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Final Articles for Wikipedia Project (What I Did)[edit]
The Right to the City Alliance Wikipedia page was essentially a stub when I first started, so I made the entire page. I also started a Wikipedia page for Causa Justa :: Just Cause. For the Chinese Progressive Association page, since it's already pretty well defined, I expanded upon two untouched topics in its Activism category.
Chinese Progressive Association[edit]
Health[edit]
The Chinese Progressive Association does grassroots level research and work to protect the health of low-wage workers and communities of color. They acknowledge the fact that many come to America because they believe that it gives them a better life, but they often fall through the cracks of the system and do not get the media attention they deserve. Due to this, CPA creates publications and data reports, called community-based participatory research[1][2], to educate people of the little-known stories of the low-income and working-class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco. Several of these reports showcase that many immigrant workers are struggling to survive in sweatshop-level working conditions that are often hazardous and stressful[3][4]. CPA is advocating for healthier jobs for immigrant restaurant workers in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Wage Theft[edit]
CPA fights against restaurant workers paid below minimum wage, denied overtime pay, deducted pay when sick, and not paid at all. They believe that, even though labor laws exist, they are not enforced enough. In their 2010 report, they revealed that almost 60% of workers reported wage theft in one way or another and 1 in 2 workers received less than minimum wage[5][6]. CPA called for a Wage Theft Task Force after the report and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors created the taskforce on June 12, 2012 to address their concerns amidst others addressed by various community organizations[7].
References[edit]
(All references at the bottom of the page).
Causa Justa :: Just Cause[edit]
Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC) is a grassroots social movement organization that focuses on achieving justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents[8]. CJJC is a collaboration between St. Peter’s Housing Committee and Just Cause Oakland. CJJC is a member organization of Right to the City Alliance because it works towards housing and racial justice for African Americans and Latinos[9]. Their approach to social justice is tackling tenant issues, immigrant rights, and housing rights through grassroots campaigns.
History[edit]
CJJC started in 2010 from a merger between two community organizations: St. Peter’s Housing Committee and Just Cause Oakland[10]. Both organizations work toward housing and racial justice for Latinos and African Americans in the Oakland and San Francisco community. They strategically merged together in order to become a stronger and more powerful grassroots force through consolidation of resources, streamlining of systems, and wider demographic reach[11].
Current Work[edit]
Housing Rights Campaign[edit]
The Housing Rights Campaign is CJJC’s specific call-to-action to fight gentrification. CJJC aims to build the power and agency between the Black and Latino working class communities so that they can stop displacement, know their rights, and assert their power in order to keep their homes[12]. CJJC is part of the Plaza 16th Coalicíon[13], which is working to ensure that a development on the corner of 16th Street and Mission Street will work for the needs of the residents, instead of the needs of the developers. CJJC has worked to push anti-tenant harassment policies on ballots in Oakland in order to bar landlords’ attempts to illegally evict tenants.
- The work that CJJC has done has yielded the following successes in their community:
- Establish a rent cap in Oakland so that rent can only increase up to 10% in a given year[14]
- Remove debt service so that property owners with negative cash flow cannot pass on as much as 95% of their loan payments to tenants
- Pass the Tenant Protection Ordinance[15]
- Won the buyout legislation and Ellis Act relocation ordinance in San Francisco[16]
- Pushed back timeline on a major development[17]
- Started a movement called Yes on G
Immigrant Rights Campaign[edit]
CJJC’s work with immigrant rights is done through their immigrants rights campaign committee, the body that decides on what local policy fights to take on. Their main goal is to advance the rights of immigrants and fight back against criminalization of immigrants. CJJC also has Rights Based Services that educate and reach out to the community through schools, community centers, and multi-unit buildings to help people figure out their rights.
References[edit]
(All references at the bottom of the page).
Right to the City Alliance[edit]
The “Right to the City Alliance” (January 2007-present) is a social movement that emerged as a response to the mass displacement of people because of gentrification[18]. RTC is an alliance of over 45 racial, economic, and environmental justice organizations that share common guiding principles and framework of change. The name was inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s book Le Droit à la ville (Right to the City). RTC’s human rights agenda focuses on 12 platforms, is composed of 45 member organizations, and possesses 23 ally organizations[19].
Right to the City[edit]
The right to the city is a concept coined by Henri Lefebvre in his 1968 book Le Droit à la ville. Lefebvre has an idea of space that encompasses perceived space, conceived space, and lived space[20]. He believed that the everyday concrete environment we live hinges on our mental representations of the space as well as our social relations within that space. Thus, for him, city planning was not the singular placement of material space within a city, but the consequences of these material spaces in the urban life. Two central themes in Lefebvre’s work is the idea of the city as an “oeuvre” (a collective artwork) and appropriation within a city[21]. Lefebvre considered a city actively shaped by the people within it through participating in public life and appropriation of time and space in the city. By appropriation, Lefebvre meant that everyone should have the inalienable right to use any and all space within the city for his or her daily life. He believed that the appropriation of the space was more important than who owned the actual space, thus prioritizing use value over economic value. He believed there was a centrality to space, where inner cities should be the epicenter of all interaction and creativity.
Lefebvre’s idea of the “right to the city” has been integrated into modern, urban movements as a plea for a new kind of urban politics and a critique on urban neoliberalism[22][23]. The most common modern interpretation of his concept comes from David Harvey in his article “The right to the city,” where he notes that the phrase ‘right to the city’ is an empty signifier that lacks meaning[24]. Harvey does not believe that the right to the city is a privilege that already exists, but a collective struggle people face to produce and create life within the city and decide the kind of urbanization they want[25]. He believes capitalist urbanization lacks ‘the right to the city.’ The RTC uses ‘the right to the city’ as a call to action for people to produce the living conditions that meet their need by taking back their cities.
Formation[edit]
RTC arose when the Miami Workers Center, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, and Tenants and Workers United convened a meeting in Los Angeles amongst 20 community organizations from 7 cities to start the alliance [26][27]. Since then, RTC has a national governance structure, a network of regional member organizations, and thematic working groups that engage with academic, professional, and community leaders. RTC continues to follow their model of a more democratic form of democracy in their internal processes. They hold annual meetings with their steering committee, staff, and representatives to discuss the vision for RTC where everyone has to reach a consensus through trust, reflection, and listening.
The Right to the City Platform[edit]
The RTC’s platform to urbanize human rights consists of the following principles of unity:
Land for People vs. Land for Speculation[edit]
The right to land that serves the interests of the community and not of the market.
Land Ownership[edit]
The right to permanent ownership of land for public use.
Economic Justice[edit]
The right of marginalized communities to an economy that gives them the same opportunities as other communities.
Indigenous Justice[edit]
The right of indigenous people to their ancestral lands.
Environmental Justice[edit]
The right to sustainable and healthy cities and reparations for the legacy of toxic abuses.
Freedom from Police & State Harassment[edit]
The right to safe neighborhoods and police force that works for all communities.
Immigrant Justice[edit]
The right of immigrants to housing, employment, public services, and protection against deportation.
Services and Community Institutions[edit]
The right to have transportation, infrastructure, and services that support working class communities.
Democracy and Participation[edit]
The right of the community to have control over its city and governance to have full transparency and accountability.
Reparations[edit]
The right to communities of color receiving reparations from institutions that have exploited or displaced them.
Internationalism[edit]
The right to support cities in different nations, without state invention.
Rural Justice[edit]
The right of rural communities to protection against environmental degradation and economic pressures that force migration to urban areas.
Taking Action[edit]
Working groups[edit]
RTC holds urban congresses in various cities so that people can share frameworks and models for change with each other. Currently, their priorities are working groups on civic engagement, ecojustice, and Boston and Los Angeles regional organizing.
Homes for All[edit]
RTC launched Homes for All (HFA) in response to the housing crisis through their Land and Housing Working Group. HFA is a national campaign that is looking to put together a comprehensive housing agenda that talks about issues of public housing, homelessness, and rentership in American cities[28]. Their mission to protect, defend, and expand housing for low-income communities is three-fold: engage in local and national-level organizing efforts, change local policies, and shift current housing conversations away from foreclosure and towards public housing[29][30].
Member Organizations[edit]
ACE Alternatives for Community and Environment
ARISE for Social Justice
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Causa Justa::Just Cause
Centro Autonomo
Chainbreaker Collective
Chinese Progressive Association
Colorado Progressive Coalition
Community Justice Project
Community Voices Heard
Cooperation Jackson
DARE Direct Action for Rights and Equality
Detroit People’s Platform
East LA Community Corporation
Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
FFLIC Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children
FIERCE Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment
FUREE Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
GOLES Good Ole Lower East Side
JFREJ Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment
Neighborhoods Organizing for Change
Neighbors United for a Better Boston
New England United for Justice
New Florida Majority
New Virginia Majority (Statewide)
Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson
Occupy Our Homes Atlanta
Padres y Jóvenes Unidos
People’s Coalition for Equality and Justice
Queens Community Civic Corporation
Right to the City Boston
Right to the City Vote
SAFE Standing Against Foreclosures & Evictions
SNOL Springfield No One Leaves
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
Teachers Unite
Tenants and Workers United
VOCAL NY
Well House
References[edit]
- ^ Chang, Charlotte; Minkler, Meredith; Salvatore, Alicia L.; Lee, Pamela Tau; Gaydos, Megan; Liu, Shaw San (2016-11-20). "Studying and Addressing Urban Immigrant Restaurant Worker Health and Safety in San Francisco's Chinatown District: A CBPR Case Study". Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 90 (6): 1026–1040. doi:10.1007/s11524-013-9804-0. ISSN 1099-3460. PMC 3853171. PMID 23793556.
- ^ Chang, Charlotte; Salvatore, Alicia L.; Lee, Pam Tau; Liu, Shaw San; Tom, Alex T.; Morales, Alvaro; Baker, Robin; Minkler, Meredith (2013-01-31). "Adapting to Context in Community-Based Participatory Research: "Participatory Starting Points" in a Chinese Immigrant Worker Community". American Journal of Community Psychology. 51 (3–4): 480–491. doi:10.1007/s10464-012-9565-z. ISSN 0091-0562.
- ^ "Check, Please! Health and Working Conditions in San Francisco Chinatown Restaurants" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Reilly, Sarah. "Chinatown Restaurant Health and Safety". www.sfhealthequity.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ Minkler, Meredith; Salvatore, Alicia L.; Chang, Charlotte; Gaydos, Megan; Liu, Shaw San; Lee, Pam Tau; Tom, Alex; Bhatia, Rajiv; Krause, Niklas. "Wage Theft as a Neglected Public Health Problem: An Overview and Case Study From San Francisco's Chinatown District". American Journal of Public Health. 104 (6): 1010–1020. doi:10.2105/ajph.2013.301813.
- ^ "COEH Bridges > Chinatown". coeh.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "San Francisco Wage Theft Task Force Final Report" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Causa Justa Just Cause - Unity is Power". Causa Justa Just Cause. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "Right to the City » Member Organizations". righttothecity.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ Poblet, Maria (2012). "Causa Justa :: Just Cause: Multi-Racial Movement-Building for Housing Rights" (PDF). Poverty & Race Research Action Council.
- ^ "Just Cause Oakland and St. Peter's Housing Committee to Merge | Tenants Together". www.tenantstogether.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "Development Without Displacement: Resisting Gentrification in the Bay Area" (PDF).
- ^ "Plaza 16 Coalition". Plaza 16 Coalition. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "Oakland landlords, tenant groups reach deal on rental upgrades". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ Tepperman, Jean. "Oakland Officially Okays Tenant Protection Ordinance | East Bay Express". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ Leno. "SB 364 Senate Bill - Bill Analysis". www.leginfo.ca.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "2015 Annual Report" (PDF).
- ^ "Community organizing in the United States". Community Development Journal. 50.
- ^ "Right to the City". righttothecity.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ Lefebvre, Henri. The Production of Space.
- ^ Boer, R.W.J (2009). "The Right to the City as a Tool for Urban Social Movements: The Case of Barceloneta" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Pierce, Joseph; Williams, Olivia R.; Martin, Deborah G. (2016-03-01). "Rights in places: An analytical extension of the right to the city". Geoforum. 70: 79–88. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.02.006.
- ^ Purcell, Mark (2002). "Excavating Lefebvre: The right to the city and its urban politics of the inhabitant" (PDF). Geojournal.
- ^ Harvey, David. "The Right to the City" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "The right to the city as an anti-capitalist struggle | ephemera". www.ephemerajournal.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "The Right to the City Alliance: Time to Democratize Urban Governance | Planners Network". www.plannersnetwork.org. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ Fisher, Robert (2013). "'We Are Radical': The Right to the City Alliance and the Future of Community Organizing" (PDF). Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare.
- ^ "Homes for All-About Us".
- ^ Arena, Jay (2013-12-01). "Foundations, nonprofits, and the fate of public housing: A critique of the Right to the City Alliance's We Call These Projects Home report". Cities. 35: 379–383. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2012.10.007.
- ^ Sinha, Anita; Kasdan, Alexa (2013-12-01). "Inserting community perspective research into public housing policy discourse: The Right to the City Alliance's "We Call These Projects Home"". Cities. 35: 327–334. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2012.10.008.