Hello Friends,
Just a reminder that our monthly meeting will take place tomorrow night, Tuesday, February 11th 6:30-8pm at the Seward Park Library.
This month we will discuss a possible collaboration with playwright Aaron Landsman’s
, whose efforts at the Abrons Art Center have included performances, mapping exercises about belonging and avoidance, roundtable discussions, writing, and research on street harassment and gentrification—and for a bit of fun, we will watch
and
, two 16mm films about the Lower East Side in the NYPL’s reserve film collection. Both films are
only
available on film, so it's pretty special... and they're great films, at that.
Meeting will start at 6:30pm sharp since we'll need a full hour for the screenings
(which ought to begin promptly at 7pm). Hope to see you there!
More news:
THANK YOU to all who came to our MLK day to deliver over 5000 signatures to City Hall! We got together to demand that our elected officials stand with the community, not only to STOP the luxury megatowers, but to pass our community-led rezoning plan, the Chinatown Working Group , that would cap building heights and create significantly more TRULY affordable housing. Check out the photos by AAD member Janette Lu below.
The coalition is planning another town hall in April with an update on the No Towers Campaign, so keep an eye out for the next event!
We highly recommend signing up for Lynn Ellsworth's thorough and informative newsletter: http://www.humanscale.nyc
For more events please go to the AAD calendar.
AAD's general meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of every month 6:30pm-8pm at the
.
All are welcome!
Based in Manhattan's Chinatown and Lower East Side, Art Against Displacement AAD is a coalition of artists and arts professionals that seeks to amplify the demands of those whose lives and livelihoods are placed at risk by predatory development and resettlement, and to work in solidarity with grassroots organizations toward community-led rezoning. The group affirms that gentrification is not an inevitable effect of urban development, and refuses to let the work of cultural producers be instrumentalized towards the displacement of long-term residents and businesses.