#bandayofaction

NEW YORK CITY

THU NOV 12 - 6:30 PM

SOLIDARITY CENTER NYC 147 W 24th Street - 2nd Floor

Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN) Planning Meeting

Help make final plans for The The Brooklyn Anti-gentrification Network - BAN Protest of The 6th Annual Brooklyn Real Estate Summit at Brooklyn Museum #BANtheSummit #BrooklynIsNotforSALE #BANDAYofACTION#N17DayofAction

You know you are truly part of a movement when there are just too many people thank for all their hard work in making The September 17th NYC Day of Action against Racism, Gentrification & Police Brutality a success! (click the link to see pictures and articles) So I will simply thank EVERYONE who:

endorsed  

gave money

made placards

painted banners or help with other tasks at the work sessions

designed flyers, the BAN sticker and website

handed out/ taped up/ distributed S17 flyers and stickers in their neighborhoods/churches/train stops/ festivals/block parties/parades/protests, etc.

tweeted, texted,  emailed, posted on social media about S17

lent us their car, drove all over the city and fought with cops to drop off materials to the actions

got up at 6am to hand out flyers or played music at train stops on S17  

PLAYED LIVE MUSIC AT THREE of the S17 ACTIONS

gave legal advice, did legal observing or cop watched

wrangled the cops to get us the sound permits and the steps at city hall

coordinated actions, the press conference, reached out to community groups to endorse, or took on a leadership role during the mobilization

came to the action before work, during their lunch break, left work early or was unfortunately too "sick" to go to work on S17

took minutes at the planning meetings, broke us into to     subcommittees and kept us on track

came to S17 planning meetings, helped shape the day and     participated in a consensus decision-making process  

took pictures and live tweeted the actions especially since the mainstream media boycotted us

wrote articles and filmed for indie media especially since mainstream media boycotted us

came to participate at the day of action with baby strollers/scooters/their own chairs/or with Parkinson Disease

spoke out passionately against gentrification, police  brutality and racism

spoke passionately about the displacement of elders, people living on government entitlements, homeless people, and low to middle income families from our neighborhoods

chaired the speak outs, held the sound system, led chants

thought to close the day of action with the “Assata Chant”

wrote new badass Hip-hop housing chants

made their own DOPE anti-gentrification signs

put the Mayor/NYPD/NYCHA/Dept. of City  Planning/Developers/or Your Landlord on Blast

allowed us to use your office /venue /cafe for a BAN meeting or flyer distribution spot

disrupted Bratton's softball game in Staten Island

slept over night at City Hall Park

re-liberated Zuccotti Park

marched over the Manhattan Bridge followed by 100,000 cops (joking it was only a 1,000 with a LRAD machine)

Came from The Bronx, Queens or Manhattan to rally with us at Barclay's in Brooklyn

Walked across the street from the Wyckoff Houses to rally at Barclays

Took over the steps of City Hall or #ShutItdown in front of City Planning or the NYCHA management at the Farragut Houses

Stood up for small businesses, studios for artists,libraries, schools, and all other things gentrification is destroying in our communities

made the intersections about LGBTQ oppression, police violence & gentrification

did alot of prep work for the action even though you knew you would be out town on the 17th

did a lot of prep work for the action and unexpectedly had to leave town before the 17th

brought your amazing banners or wore your organization's t-shirt

held another organization's amazing banner or wore another  group's t-shirt

WORE a BAN or #BEFOREITSGONE sticker or BOTH on your  clothes

answered Equality for Flatbush's call to initiate The     Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification (BAN),  helped to shape the BAN platform     and co-conspires with us everyday

Joined the BAN community organizing list  https://groups.google.com/d/forum/the-brooklyn-anti-gentrification-community-organizing-list

whatever I left out but you did before, during and     afterwards to make The September 17th     NYC Day of Action against Racism, Gentrification & Police Brutality     a success!

.... AND  most importantly THANK YOU to EVERYONE who believes that saving the racial, social, cultural, economic, and linguistical diversity of Brooklyn and all of NYC is a priority!!!  

JOIN US ON OCTOBER 1st 6:30pm at the Solidarity Center 147 West 24th Street -2nd floor where we will be planning the NEXT STEPS to #TakeBackOurCommunities  

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FUNDS are still URGENTLY needed so please continue to GIVE  gofund.me/h73fkk7p

with much RADICAL love

Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network organizes a Day of Action against Racism, Gentrification & Police Brutality, September 17, 2015.

Photos by Claudia Palacios