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MINORITY FARMERS-- African, Hispanic & Native Americans ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pages: Print Out Each Page 1) 40 Acres and a Mule---It Never Happened 1a) Amendments 13, 14, 15 1b) US Department of Agriculture--1863 1c) Land Grant Colleges--1862--1890--1994 1d) 1877 withdrawal of Federal Troops from the South Jim Crow Era Continued Slavery in a Different Form 2) How did 925,708 Black Farmers lose nearly everything between 1920 and 2020 ? 3) Migration to Northern Cities to find Employment 4) 1950-1975 "Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights" (Pete Daniel) CALLS TO ATTENTION: 4 pages 5) HR40 / S40--1989 to present ... Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans Act Congressman John Conyers (D-01MI-14MI-13MI) 1989 > ........ Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-18TX ) 2023 Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-07MA) 2025 Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) 5a) Lawsuits Against USDA--for discrimination 1981-1997 Pigford / Garcia / Keepseagle 1997-2015 $5 billion vs $1 trillion LEGISLATION: 5 pages 6) Justice for Black Farmers Act--2023 HR1393 / S4929 Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ) Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-12NC) ORGANIZATION: 5 pages 7) 100's of Organizations to Support & Join--- 6 pages They ALL need the ongoing support of the ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY--for however long it takes. 22 pages Total | URBAN TENANTS--Victims of Modern Racism and Monopoly in Disguise ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pages: Print Out Each Page 1) Rent Control--(a Constitutional Amendment ?) has been MADE ILLEGAL by the (Republican dominated) Legislatures of 29 States, and doesn't exist in 12 other states. (Map) On the most basic apartments and homes-- Should Rents be Returned from $2000 to $700 ? Should Mortgages be Returned from $450K to $150K ? 2) Statistics: Rents and Mortgages on the most Basic Apartments and Homes continue to skyrocket. Many Investors Have Worked Relentlessly to Assure that Demand for Affordable Housing Greatly Exceeds Supply of Affordable Housing--both Apartments and Homes. Total Lack of Market Competition is what allows for inflation in Rents and Mortgages-- so extreme--that many would call it a crime. 3) National Mega-Corporate Landlords have exploded in the early 2020's ... owners and profiteers ARE Investment Bankers and millions of Mutual Fund Shareholders. 4) The very Foundations of American were Blown Away by the "founding fathers" before we ever got started: 1st Continental Congress--14 oct 1774: "...Life, Liberty and PROPERTY ...". 2nd Continental Congress--04 jul 1776: "...Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness ...". CALLS TO ATTENTION: 5) Housing Justice National Platform LEGISLATION: (proposed) 6) National Tenants' Bill of Rights http://spaceshipearthnet.us/_TenantsR/_0_LLP5.txt National Low Income Housing Coalition National Housing Law Project Tenant Union Federation ORGANIZATION: 7) 100's of Organizations to Support & Join---(5) __httpswww.housingjusticeplatform.org.txt They ALL need the ongoing support of the ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY--for however long it takes. | |
Western Regional Advocacy Project 2940 16th St., Suite 200-2 San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 621-2533 https://wraphome.org/ https://wraphome.org/mission-goals/members1/ wrap@wraphome.org "... https://wraphome.org/what/without-housing/ The federal government played a major role in creating homelessness by cutting tens of billions of dollars from affordable housing programs beginning in the early 1980s. Relying on the market to deliver affordable housing has only worsened the problem. Since then, every federal plan to address homelessness has primarily focused on “fixing” homeless people rather than the broken housing system. This approach – part of the broader war against the poor ushered in by Reagan – has institutionalized a vicious cycle of homeless policy. As a result, millions of people live without housing in the U.S. every year — including well over a million children...". https://wraphome.org/what/outreach/ ------------------------------------------------- |
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