Enough is Enough
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an unacceptable truth: global crises exacerbate inequalities that have long oppressed low-income communities. We’ve also seen the way racism is deeply embedded in our healthcare system, economy, policing, and politics, all of which disproportionately affect low income communities of color. Over 500,000 people are facing homelessness, and pre-pandemic 10-15% of households were housing insecure. And that number is rising at record rates. For the last 40 years public housing has been systemically defunded and destroyed leaving tenants to fend for themselves with ancient and dangerous appliances, pipes, and conditions that threaten their lives and the lives of their surrounding communities through tainted water, mold, and air pollution.
Are you ready to Reclaim Public Housing with us?
there is a housing crisis in this country. We need Public Housing to be livable and we need more livable Public Housing. We have a once in a generation chance to pass the only bill that addresses the Public Housing Crisis to the scale of the crisis while centering the communities that are most affected!
This summer, Movement School and Sunrise Movement are inviting you to take part in “Reclaim Summer: Green New Deal for Public Housing Edition”, to set the groundwork to win a Green New Deal for Public Housing.
One exceptional group of young people per city --ages 14 to 25-- will be selected to join a Reclaim Summer cohort earning $800 a month to learn how to harness their power and organize their communities for a Green New Deal For Public Housing! Cohorts will be made up of a 2/3 current or former public housing residents and ⅓ Sunrise Movement leaders. For 9 weeks from July 12th to September 6th, these cohorts will take part in the 4 distinct phases of the training program Movement Origins, Organizing 101, The Leader in Me, and Feet to the Fire where cohorts will run action arcs, plan and design actions rooted in community such as teach-ins, canvasses, phone banks or even block parties, all leading up to major coordinated actions in August! All the while working to build a coalition that will last long after the program ends. Participants will meet three times a week to receive training and mentorship by experienced Tenant and Sunrise Movement organizers, and every week there will be “assignments” to put what you learn into action and work as a team! Our hybrid program will host sessions in person and online in the evenings and on the weekends.