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Local organization discusses how to
fight gentrification at Diag session
Event first of two information sessions which will take place in Ann Arbor and Ypsi
JENNIFER MEER
Daily Staff Reporter
Revolutionary Youth Alliance,
A2/Ypsi,
a
locally-based
organization aiming to fight
against
imperialism,
racism,
misogyny and other forms of
oppression, held an informational
meeting about the effects of
gentrification and counter efforts
Sunday afternoon in the Diag.
LSA sophomore Jeff Smith, one
of the leaders of the presentation,
explained gentrification refers to
the process by which less wealthy
people are displaced from their
neighborhoods
by
wealthier
people.
“People
start
moving
in,
individuals start moving in,
unsupported by any government
… After that, wealthy individuals,
real
estate
developers
take
notice of the waves of people
coming in and they begin to buy
up property and open more and
more
expensive
businesses,”
Smith said. “Young people are
flocking in. New restaurants are
opening, along with coffee shops,
bike stores, and places where
juice costs seven dollars per
bottle.”
He said the influx of such
businesses may seem like a
“cultural
revival,”
but
the
reality is that businesses and
landowners are simply making
more profit — something that
can be observed in Detroit and
Ypsilanti, specifically.
Smith also said as wealthy
newcomers
acquire
more
property and high-paying jobs,
life becomes more expensive for
the original residents; Monetary
values go up, residents are evicted
and policing tactics change,
based on the composition of the
neighborhoods.
“After a time, the level of wealth
in
gentrified
neighborhoods
begins to rise exponentially,”
he said. “The richer replace the
rich, high-rise condos begin to
erase even middle-class housing,
anyone who is not rich or at least
middle class is displaced and
gentrification
begins
spilling
over into other, less gentrified
neighborhoods.”
Smith said every time a new
high-rise development goes up
in Ann Arbor, the rent goes up
approximately
two
percent,
even though the quality of the
residence has not changed.
Students
have
expressed
concern
over
the
new
developments, such as the one
going up on South Univeristy, as
it results in increasing rent costs
and a lack of affordable housing
options.
Smith
explained
gentrification is the result of city
councils providing tax breaks
and cheap land to businesses
that move into impoverished
cities, as well as landlords
who raise rents and evict
longtime residents to attract
new residents who are able to
pay more, among several other
factors.
Casey Adams, who works with
RYA and led the presentation
with Smith, explained there are
very few manufacturing jobs
available in Ypsilanti, and so
people who do not have a college
education are pushed into jobs
in food service or retail.
Adams noted there is a push
for people to go to college, but
that college tuition, such as at
the University of Michigan, is
increasing
dramatically;
she
also noted the median income of
University students’ families is
well above the average median
income.
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Michigan Daily will be
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from the Daily’s archives
of an important part of
University of Michigan
history.
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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Intersecting Feminist
and Biological Research
WHAT: Several feminist
scholars will discuss how
biological scienes can be
incorporated into feminist
strategies.
WHO: Institute for Research on
Women and Gender
WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School, Assembly Hall
Understanding the Power
of Nonviolent Action
WHAT: Hardy Merriman, a
leader in civil resistance, will
discuss nonviolent protest tactics
to confront oppression.
WHO: Michigan Community
Scholars Program
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Graduate
School Ampitheatre
BeTroit: Film Screening,
Performance, Q&A
WHAT: Watch a documentary
detailing the results of a
collaboration between Berlin and
Detroit-based artists, as well as
artist performances.
WHO: Germanic Language &
Literatures
WHEN: 8:00 p.m. to 10 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad, 2435
Economics, Suply Chain
Management Talk
WHAT: Andrew Davis, an
assistant professor at Cornell
University, will discuss
multidimensional bargaining in
supply chains.
WHO: Department of
Economics
WHEN: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: North Quad, Room
3100
Social-context in Child
Development
WHAT: Doctoral candidate
Arianna Gard, who studies
developmental psychology, will
discuss the effects of parents
and neighborhoods on children’s
development.
WHO: Department of Psychology
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: East Hall, Room 4464
Policy Careers in the
Federal Government:
Inside Perspective
WHAT: Listen to alum
Tim Stryker speak about
opportunities for careers within
the US government.
WHO: University Career Center
WHEN: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Student Activites
Building
Blood in the Water: the
Attica Prison Uprising
WHAT: A book reading and
discussion with Professors
Heather Ann Thompson and
Angela Dillard.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Hatcher Graduate
Library, Gallery
Israeli Palestinian
Conflict Discussion
WHAT: Husam Jubran, a
representative at the Synergos
Institute, a nonprofit that
examines issues of poverty, will
disucss the use of nonviolence
work in the Israeli Palestinian
Conflict.
WHO: Center for Middle Eastern
and North African Studies
WHEN: 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Weiser Hall, Room 555
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