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Announcing: Helen Lima Standing Tall Award
This award will be given to the nominee who most inspires those around him/her to stand up and make a difference! Nominations are being accepted now. Please complete the following form and return to: Housing Rights, Inc. P.O. Box 12895, Berkeley, CA. 94712. Fax: 510-548-5805. E-mail: hri@housingrights.com. Last day or submissions: April 15, 2007.
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Some of us have 'IT', others of us want it. And that is an indomitable spirit and will to inspire and move others. And many times these special people are not obvious, are not in the news, don’t make the big bucks. They are ‘everyday people’ around us who inspire us with their courage. Their courage to take on the tough issues and stand up. If you know someone like that consider nominating them for the Helen Lima Standing Tall Award. In her later years, Helen was very concerned about affordable housing, especially Section 8 housing. However, she took on many causes in her long life and is remembered by many for her hard work and willingness to 'stand tall'. For a nomination form and to find out more about Helen Lima go to our website: www.housingrights.com/whatsnew/HelenLimaStandingTallAward.htm.
Doing What Needs To Be Done - a reception honoring tenant attorneys
On April 26th from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Housing Rights, Inc. and our co-sponors will gather at Kimballs (Broadway and 3rd in Oakland) to recognize local attorneys who have taken on the challenging task of representing tenants. Housing Rights, Inc. is honored to work with a panel of such attorneys who are part of our Lawyer Referral Service. For more information and to download an invitation go to our website: www.housingrights.com/whatsnew/april26th.htm. The Helen Lima Standing Tall Award will also be awarded at the same event (see above).
To Be of Use:
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again
Marge Piercy
We've launched our new website.
Check us out! We've redesigned and added more content to our website: www.housingrights.org. We did love the old design and are very grateful to Vaishal Ahuja of designlatte.com for that beautiful design. We did feel however, that we needed to update our website to meet the newest and latest accessibility standards. Kristin Long of www.minnowstudio.com redesigned the site making sure that it meets those standards. You may also notice that there is a large print version of the site (simply click on the 'large print' button). Up next is our Spanish version, which when done, will be found at www.derechosdevivienda.org.
HRI Around Town
You will find HRI board and staff at the following locations!
March 6 - Attorney Counseling Evening at the Contra Costa offices of Bay Area Legal Aid (1025 Macdonald Ave in Richmond) from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is co-sponsored with Bay Area Legal Aid and the Contra Costa County Bar Association.
March 13 - Loan Document Review Clinic at the City of Richmond Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m. This event is sponsored by the West Contra Costa County Don't Borrow Trouble Campain. HRI is a proud member of that campaign.
April 3 - Attorney Counseling Evening at the Contra Costa offices of Bay Area Legal Aid (1025 Macdonald Ave in Richmond) from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is co-sponsored with Bay Area Legal Aid and the Contra Costa County Bar Association.
April 17 - Loan Document Review Clinic at the City of Richmond Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m. This event is sponsored by the West Contra Costa County Don't Borrow Trouble Campain. HRI is a proud member of that campaign.
April 25th - Faith Breakfast at Hs Lordships in Berkeley
April 26th - Reception honoring tenant attorneys at Kimballs in Oakland
For more information about our activities check out our website: www.housingrights.org/whatsnew/calendar.htm
Stomp Out Discrimination
Join us in “stomping” out discrimination
until difference no longer makes a difference
in a world where every child is smiling….
- Free from hunger
- Free from harm
- Free from homelessness
- Free from hate
Housing Rights, Inc. was founded in 1979 by a law student who could not find housing because she had young children. We are committed to seeing that that does not happened to others. Join us in fighting to uphold the ‘housing rights’ of everyone.
Our Goals with your help, are to eliminate discrimination in housing, prevent evictions/foreclosures and encourage diversity in our communities. We do this by assisting tenants and landlord, homeowners and housing providers to understand their rights and responsibilities and resolve problems, so that EVERYONE will have a real opportunity to live in decent, affordable housing wherever it may be located.
Your support will make it possible to keep our housing rights counseling services free to all who call...renters, homeowners, landlords and others for ANOTHER 25 YEARS!
Donations of time money and goods are welcome. If you want to combine your passion for recycling with supporting Housing Rights, Inc. bring us your used printer cartridges! HRI is recycling cartridges. (We receive a fee for each cartridge!
We are also collecting BART cards. BART will pay is the leftover amount on the cards. Each .05 or .10 adds up!Visit our website to learn more about how to donate to Housing Rights, Inc.: http://housingrights.org/joinourteam/donate.htm
Announcements
Housing Rights, Inc. Board is proud to announce it's newest member Joseph Goglio. Joe works at the Contra Costa Central Labor Council. Welcome Joe!
We've recently had to say goodbye to two of our staff: Ana Garibay left us at the End of January to accept a job in San Rafael (where she lives) and Esteban Allard-Valdivieso, our long time Intake Specialist had taken a job with First Fund for Youth. Our best wishes to all!
And we are very excited to welcome Alvita White back! Alvita work for us a number of years ago as our Intake Specialist and has come back to take over the position again. Welcome Alvita!
Housing Rights, Inc. is now a HUD certified Housing Counseling Agency. We are very proud to have recieved this designation. This marks an expansion of our services targeted to low income homeowners.
And as always, we are very fortunate to work with a very accomplished group of interns: Becky Deng and Erica Meutshler, both from CAL
| MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to fight for equal access to housing for everyone
by eliminating barriers to housing choice such as discrimination,
sub-standard housing, ignorance, apathy and malice in order to
eradicate illegal housing discrimination, prevent evictions/foreclosures
and encourage diversity in our neighborhoods. |
