What's happening to these Euclid Beach families is classic "urban renewal" (i.e., the wholesale clearing of a low-income or working class area & the displacement of its residents to create business opportunities or housing & amenities for the upper classes).
Howard Zinn: "It would be naïve to depend on the Supreme Court to defend the rights of poor people, women, people of color, dissenters... Those rights only come alive when citizens organize, protest, demonstrate, strike, boycott, rebel, and violate the law...to uphold justice" 1/
Forever honored and grateful to have befriended the brilliant @WilliamBotchway when we were cleveland foundation fellows! Solidarity and friendship from cleveland, always
@LauraMcShaneCLE@MikeACollier@CityofCleveland@LGBTCleveland@GCRTA It's absolutely a bad thing. RTA has one of the largest police forces in the state. Discrimination and harassment by cops is an ongoing problem that impacts young, homeless, POC and LGBT communities disproportionately. Pride is a march not a parade and it started as a police riot
Considering Monday evening options of heading to Slow Roll, a free permaculture class at coit road farmers market, or my favorite yoga class at my beloved Abide on larchmere — and just feeling super grateful for the community anchors in my life, in and around Cleveland
The Wheeler family was forced out of their Cleveland rental home by lead hazards. They found little help from the city and court to hold their landlord accountable. This story is the first in this series. My latest for @signalcleveland: https://t.co/ESXyZDzmhs
The United Residents of Euclid Beach - UREB is a tenant's union that is fighting to stay in their homes after the Western Reserve Land Conservancy announced its plan to close the Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park in September of 2024. (2/3)
If you love live music and are passionate about housing justice, join NEOCH at Thrive! A Benefit Show in Support of the United Residents of Euclid Beach! (1/3)
💖Mother's Day Bailout💖
Akron Bail Fund wants to get moms home for Mother's Day.
Our goal is to pay bail for four moms trapped in jail in or around Akron, OH.
Know a mom who needs bailed out? Contact us:
✨[email protected]✨
Lake Erie is heavily privatized by yacht clubs ,industrial enterprises and private beach clubs. EB residents are not apart of that as their section of lakefront doesn’t impede residential access to the lake.
I’m betting all of the people deciding to displace the whole Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park community to make a bigger park, are comfortably housed and may not even live in Cleveland proper.
I’m asking the @CityofCleveland to protect your residents, all ~360,000 of us.
Cleveland is getting back on track with a major funding boost announced today awarding @GCRTA $130 million for 60 new rail cars. This is a big deal for our public transit network. Thank you @FTA_DOT!