Seven Building Power Lessons
Richmond LAND sees itself as a dynamic organization that builds by doing, learning, and teaching into our organizational programs and activities. The transition from being advocates and organizers to practitioners carrying out the different arms of land-use advocacy, development, and stewardship is an ongoing process that will continue to push the limits of our skills and experience. As we look back at the leaps we’ve made this year from engaging in a robust development design process, plunging into our first real estate purchase, bringing people together for county advocacy, and taking action to advocate for new funding streams for housing preservation, we recognize the importance of collective reflection and documentation of our experiences that can be made public and shared back with our community. The following blurbs represents 7 lessons of Building Power as we work to grow and enhance our communities participation and power in the intersections of political, social, and economic interventions to facilitate Staying Power.
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Invest in Housing and Stability as Just Relief and Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the lives of our entire community. For our hardest-hit families, it has not only posed health and safety risks, but also caused an economic crisis, widespread housing instability, and compounded debt for tens of thousands of people across Contra Costa County.
We know that impacted communities disproportionately reflect low-wage and low-income residents of color. Read our 6/21 Budget Request of $1 million dollars of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding dedicated to immediate relief and long term investments in housing and resident stabilization. It is time for the City of Richmond to invest in building critical programming in the Housing Division, comprehensive and innovative pilot programs, and immediate relief for families most in need through the Richmond Rapid Response Program.
#JustRecoverMeansEveryoneStaysHoused #InvestinHousing #InvestinStability
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Join us for: "What we Deserve..." A holiday Light Display
Inspired by the effort to keep public land in community hands - What we Deserve…Holiday Light Display is an opportunity to foster critical connection, joy, and belonging in a safe and physically distant way. Starting this Saturday until January 6th stop by to see this former public housing site transformed into a sight of care, hope, and vision for the coming year.
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Prioritizing the Movement for Black Lives
Rather than resume our day-to-day activities as if nothing is wrong, Richmond LAND is choosing to postpone our hiring process until after Juneteenth in order to prioritize the movement for Black lives ongoing fight for justice…
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Justice for Black Lives - Now & Forever
Since the release of George Floyd’s dehumanizing murder on Memorial Day weekend community leaders, organizers and activists have demanded justice and called for the dismantling of systemic…
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Rent Control is Under Attack!
Richmond Mayor Tom Butt is proposing to place a repeal rent control ballot measure on the November 2020 election. Turn out on June 16th, to advocate against this effort.
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