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Who Do Community Groups Represent?
All around us there are organizations and institutions that claim to be working on our behalf. So how do we tell who’s actually on our side and who isn’t? Who’s working for us and who might actually be hurting us? -
If the struggle is not intergenerational, it won’t succeed
Inevitably, following discussions of why our group is doing what we’re doing, the conversation will shift into resident’s previous interactions with younger people who’ve moved into the area. It is almost always the same story: disappointment and misunderstanding. -
EEMA Statement on Recent Bloomfield Events
Early last week, two women were accosted on Liberty Ave by a man yelling anti-gay slurs. He held a gun to one of their heads. This was near the same spot of another anti-gay attack last year. -
The Double Standard
Discussion of the double standard where some community groups assume the right to create community expectations and the subsequent manner in which they discriminatorily seek to enforce them -
Eyesores are in the Eye of the Beholder
How people define what constitutes an eye sore, litter, pollution, and graffiti, often speaks to their political perspectives and economic interests. -
Reflections on Snow Shoveling
One member of East End Mutual Aid talks about their experiences with this winter’s snow removal project. -
Hotline in Action
To illustrate how our hotline functions outside of the snow arena, we thought it’d be helpful to describe a recent contact. -
Sharing is Caring, But it isn’t Enough
EEMA has recently held two wildly successful Share Faires. I’ve found these events both inspirational and rewarding, while exemplifying some obvious contradictions and limitations. -
Imposed Scarcity
If a neighbor down the street owned a snow blower or a lawn mower, would you ask to borrow it if you didn’t know them personally? Conversely, if you owned one would you consider lending it out? -
Breaking the Binary
One of my goals in working with East End Mutual Aid is strategizing on ways to break out of the binary thinking often used to implement policies that go against community interests. -
The Dreaded “G” Word
Nothing makes me want to go down to Nico’s and grab a cold beer more than the arguments about gentrification that so regularly occur whenever the issue of development is brought up. -
Thinking About Housing
Some thoughts on housing and recent construction in Bloomfield.
Other Posts
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Report from October 23 2010 Prepare Faire!
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May 29 EEMA Orientation
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Tracking Development: City Hearings
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