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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.

Every Monday, the 
Michigan Daily will be 
publishing a photo found 
from the Daily’s archives 
of an important part of 
University of Michigan 
history. 

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jamming sidewalks. All 
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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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