Thursday, May 26 06pm to 08pm
New Settlement Community Center
1501 Jerome Ave (Near Corner of West 172nd Street), Bronx, New York 10452
Join us for a night of film and discussion about organizing to fight gentrification in the Bronx!
Light food, Spanish interpretation, and childcare will be provided.
We Know What We Want – The Story of CASA – Hundreds of Bronx residents, faith leaders, union members, local artists and community members from CASA and 10 other community organizations came out in force to push for a housing plan that is affordable to the people that live here. At the Bronx Borough President’s hearing in November, the people of the Bronx stood united to stop the Mayor’s Housing Plan. (2015, 4 min)
Jerome Avenue Workers – The story of the community’s fight to stop the gentrification and redevelopment of The Bronx in a way which would push current working families further out of the city. (2015, 12 min)
Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor – This film takes us on an intimate journey into the daily life of Judith, a street vendor from Guatemala who lives and works in New York City. Judith exposes the routine obstacles she and her fellow immigrant vendors face daily on the city’s streets and reveals her own struggles and hopes as an immigrant worker, mother, activist and community organizer. (2013, 17 min)
This screening is a part of the Workers Unite Film Festival. For more information on this festival see their website: http://www.workersunitefilmfestival.org/
Free admission! RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com