Public Dialogue on Community Needs and Spaces, Follow-Up
In late November over 50 people came together to share ideas about how we can work together to transform unused spaces in DC into valuable resources that meet communities’ needs.
This meeting followed the occupation of the Franklin School/Shelter building that aimed to draw attention to our government’s refusal to provide resources for people’s basic needs while publicly owned property sits vacant or is given away to private developers, as well as spark dialogue about the possibilities when communities take control of these resources to meet those needs ourselves.
On January 11th we'll start planning how we can draw on the ongoing momentum from the “Occupy” movements, as well as national calls to action for the Spring, to support and further local struggles in DC around community control of public resources, affordable housing, unused property and land, etc. There’ll also be a Part 2 of this meeting, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, January 31st at 6:30 pm to move forward with planning these activities.
Bring your vision, ideas, and readiness to take action together!
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