UofO’s 14th annual Placemaking event is a four-week series of workshops on Community Land Trusts and alternate development and cooperative models. This course includes an overview of housing rights and development issues with opportunities to get involved in organizing efforts.
Program
Week 1 – April 11, 7 – 8 pm (EST)
Guests:
Dominic T. Moulden (ONE DC)
Assata Richards (Sankofa Research Institute)
Mrs. Morris, Steve Barlow and Corey Davis (The Works, Inc.)
Week 2 – April 18, 6-7 pm (EST)
Guests:
Drew Curtis and Britnee Timberlake – (Essex County Land Trust)
Week 3 – April 25, 6-7pm (EST)
Mariana Ramirez (Yolizcan, Mexico City)
Week 4 – May 2, 6-7pm (EST)
Guests:
Aaron Davis (Ramapough Lenape Land Trust)
Roberto de la Riva (United Renters For Justice)
Round table with all guests
Resources:
- Center for Community Land Trust Innovation
- Shelterforce: A collection of articles about community ownership
- Grounded Solutions Network:
Suggested Readings from Dominic Moulden:
- bell hooks’ Homeplace
- What is the Right to the City?
- Declaration on Human Rights Day and the Right to the City
- Shelterforce: Understanding Community Land Trusts
- Carving out the Commons by Amanda Huron
- Shelterforce: From at Risk Tenants to Activist Property Owners
Other Resources
- Burlington Associates: A cooperative consultancy to support community land trusts
- UHAB (Urban Homesteading Assistance Board): Co-op Resource Library
- “Commodifying our communities:” The case for abolishing NYC’s tax lien sale and prioritizing community land trusts in a new tax collection and property disposition system
- Ya Nuunukne Spring 2022 – Sogorea Te’ Land Trust’s Official Newsletter