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Day 36: Take Back the Land Umoja Village Shantytown Full to Capacity
by Max Rameau
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006 at 12:01 PM
afrimax@gmail. com 17th Avenue & 62nd Street (NE corner)
After just one month and four days, the Take Back the Land Umoja Village Shantytown is built and occupied to full capacity. We have no
more land on which to build and we have already turned away no less than three (3) homeless people looking for permanent shelter.
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The Umoja Village Shantytown houses approximately 35 full time residents who, otherwise, would have no where to live. These are people who CHOOSE to live in a wooden structure and work for free, building and maintaining a shantytown in the United States. We have no more land onto which we can safely build on our side of the lot.
This turn of events is important because it shows the critical need in South Florida for low-income housing and the extent to which local governments are unresponsive to the needs of the people. The needs of each and every developer are met upon arrival, yet the needs of the poor- especially in the Black community- languish.
This does not mean we do not need your support- in fact, quite the opposite. We ask people of good conscience to do one or more of the following:
VISIT THE UMOJA VILLAGE SHANTYTOWN. Come see what has been built and feel the love and buy in of the residents. Make the Umoja Village a permanent part of Miami by visiting and granting us legitimacy. We are at 6201 NW 17th Ave., on the corner of 62nd St. and NW 17th Ave. in the Liberty City section of Miami.
MAKE A CASH DONATION. We have several things we need to build and purchase on the lot besides additional units. You can make that happen by making a cash donation. Donate via PayPal on our blog http://takebacktheland.blogspot.com
DONATE STAPLE GOODS. We are always in need of the basics: fresh food; canned food; water; ice; hand soap; forks and knives; clothing; shoes; large garbage bags; plastic tarps; plywood and 2x4s; and anything else needed to run a city.
DONATE A BIG TICKET ITEM: We need some other items, including: twin sized mattresses; a metal shed; carpet; wooden doors; two 150 gallon water containers with spouts; a 55 gallon drum; four pop-up canopies;
TELL THE GOVERNMENT: HANDS OFF UMOJA VILLAGE. In spite of doing the government's job for free, the city of Miami continues to send agencies and provocateurs to the shantytown in an effort to disrupt us and our neighbors. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THEY WILL RAID AND DESTROY UMOJA VILLAGE. You can stop them. Contact Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and tell him to keep his hands off of Umoja Village. You can help by:
1. Visiting Umoja Village and signing our petition.
2. Sign our on-line petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/TakeBacktheLand/ index.html).
3. Email and call Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and tell him to keep his Hands Off Umoja Village (email: mannydiaz@ci.miami.fl. us phone: 305-250-5300) .
4. Email and call Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and tell him to keep his Hands Off Umoja Village (email: mayor@miamidade.gov phone: 305-375-5071)
Let them know we are providing a needed service and should be left alone. If they know we have support, it decreases the chances of them attacking us.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Forward,
Max Rameau Center for Pan-African Development Take Back the Land http://Takebacktheland.blogspot.com
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