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Moms 4 Housing Declare Intention to Remain After Eviction Notice

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

On December 3, Moms for Housing received an eviction notice from “fix and flip” company Wedgewood LLC, a self-described “leading acquirer of distressed residential real estate." On December 6, Moms for Housing and allies held a press conference on the front steps of 2928 Magnolia Street in West Oakland, declaring that they intend to remain in their new home.

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Speakers included Dominique Walker and Shereena Thomas (Moms4Housing), Clarissa Doutherd (Executive Director of Parents Voices Oakland), Ethel Long-Scott
(Laney chapter of the Poor People's Campaign and the Women's Economic Agenda Project), Cat Brooks (Executive Director of the Justice Teams Network and co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project).

Sign the petition: Stop the Eviction of Moms 4 Housing!
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/05/18828647.php

Press conference announcement:
Moms 4 Housing Responds to Eviction Notice from Wedgewood
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/05/18828645.php

Indybay feature:
Unhoused Mothers Make Vacant House a Home
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/19/18828259.php

§Full audio of press conference

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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§Dominique Walker says Wedgewood is a displacement machine

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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§Shereena Thomas speaks to the trauma of homelessness for children

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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§Clarissa Doutherd addresses lack of prospects for housing, food security, and child care

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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§Ethel Long-Scott imagines movement for freedom: from want, from violence, to be able to thrive

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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§Cat Brooks says this action is not radical, it's a rational response to inhumane conditions

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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§Video of Cat Brooks: If politicians aren't going to do it, then the people will

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM

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After leading "Housing Is a Human Right" chant, Cat speaks about local politicians not supporting the moms or real solutions. Libby Schaaf, for instance, boasts about progress made housing the unhoused when thousands live in the streets of Oakland.

§Moms4Housing share a hug as crowd chants, "Power to the moms!"

by Dave Id

Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13AM