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Thinking and Organizing at the Margins of Traditional Housing Research Collaborative:Eric GoldfischerTeresa GowanCailin OakesMichael Goldman

AcknowledgementsFor support in making this gathering possible, we gratefully acknowledge the following groups and individuals:

UMN Institute for Advanced StudyJennifer GunnKaren KinoshitaSusannah SmithUMN Robert J Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement CenterJames DeSotaLauren MartinUMN Department of GeographyBruce BraunGlen PowellUMN Department of Theatre Arts & DanceCindy GarciaMargaret WerryInquilinxs Unidixs por JusticiaArianna FeldmanRoberto de la Riva

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Thursday, March 14:30-5:30pm: Arrival and RegistrationUMN Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC)2001 Plymouth Ave N, MinneapolisLight refreshments provided.

5:30-7pm: Opening Plenary PanelWelcome and Opening WordsEric Goldfischer, University of MinnesotaIntroduction to UROCMakeda Zulu-Gillespie, UROCPower at the Margins: Plenary PanelRob Robinson, National Economic and Social Rights InitiativeGretchen Purser, Syracuse UniversityCraig Willse, George Mason UniversityNikita Price, Picture the HomelessModerator: Teresa Gowan, University of Minnesota

Friday, March 2**All Friday daytime sessions take place at Blegen

Hall on the West Bank of UMN: 269 19th Ave S, Minneapolis**

8am-9am: Breakfast in Blegen 425

9am-10:30am: Concurrent Sessions Block 1Contesting Traditional Understandings of Health and HomeBlegen 130Participants in this session will work to deconstruct the relationship between health and housing, offering perspectives from activism, scholarship, and public health. Sarah Jane Keaveny, RN/BSN/PHN & Zach Johnson, Catholic Worker

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Samantha Thompson, Simon Fraser UniversityJustine Marcus, The Urban Displacement Project Kyle Lipinski, Mental Health AdvocateChair: Aaron Mallory, University of Minnesota

Tenants’ Rights and BarriersBlegen 230What are the greatest barriers that tenants must struggle against in their fight for just and affordable housing? Exploring movements for tenants’ rights from a variety of locations.Anna Reosti, University of WashingtonNina Medvedeva, University of MinnesotaCherai Mills, Boston Homeless Solidarity CommitteeLaura Belik, UC-BerkeleyDani Aiello, University of Georgia/Housing Justice LeagueChair: Inquilinxs Unidixs por Justicia

Urban Planning and Housing PrecarityBlegen 215Analyzing the historical and present-day impacts of urban planning on housing rights, from racially-restrictive deed covenants and redlining to evictions and eminent domain. Kirsten Delegard, Penny Petersen, and Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, Mapping PrejudiceGregory Jost, Designing the WE & Banana Kelly Community Improvement AssociationCharlotte Blair, American UniversityCailin Oakes, University of MinnesotaKenton Card, UCLA

Chair: Tony Sparks, San Francisco State University

10:30-10:45: Break

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10:45-12:15: Concurrent Sessions Block 2Working Outside of Traditional Service ModelsBlegen 230How do individuals and organizations dedicated to housing justice work outside of traditional service models? Experience and observations from fieldwork and activism.Rocki Simoes, GLBT Host Home Program, Avenues for Homeless YouthCollette Fahey, Minneapolis activistAnna Cash, UC Berkeley/Urban Displacement ProjectLuke Leavitt, University of Wisconsin-Madison & Talia Sternberg, Denver Homeless Out LoudChair: Rob Robinson, NESRI

FrictionBlegen 155Thinking about the various frictions that emerge across housing politics: friction which emerges from scholar-activism, interplay of unions, evictions, redevelopment and more. How does such friction can affect our understanding of housing activism and its relationships with other movements and spaces?Ken Salo & Faranak Miraftab, Humanities Without Walls Project, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSamuel Stein, CUNY Graduate CenterGretchen Purser, Syracuse UniversityUrsula Sommer, Freie University BerlinChair: Jesse McClelland, Gustavus Adolphus College

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Economies, Housing, and Vacancies: From Neoliberalism to FinancializationBlegen 120Despite the global housing crisis, land lies vacant, needless evictions proliferate, and urban governance grows to the interests and methods of private capital. How do frameworks such as neoliberalism and financialization help us understand these struggles, and how can they be informed by fast-responding work done by activists every day?Cheri Honkala, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign & Elsa Noterman, University of Wisconsin-MadisonAnna Bokun, University of MinnesotaSerife Genis, University of Minnesota/Adnan Menderes UniversityRobin Bartram, Northwestern UniversityChair: Michael Goldman, University of Minnesota

12:15-12:45: LunchBlegen 425

12:45-1:45: Criminalization and Homelessness PanelBlegen 425This lunch panel consists of scholars and activists working at the junction of civil rights and homelessness. Participants will share ideas and stories from the front lines of combatting the criminalization of homeless people.Kelley Cutler, San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness; Dilara Yarbrough, San Francisco State University & Chris Herring, UC-Berkeley Odilka Santiago, SUNY-Binghamton & Jermain Abdullah, Picture the HomelessPete White, Los Angeles Community Action NetworkBrian Hennigan, Syracuse UniversityChair: Teresa Gowan, University of Minnesota

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2-3:30pm: Concurrent Sessions Block 3Organizing Strategies: Measuring Success and Altering RepresentationBlegen 235Representation matters immensely in movements for housing justice. How do the images we use, the numbers we display, and the stories we tell shape the interplay between knowledge production and activist work?Lynn Lewis, Picture the Homeless Oral History ProjectOksana Mironova, Community Service SocietyCassie Hurd, Boston Homeless Solidarity CommitteeEvan Anderson, University of MinnesotaKatharina Schmidt, University of HamburgChair: Faranak Miraftab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Human Rights, Property Rights, SquattingBlegen 215Human rights has emerged as a critical framework for understanding how practices such as squatting can materially alter the meaning of property and land rights. Panelists will discuss movements in a variety of locations which engage these practices in the service of the human right to housing.Rob Robinson, National Economic and Social Rights InitiativeAlex Pustelnyk, Syracuse UniversityNeeda Bee & Bobby Qui, The VillageStephen Przybylinski, Syracuse UniversityAnastassia Fagan, American UniversityChair: Serife Genis, University of Minnesota

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3:30-4pm: Break

4-5:30: Performance by zAmya Theater Project, homeless theater collaborative Blegen 10

6pm-9pm: Social GatheringNomad World Pub501 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis

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Saturday, March 3

**All activities on Saturday take place at the offices of Inqulinxs Unidxs por Justicia, 3715 Chicago Ave S,

Minneapolis**

9-9:30am: Breakfast

9:30am-11am: Final plenary sessionGentrification and HousingInqulinxs Unidxs OfficeThe fight against displacement often takes the form of a struggle against gentrification. These scholars and activists will share their perspectives on this crucial dynamic which has much impact on margins of housing.Paul Boden, Western Regional Advocacy ProjectIbrahim Mubarak, Right 2 DreamDeborah Arnold, Natalie McLaughlin, and Alison Johnson, Housing Justice LeagueMonique Carrillo, Inquilinx Unidxs por JusticiaTony Sparks, San Francisco State UniversityChair: Eric Goldfischer

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11am-12pm: Action activity with Inquilinxs Unidxs

12pm-1pm: Reflection on the conference and closing activity

1pm: Vans depart for MSP from Inquilinxs Unidxs