[Coehd] Virtual Plática 12.11.2021 | Punishing The Poor: A Community Response to San Antonio Code Enforcement in Communities of Color

Hello everyone, On behalf of the Democratizing Racial Justice Project<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2... team here at UTSA, we invite you to the virtual plática: "Punishing The Poor: A Community Response to San Antonio Code Enforcement in Communities of Color." Saturday, December 11, 2021 from 10am - 12pm CT. Zoom Registration Link: bit.ly/communityresponse210<https://utsa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqceGorT8sHNUxW-0FEsExSqmsOxisryOP> Spanish translation provided by the RGV Language Justice Collective. Recommended pre-read– "Ousted: The City of San Antonio’s Displacement of Residents through Code Enforcement Actions" (bit.ly/displacement210<https://law.utexas.edu/clinics/2021/11/18/ouste...;) A recent University of Texas School of Law research report reveals that San Antonio’s system of code enforcement disproportionately targets the homes of low-income Black and Latinx residents. This report confirms the complaints that residents and housing activists have been making for over a decade. The report provides clear evidence of racial and class bias in San Antonio's code compliance policies and practices. Join us for an important panel and community conversation about this report and about the struggle to end these oppressive practices. Presented by the People’s Academy, a partnership between the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center and UTSA, in collaboration with the Historic Westside Residents Association and the Westside Preservation Alliance. Spanish translation provided by the RGV Language Justice Collective. Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Contact: RacialJustice@utsa.edu<mailto:RacialJustice@utsa.edu> [cid:2f342cc1-30c8-42ae-bafe-17d4ff9a2025] Best, Yasmín Parra Codina (she/her) | (pronounced "Ya-smeen") Community Liaison, Democratizing Racial Justice<https://racialjustice.utsa.edu> Women’s Studies Institute Lecturer, Mexican American Studies Race, Ethnicity, Gender + Sexuality Studies Department<https://education.utsa.edu/departments/race-ethnicity-gende... College of Education + Human Development The University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. César E. Chávez Blvd |SATX78207 UTSA 2021-2022 Staff Senator<https://www.utsa.edu/staffsenate/>