We are currently looking to expand capacity within our coalition as we continue the fight against the mass privatization of public housing that is taking place in Minneapolis and beyond and demand public housing for all. Educating the community is a crucial part of the organizing work we do in Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition (DG&PHC); the coalition is seeking more volunteers who can help us with research and/or communication to join our collective effort!
Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition is a public housing resident-led grassroot group made up of public housing tenants, subsidized housing tenants, and allies united on a set of goals to: organize the fight against the mass privatization of public housing across Minneapolis (also happening on a global scale), expand production of public housing for all with democratic tenants control, and provide knowledge sharing tools for the people to gain deeper understanding of the privatization of public housing that exacerbates the housing challenges low-income families are facing. The bureaucrats have restructured policies to ensure housing remains one of the core assets within the financial capital domain in which real estate private investors can accumulate profit, thereby making housing more inaccessible to low-income and working class families.
Formal experience in the following is not required, but would be helpful. If you already have keen interest in housing justice and find yourself wanting to dig for truth about how the housing system operates, then that is a great start!
We are currently in search of:
Research Volunteers
- Searching for appropriate data, reports, and literatures that help us gain deeper understanding of the systemic issues we are facing
- Good understanding of the housing and public housing crisis we face nationally & in the Twin Cities.
- Analyzing data, reports, and policies based on findings
- Good with numbers, charts, & stats
- Writing a short article to be shared publicly
Communications Volunteers
- Producing short written contents for social media posts
- Making graphics to go with the written texts. We’re open to all sorts of visual mediums that can be used for social media (ie: photography, illustration, video, etc.)
- Updating website with new information
- Managing social media
Please fill out this google form to express interest in getting plugged into DG&PHC. Someone from the coalition will follow up with a brief introductory orientation.
https://tinyurl.com/DGPHCvolunteer
If there are other ways you would like to contribute your skills to Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition that are not listed above, then please indicate how you might want to get involved using the same google form at the link above!
Thank you in advance and please do share this with other folks you know who you think might be interested!