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Cancel 2020 Cocktail Cabaret
It’s time to #Cancel2020, but not before we celebrate all that the tenants have accomplished this year. When COVID hit
Call Senator Kavanagh
Call 718-875-1517 and 212-298-5565 Email: kavanagh@nysenate.gov Hi, my name is ____________ and I live at _______________. I’m calling as your constituent to remind you to
Encuesta de vivienda COVID19
Anti-Apartheid rally
Description: Delegations from the Harlem and Flatbush branches of the Met Council on Housing are visible at this anti-Apartheid rally.
Support for Intro 2
Description: Letter from Esther Rand, on behalf of the Executive Board of Met Council on Housing, in support of proposed
Letter in support of the Black Panther Party
Description: Letter from Jane Benedict summarizing and defending Met Council on Housing’s working in collaboration with radical organizations such as
Opposition to the Black Panther Party
Description: Letter from a Met Council on Housing member (identity removed for confidentiality purposes) withdrawing membership due to Met Council
Benefit for the New York Panther 21
Description: Poster for a benefit event for the legal defense of the 21 members of the Black Panther Party arrested
Civilian Complaint Review Board
Description: Letter from Jane Benedict, on behald of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, supporting the creation of an independent Civilian
Civilian Review Board
Description: Charlene Mitchell and Bernice Linton hold signs calling for the creation of an independent Civilian Complain Review Board to
Pamphlet for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Description: A pamphlet (right) and an organizing manual (left) for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Met
Letter to JFK
Description: First page of a letter from Jane Benedict, on behalf of the Met Council on Housing, to then-President John
Civil Rights Supplement
Description: Met Council on Housing Civil Rights Supplement (published for an unknown length of time). This issue discussed organizing for
Stop the Eviction of CHARAS / El Bohio Community Center
Description: Demonstration against the evicition of the CHARAS / El Bohio Community Center, which served the low-income, activist, and artist
Homesteaders’ Rally
Description: Homesteading was a government-funded program in which abandoned, city-owned buildings were rehabilitated by low and moderate-income people, who then
March on Washington against homesless
Description: Met Council on Housing delegation to the October 1989 March on Washington against homelessness. The march was organized by
60,000 homeless is no piece of cake!
Description: Poster for demonstration for permanent and decent housing for the homeless at Mayor Ed Koch’s birthday party. Date: 1980s
Support Intro 369
Description: Met Council on Housing poster encouraging attendence at the City Council hearing on proposed anti-warehousing legislation Intro 369. Date:
Stop Warehousing Now!
Description: Action at a City Council hearing in support of proposed anti-warehousing legislation Intro 369, which was backed by a
Demonstration for SRO housing
Description: Demonstration at City Hall against proposed legislation, Intro 646, which would have virtually eliminated residential hotel housing (SROs) in
East Harlem Speak Out
Description: A community speak-out at the La Guardia Memorial Center, organized by the Committee to Save East Harlem. Date: August
Tenants’ Targets for the 1980s
Description: Invitation to the Met Council on Housing annual meeting on January 19th, 1980. The invitation illustrates key aspects of
Summons for the People’s Court Housing Crimes Trial
Description: Summons for the People’s Court Housing Crimes Trial, issued to the government, landlords and banks of New York