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Chinatowns across the nation, is very near and dear to me. Gentrification is a phenomena and more complex than Public Discourse would have us believe. We are in logan square in chicago where catalytic investments like the 606 rail to trails project forced residents to move because they cannot upkeep the increasing cost of housing and in other neighborhoods folks are leaving for a different reason because you havent seen investment in decades. If we as a city does learn from our mistakes we will continue to suffer from unintended consequences related to gentrification, inaccessible education, housing, displacement. So much to do and we are thrilled the conversation is resonating with a lot of people. As such tonights event will be shown by season and live tweeted using equity section, the hashtag for the metropolitan Planning Council asked metro planning. A short question and book signing so when that time occurs, sarah is going to walk around with the mic. Wait for her to get to you. I
One person, no vote. Why did you write this book . Guest the book emerged out of two things, one was a 2016 election, and there is when i about,he pundits talking black people did not show up. Blacky lost because people were not feeling hillary. I looked at that and it did not make sense because this was the first election in 50 years without the protection of the Voting Rights act. We had a series of laws coming through, targeting africanamericans, so i wanted to lay out how Voter Suppression s. Rks because host what protections were under the Voting Rights act. Passedin 1965, congress the Voting Rights act. It began to deal with the massive disenfranchisement happening particularly in the south. Where you had counties that had a majority black population, but zero africanamericans were registered to vote. What the Voting Rights and did was have a provision called preclarence, meaning certain jurisdictions that had a documented history of discrimination against its citizens had to hav
Force them to raise prices and cut jobs. If you earn minimum wage, whether you are in the 21 states that are raising the minimum wage or not, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a business owner, we want to know what you think about the minimum wage going up. Your number, 202 7488001. If you do not fit into either one of those categories but still have something to say, we still want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets start this conversation bit oftting a basic information about what is going on. A Record Numbers of states, cities, and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020. On or around january 1, the minimum weight will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties are also boosting their baseline pay at your start. Year, an additional four states and 23 cities and counties w