Or do you have land? Money in the thousands you would put into a cooperative social housing venture? Fundraising skills or a willingness to canvas neighborhoods?
(The where to donate money part is easy at least: https://opencollective.com/mpls-northside-mutual-aid/ )
And burn up the phone/fax lines of the people who have, at this point, dedicated their lives to destroying the lives of unhoused people simply because they want #Minneapolis for the rich (and willing servants) alone
https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/these-officials-have-no-conscience/
Where are my #Zillow experts? We need to buy some land, move this fight onto different terrain (literally). Anything in the near Northside area would be ideal.
10,000 sq ft to do https://envisioncommunitymn.org/proposal/ ideal but we'll take anything.
The building skills and desire are there among the people about to be displaced.
Unfortunately building a house for oneself isn't exempt the way making food for home use is but ah well any #legal experts able to research that part?
Please support https://opencollective.com/mpls-northside-mutual-aid/projects/land
and see all this thread above.
Hello night crew please boost everything in thread above!
Also need people to help write up this stuff in more detail?
If you call the ghouls at the city –https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/these-officials-have-no-conscience/ – please articulate one key ask of the unhoused people living under the bridges:
"Let us have land and we will build housing."
"This property is a future redevelopment site."
That means #Minneapolis CPED is holding it at zero tax revenue for the city to give away to millionaire developers while keeping it out of desperately needed use by unhoused people.
City is actively destroying a camp at 26th St E and Clinton Ave S despite multiple people, including a city council member, asking for just a day's delay.
Help requested by people there for assistance relocating.
Still a quarter-hour left in the working day telling Frey and his cogs to lay off the murder—by stress and exposure—of unhoused people!
https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/these-officials-have-no-conscience/
— no long-term resources, let alone permanent housing able to compete with being under a goddamn bridge for stability.
And the cops said people would be evicted "in less than a week" so should start moving immediately.
Again, this has been going on a long time now and we know the names and official contact of the people making these decisions— including over the objections of their own staff.
Give 'em hell: https://northdef.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/these-officials-have-no-conscience/
Not to mention over the objections of sitting councilmembers!
Aisha Chughtai's statement on another camp destroyed yesterday:
… but those purchases are meant for established developers that can prove financing and construction connections that we obviously don't (yet) have.
Any #housing law or real estate #developer people able to help on that end?
It is property over people, #Minneapolis for the wealthy, all the way for them.
We don't have to take it but they are using all their wealth and power to go on the offensive now.
Anyone up for canvassing around the camp and future sites?
Mostly checking in with people for what they need; if you have a car for transporting stuff that may be it.
But people want defense to at least delay this eviction also, and talking to neighbors could be key in this— tips?
@[email protected] yes, this is why we don't debate fascists— but… if you are in solidarity with–for instance–unhoused people, you quickly learn there are authoritarians and conservatives that are nominally pro-democracy and liberal. People who do seem to be for civil rights for Black and trans people but want police to deny the right to shelter to local poor people. They clearly believe "the very idea of humans being all fundamentally equal and deserving is wrong and unnatural" https://social.coop/@mlncn/110102070567691467
OK we're doing this tomorrow! @mishi and i at least!
Dear wisdom of the crowd:
What would you put on a one-pager flier for context of this camp and the violation of unhoused people's human rights in #Minneapolis?
Update & new thread: The city did not attempt to destroy the camps yesterday or today and yesterday (April 4) gave an updated eviction date of "about a week"
Police just told the #Minneapolis #Minnesota camps in Near North community: no eviction today or tomorrow, they have "about a week" https://urbanists.social/@nearnorth/110136114835323138 Six days for us to rally!
Title: Join Us in the Fight Against the Violation of Unhoused People's Human Rights in Minneapolis!
Introduction:
Welcome to our campaign to raise awareness ... We are a group of concerned citizens ... Our goal is to mobilize ..
The Problem:
The unhoused population are often subject to police harassment, forced evictions, ...
Our Solution:
We believe that everyone deserves the right to safe and secure housing. ...
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