Media: Residents and supporters set up eviction blockade at Cabrini Green

18 11 2009

Tenants: Evictions in the midst of bank bail-outs and economic crisis are unacceptable and immoral

by Willie J.R. Fleming and Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle – SF Bay View

When the Cook County Sheriff’s Department arrives to evict Cabrini Green resident Lenise Forrest and her family Tuesday morning, they will be confronted and prevented from doing so by residents and supporters from around the city. Lenise Forrest has been a resident of Cabrini Green for 19 years. She has worked in the community for 12 years, including three years working for Holsten Development moving residents into the new mixed-income community. Now she is about to be moved out – onto the street. Read the rest of this entry »





Eviction Blockade at Cabrini Green (Chicago) Tuesday

17 11 2009

17 November 2009

Note: AEC coordinator, Ashraf Cassiem, will be with the Chicago AEC supporting the anti-eviction action inspired by our work in Cape Town

Friends: Please spread the word far and wide. We are kicking off the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign this Tuesday with an eviction blockade to stop Lenise Forrest and her family from being evicted from Cabrini Green for owing back rent. She had a payment plan under previous management but the new management has refused to recognize it and is trying to put her out on the street. She is appealing the eviction but the Sheriff is still scheduled to evict her Tuesday morning.

Please come out and support! If you can’t come please donate food, hot chocolate, or money. A press release and a flier are attached. Here’s the 4-1-1:

What: Human blockade to stop Sheriff from carrying out eviction
When: Tuesday Nov. 17th – 9:00am
Where: 933 N. Cambridge St., Cabrini Green Row Houses (just north of Chicago Ave, a few blocks East of Halsted)
Who: Cabrini Green residents and supporters from across the city


Southside Together Organizing for Power
813 E.63rd Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60637
773-753-9674
www.stopchicago.org








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