Students and Residents Allying for Woodlawn: panel, fundraiser, reunion 17 years on (Feb. 17)
Wed., Feb. 17 at 7-8:30pm CT by video/call.
From Duff Morton, Natalie Naculich, Adam Light, William Thomas, and Dominic Surya…
To fellow students: Can you come to this panel?
To fellow alumni: Can you join this reunion and fundraiser?
To all: Can you invite students and alumni, or even join yourself?
On the famously neo-liberal University of Chicago campus, one series of student groups has allied with Black residents and labored for campaign after campaign, with Southside Together Organizing for Power. STOP itself began as the Student Tenant Organizing Project in 2004.
Meet students in the current group, UCAD: UChicago Against Displacement. Also (re-)connect with alumni from previous groups. And, learn how they all evolved: “SSN,” “SHE,” and “PAC”! Panelists:
Vee Moore, black queer organizer, they/them
David Zegeye, current astrophysics PhD student, he/him
Duff Morton, SSA PhD ’15, Bard anthropology professor, he/him
Toussaint Losier, history PhD ’13, U. Mass.-Amherst afro-american studies professor, he/him
Natalie Naculich, BA ’17, housing organizer in New York City, she/her
With Adam Light as DJ! current BA student, STOP intern, he/him
They have helped start Graduate Students United, and groups that are now UChicago Student Action and #DefundUCPD.
And they have helped STOP win first a trauma center, and just last fall, a Community Benefits Agreement. Can we keep this up?? Current students, now is the time to organize another generation of allies. Join at fb.com/UChicagoAgainstDisplacement. And alumni, you are the group most able to fund STOP for years’ more campaigns. Give at STOPchicago.org/donate
