Advocacy Archives - City Limits

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‘Environmental organizations in America have mostly tried to color within the lines, lines that the establishment has drawn. However, a new movement, though it rejects violence as a tactic, also…

ByDavid Baldwin 2Comments

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May 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

The Lessons NYC Activists Have for Those Fighting Displacement the World Over

Learn from defeat. Think big. Follow the money. And organize, organize, organize.

ByDaniel Bates 2Comments

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Jun 2016

In Depth Video

Video: Does Art Matter to a Community Under Threat?

East New York has long faced problems like poverty, disinvestment and crime. Now its worries concern gentrification and displacement. In a neighborhood confronting so many different risks, what role can…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 1Comment

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May 2016

Government

Acting Out Their Demands, Advocates Take the Stage to Influence NYC Policy

Advocates using Theater of the Oppressed techniques are turning an empowerment tool developed in South America in the 1970s to homeless policy issues, with HUD and City Councilmembers in the…

ByJarrett Lyons 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Other Nabes and de Blasio Team Draw Lessons from East New York Rezoning Struggle

As housing justice advocates across the city review the outcomes in East New York, many say the results attest to the power of community organizing, especially when stakeholders put forth…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Mar 2016

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth

Artists Find a Role in NYC’s Debate About Police, Race and Violence

Art has been part of the response to the killing of Eric Garner and other incidents. But artists with a political message can face challenges finding space to show their…

ByNekoro Gomes 2Comments

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Apr 2012

Government

Occupy Sunset Park: Seeking Change in Many Languages

A long subway ride from the Lower Manhattan epicenter of the Occupy phenomenon, community activists in one Brooklyn neighborhood are trying to translate the movement’s goals into local action.

ByZach Campbell 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Economy Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Groups Ask Feds To Scold Bank

A coalition of economic advocacy groups wants a federal bank regulator to give JP Morgan Chase a poor grade for its compliance with an anti-redlining law.