The War at Home: Fighting For Jobs and Housing in Chicago
Shaun Harkin
Community Meeting:
The War at Home: Fighting For Jobs and Housing in Chicago
Thursday Feb. 10 @ 6pm
333 S. Ashland
Chicago's unemployment rate: 9%
In African American communities on the south and west side male unemployment is well over 40 percent. The crisis in jobs has contributed to a serious housing crisis that has seen thousands of people losing their homes across the city.
There were over 50,000 filings for tenant evictions last year. In 2010 there was an 150% increase in foreclosure filings from 2006. Our government came to the rescue of Wall Street and we are still struggling in the aftermath of the crisis they created. Recently, banks have been exposed for not even having the right documentation to prove they own the homes they are taking away from families! They have taken our jobs, our homes, our savings and our hopes for a better future! It's time to fight back.
Come to an important discussion about the economic and housing crisis in Chicago and how you can get involved in the movement to fight against it.
Endorsers:
Chicago Jobs with Justice
Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
Caucus of Rank and File Educators
Bridgeport Unemployed Action Center
South Austin Community Coalition Council
ARC109 (A movement Re-Imagining Change)
Chicago Committee Against War and Racism
International Socialist Organization
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Chicago Chapter of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
News and Letters Committee
Solidarity
Teachers for Social Justice
North Point Tenant Association
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Shaun
773.828.4336
917.755.7409