3 events with Max Rameau of Miami's Take Back the Land

A few months ago, Picture the Homeless members travelled to Miami to learn about the inspiring vision and actions of Take Back the Land.  We are excited to be hosting leader Max Rameau (author of Take Back the Land: Land, Gentrification, and the Umoja Village Shantytown) in NYC for 3 events on May 14, 18, and 19.  You won't want to miss this!, come through to at least one....

In the past few weeks, Take Back the Land has been featured on ABC's World News and Good Morning America;  the New York Times wrote, "about a dozen advocacy groups around the country [are] actively moving homeless people into vacant homes — some working in secret, others, like Take Back the Land, operating openly." 

---contact/information:  rob @ picturethehomeless.org  *  (646) 314-6423

* Thursday, May 14  -- at Picture the Homeless office: 2427 Morris Ave, Bronx  (4/D train to Fordham Rd)

4pm -- organizers' meet&greet with Max Rameau of Miami's Take Back the Land -- must RSVP, space is limited

6pm -- book signing with Max Rameau of Miami's Take Back the Land

* Monday, May 18  --  at Brecht Forum: 451 West St, Manhattan  (by Bethune St, a block below W. 12 St)

7:30pm -- Whose Land Is It?  --  a talk & discussion with Max Rameau of Miami's Take Back the Land

Poor and low-income people in Miami are fighting back, and others (including Picture the Homeless right here in NYC!) are taking notice and taking notes.  Please join us for a talk and discussion with Take Back the Land leader Max Rameau on land and housing; squatting, showdowns, and takeovers; and local and national movement-building.

* Tuesday, May 19  -- Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center: 5th Avenue, Manhattan  (at 34 St)

6:30pm -- a roundtable discussion on the right of the people to live on and own land, versus corporate America's profiting from the land -- featuring:

Max Rameau of Miami's Take Back the Land

Brenda Stokely, longtime NYC activist and squatter

Frank Morales, longtime NYC activist and squatter

Neil Smith, Professor of Anthropology & Geography, CUNY

Peter Marcuse, Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University

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