National Renters' Day of Action & the Struggle to Assure Housing As a Human Right

Love (and Revolution) Radio

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with four guests who are each organizing for renters' justice, stopping gentrification, forming cooperatives and affordable housing, and decommodifying buildings while asserting that housing is a human right. Join us as we speak with Andrea Chiriboga-Flor, Mike Dennis, Antonio Gutierrez, and Kali Acuno about the Homes For All campaign and the National Renters' Day of Action that took place in 55 cities throughout the United States.
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About Our Guests:
Andrea Chiriboga-Flor is from Denver, CO with 9 to 5 Colorado; Mike Dennis and the East Los Angeles Community Corporation are founding members of the collaboratively-initiated Homes for All campaign. Antonio Gutierrez is from Chicago, IL and works with the Autonomous Tenants Union. Kali Acuno lives in Jackson, MI, and works with Cooperative Jackson.
Related Links:
National Renters' Day of Action Sept 22nd, 2016
http://homesforall.org/pressroom_post/rentersdayofaction-to-sweep-the-country-on-922-as-rent-control-ballot-initiatives-statewide-campaigns-and-a-new-wave-of-tenant-union-organizing-gain-steam-nationally/
Homes for All
http://righttothecity.org/homes-for-all-campaign-summary/
Right to the City
http://righttothecity.org/
9 to 5 Colorado
http://9to5.org/local-chapters/9to5-colorado/
Padres y Jóvenes Unidos
http://padresunidos.org/
East Los Angeles Community Corporation
http://www.elacc.org/
Autonomous Tenants Union
https://www.facebook.com/AutonomousTenantsUnion/
Cooperative Jackson
http://www.cooperationjackson.org/
Community Land Trusts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_land_trust
Music by:
"Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org
About Your Co-hosts:
Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline
Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/