Losing Our Homes

MECR joined with other groups to present this panel on losing our homes. We have been pleased with how many people have shown up for these Zoom panels. The panelists themselves were great, and were able to shed light on how housing dispossession works against African Americans in the US, and Palestinians in the West Bank. Watch the "Losing Our Homes" panel on YouTube.

Thursday, Sept. 10 Zoom panel on Losing Our Homes: The Destruction of Community, Culture and Identity. In this perfect storm of economic and pandemic crisis, millions of people run the risk of displacement through evictions, foreclosures, gentrification, and ethnic cleansing. Rashida Tyler, Founder of The REAL Kingston Tenants Union and Board Member of Citizen Action of New York, and Talal Jabari, Palestinian journalist and documentary filmmaker, will each make a short statement, including their own personal observations of displacement. We will then open the panel up to questions. To register in advance for this Zoom meeting go to https://mideastcrisis.org. Sponsored by Jewish Voice For Peace - Hudson Valley, Middle East Crisis Response, NYC Veterans For Peace and Women in Black - New Paltz.

 

Congratulations to all who have been involved

Congratulations to all who have been involved with putting this ad in the Kingston Freeman, especially the Congress Committee (used to be Delgado Committee), the many people who donated money, and even the Kingston Freeman itself, which never would have printed this in the old days. The ad appeared in this Sunday's print edition of the Freeman, and was also posted on-line.

So let's take a moment to celebrate how effectively MECR and JVP - Hudson Valley have worked together on this and on other projects. For those who have been supportive in the past, why don't you consider becoming more active. We have a very interesting Zoom panel coming up on Thursday, Sept 10 at 7 pm. Check it out and register at https://mideastcrisis.org/