The Right to the City
Right to the City "was born out of desire and need by organizers and allies around the country to have a stronger movement for urban justice. But it was also born out of the power of an idea of a new kind of urban politics that asserts that everyone, particularly the disenfranchised, not only has a right to the city, but as inhabitants, have a right to shape it, design it, and operationalize an urban human rights agenda.
"In the realm of ideas, a key resource and touchstone is "Le droite à la ville" (Right to the City) a book published in 1968 by French intellectual and philosopher Henri Lefebvre. In the sphere of human rights, this powerful idea was adopted by the World Urban Forum and elaborated into the World Charter of the Right to the City in 2004.
"Building from this powerful idea, international principles, and forward looking grassroots organizing, the Right to the City Alliance was established in January 2007." [1]
- Carl Lipscombe, National Coordinator
- Gilda Haas - cofounder
- Gihan Perera - cofounder
- Denise Perry, Co-Founder
Contents
Core Members
Accessed August 2009: [2]
Boston
- ACE
- Centro Presente
- City Life-Vida Urbana
- Chinese Progressive Association, Boston
DC Metro
- One DC
- TWU
Los Angeles
- ELACC
- Esperanza
- KIWA
- SAN
- SAJE
- Union de Vecinos
Miami
- MWC
- Power U
- Vecinos Unidos
New Orleans
- D12
- FFLIC
- Safe Streets
New York City
- Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence CAAAV
- Community Voices Heard CVH
- Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment FIERCE
- Families United for Racial and Economic Equality FUREE
- GOLES GOLES
- Make the Road NY
- Mothers on the Move MOM
- New York City AIDS Housing Network NYCAHN
- Picture the Homeless
- WE ACT for Environmental Justice WE ACT
SF Bay Area
- Chinese Progressive Association, San Francisco
- JCO
- PODER
- POWER
- St. Peter's Housing Committee
- SOMCAN
Providence
- DARE
- ONA
Allied Members
Accessed August 2009: [3]
- Advancement Project
- Center for Media Justice
- Center for Social Inclusion
- DataCenter
- Florida Legal Services (Miami)
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
- Planners Network
- Pratt Center for Community Development (NY)
- Urban Justice Center (NY)
Contact
Resources and articles
- John Stauber, The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats, March 15, 2013, CounterPunch.
Related Sourcewatch articles
References
- ↑ History, The Right to the City, accessed August 20, 2009.
- ↑ Who we are, The Right to the City, accessed August 20, 2009.
- ↑ Who we are, The Right to the City, accessed August 20, 2009.
