The Grandmother of Housing: Organizing with the Sword, Shield, and Offer

Frances Amador, Zafiro Patiño, Steve Meacham, Eric Wellers speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by This panel will break down the sword, the shield, and the offer a housing justice- anti displacement organizing strategy—CLVU’s nationally known organizing strategy utilizing public pressure, legal defense, and collective negotiations—and will give experience-based examples from organizers, tenants, and a movement housing lawyer. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!