With the support of Oak Foundation since 2020, TakeRoot has been working with New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents responding to the Authority’s plans to transfer control of existing public housing to private developers and allow private housing to be built on NYCHA campuses, including launching the NYCHA Real Talk series in Fall 2021.
The NYCHA Real Talk series (#NYCHARealTalk) materials linked below were originally created by the Center for Urban Pedagogy, Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), WE ACT and TakeRoot Justice/Community Development Project, Inc. in 2020.
Starting in 2021, TakeRoot has partnered with grassroots groups to train a paid cohorts of NYCHA residents on these materials so they can lead discussions with their neighbors. To date, nearly 1,000 NYCHA residents were reached through trainings led by members of these cohorts.
What is RAD PACT?
- Google slides: Presentation and Script (2024)
Preservation Trust
- Google slides: Presentation and Script (2024)
How Your NYCHA Home Affects Your Health
- Google slides, Design by L+L: Presentation with script in notes (2021)
- PDF Materials, Design by L+L: Presentation, Script, Handout (2021)
What is Infill?
- 2021 PDF Materials, Design by L+L: Presentation, Script, Handout
FAQ
The TakeRoot team is maintaining a Frequently Asked Questions document here, answering questions that facilitators using these materials have asked.
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