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Movement for Justice in El Barrio is a community organization based in
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,
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that is a reaction to, and organizes against, gentrification in the neighborhood.


Organisational profile

The Movement defines itself as follows: :We are Movement for Justice in El Barrio. We are part of the simple and humble community that lives in El Barrio. We fight for dignity and against displacement. We fight for the liberation of women, immigrants, gays, lesbians, the transgender community, people of color, and indigenous communities. Movement for Justice in El Barrio was founded by immigrants and low-income people living in
East Harlem East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or , is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the eas ...
,
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. It is part of the fight against the effects of
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and
discrimination Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sex ...
in all of its forms and operates on a commitment to the ideals of self-determination, autonomy and
participatory democracy Participatory democracy, participant democracy, participative democracy, or semi-direct democracy is a form of government in which Citizenship, citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their ...
. It has protested, marched, gone to court and fought back against the actions of
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s such as the Dawnay Day Group, landlords that they perceive to be 'abusive and greedy', and the city institutions that are agents of the
gentrification Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more Wealth, affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment. There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. In public discourse, it has ...
of their neighborhood. The group operates outside political parties and party politics. They have taken a particularly strong stance against council member Melissa Mark-Viverito for her support of gentrification in the area. Movement for Justice in El Barrio operates on a commitment to self-determination, autonomy, and
participatory democracy Participatory democracy, participant democracy, participative democracy, or semi-direct democracy is a form of government in which Citizenship, citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their ...
.


Accomplishments

*Named "Best Power to the People Movement in NYC" by the
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. *Prevented gentrification of 47 apartment buildings in East Harlem by the UK-based Dawnay Day Group


See also

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in
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* The
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* The
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*
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in Haiti * The
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in
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* The Landless Peoples Movement in South Africa * The
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in Brazil *
Narmada Bachao Andolan ''Narmada Bachao Andolan'' (NBA, , 'Save the Narmada River Movement') is an Indian social movement spearheaded by native tribals (''adivasis''), farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against a number of large dam projects across ...
in
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* The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign in South Africa * The New York Foundation


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