Committee: Economic Rights
Topic: Redlining
Audience: The Social Justice High School Community
Deeply Concerned about the longterm effects of redlining that are present today,
Realizing that even today communities can't get money to enhance their communities with essential needs, (it may not be with homes like before but perhaps other needs)
Encouraging people to form groups or join already existing organizations to fight for what we believe we need in our communities,
Affirming that money should be given back to communities, for example to build parks, schools, gardens etc.,
Stressing 35 years of redlining and today, segregation is a result of it,
Taking into account there are groups like the Citizens Action group that are demanding community reinvestment, one of those groups being LVEJO,
Actions
1.) Notes with approval, LVEJO fought for several years to get a new park and garden built in our community;
2.) Expresses the hope that the mayor/government recognizes that many low income communities are lacking in needs;
3.) Urges people to fight for these needs by joining organizations, protesting etc.;
4.) Demands money investments so that schools, parks, gardens and even homes etc can be created/improved;
5.) Deplores the FHA that left long-term redlining effects today in other ways other than housing
Realizing that even today communities can't get money to enhance their communities with essential needs, (it may not be with homes like before but perhaps other needs)
Encouraging people to form groups or join already existing organizations to fight for what we believe we need in our communities,
Affirming that money should be given back to communities, for example to build parks, schools, gardens etc.,
Stressing 35 years of redlining and today, segregation is a result of it,
Taking into account there are groups like the Citizens Action group that are demanding community reinvestment, one of those groups being LVEJO,
Actions
1.) Notes with approval, LVEJO fought for several years to get a new park and garden built in our community;
2.) Expresses the hope that the mayor/government recognizes that many low income communities are lacking in needs;
3.) Urges people to fight for these needs by joining organizations, protesting etc.;
4.) Demands money investments so that schools, parks, gardens and even homes etc can be created/improved;
5.) Deplores the FHA that left long-term redlining effects today in other ways other than housing