CY PLAN 113B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964, Development Corporations
24 Oct 2018
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Lec 2 (cid:830)96(cid:829)s: the (cid:918)golden age(cid:919) of communit(cid:319) de(cid:316)elopment corporations. Cultural and racial identity as important organizing frame. Spanish speaking unity council unity council. Making claims for redistribution of power and material resources (cid:918)the nascent communit(cid:319) de(cid:316)elopment mo(cid:316)ement pro(cid:316)ided a political (cid:316)oice for poor and racialized minorities previously excluded from political decision-making(cid:919) Differed from community organizing and resistance, social movements in one key important way: focus on land and capital as a way to gain power. Arabella mart nez, "i liked the notion of housing and economic development because it essentially moved us from being another charitable organization to really being able to control economic resources. (cid:918) Original cdcs (cid:317)ere not (cid:918)anti - capital(cid:919) rather, they wanted control of capital for their communities. The(cid:319) (cid:317)ere also against (cid:918)big go(cid:316)ernment(cid:919) many saw urban renewal and public housing as clear (cid:918)failings(cid:919) of federal bureaucrac(cid:319) New york senator robert f. kennedy also looking for a new approach to solving urban crisis.
