Stop the Land Grab! “A Home Worth Fighting For” Film Screening + Panel

“A Home Worth Fighting For: The Push to Stop the Demolition of Public Housing in Chelsea” Free & public film screening + panel discussion with advocates and experts.

Join filmmaker Natasha Florentino for a film screening of “A Home Worth Fighting For: The Push to Stop the Demolition of Public Housing in Chelsea.” The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with housing and land rights advocates and experts about the financialization of public housing.

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About “A Home Worth Fighting For: The Push to Stop the Demolition of Public Housing in Chelsea”

Through the eyes of residents fighting to save their homes, A Home Worth Fighting For, exposes a flawed political process that prioritizes private development over public housing.

Panelists:

• Renee Keitt, President, Elliott-Chelsea Resident Association/FEC Tenants Against Demolition
• Layla Law-Gisiko, District Leader, NYS Assembly District 75
• Rob Robinson, Adjunct Professor of Urbanism New School; Community Organizer & Advocate
• Chris Marte, NYC Councilmember, Manhattan District 1
  

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This event is hosted by: 

Pratt Institute Social Science & Cultural Studies Department, Pratt Institute Social Justice/Social Practice Minor, Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, Pratt Center for Community Development.

Community partners:

Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea (FEC)Tenants Against Demolition, Midtown South Community Council

This event is part of “Dismantling Disinvestment – FEC Houses,” a participatory action research project coordinated by Associate Professor Caitlin Cahill, and supported by a Pratt Center for Community Development Taconic Fellowship grant.