigns we seek to highlight include Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Koreatown, and South Los Angeles.  We will weave together these community fights into a narrative of a burgeoning regional movement.  WHAT WILL GO DOWN IN LA? Our goal is twofold: Learn and Mobilize.   
Learn: The RTTC LA Urban Congress will bring together community-based organizations, service agencies, and labor to learn from each other about displacement fights happening all over the U.S.  Groups will have an opportunity to participate or facilitate model shares around: land-use justice organizing, street vending and the informal economy, national movement-building, transit justice, tenants’ rights, and anti-foreclosure organizing.   Mobilize: On September 13th and 14th, we will activate our bases and take to the streets.  2 large actions are planned for Boyle Heights, South LA, and Koreatown. Day 1: Plenaries, Model-shares, internal RTTC member businessDay 2:…