Raising the Roof 2016 "Communities thrive with rent control"

Tenants Together, California’s statewide organization for renters’ rights cordially invites you to a party to celebrate eight years of mobilizing tenants statewide for housing justice.

 

THANK YOU ALL FOR AN AMAZING EVENT THIS WEEK! SEE OUR LIST OF SPONSORS AND HONOREES BELOW...

 

Huge thanks to our sponsors this year for Raising the Roof for Renters 2016:

 

Special thanks to our venue sponsor, The Make Out Room!


Tenants Rights Super Hero
SEIU Local 1021

Hero
Greenstein and McDonald

Advocate
Sue Himmelrich and Michael Soloff

Ally
Randy Shaw

Friends
Alameda Renters Coalition
Contra Costa AFL-CIO Labor Council
Eviction Defense Collaborative
Inner City Law Center
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Mosbrucker & Foran
Gen Fujioka

Neighbors
AIDS Legal Referral Panel
Alexis Beach
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
Brancart & Brancart
Community Legal Services East Palo Alto
Council of Community Housing Organizations
Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM)
George Fulmore
Housing Rights Committee San Francisco
J. Scott Weaver
LA Human Right to Housing Collective
Law Offices of Mary Catherine Wiederhold
Mohamed Ibrahim
Philip Shakhnis
Shirley Gibson
Steve Collier
The Public Interest Law Project
Urban Habitat
Will Rostov

 

Our Awardees for this year's Raising the Roof for Renters:


Knowledge is Power


Supporting Tenants Together's education programs:

Glenn Nyhan, Hotline Database Designer

Lisa Green, Hotline Counselor

Lining Wang, Graphic Design volunteer

Samantha Bell, Hotline Counselor


Supporting our legal clinics:

Amisha Manek, Associate, Perkins Coie LLP, San Jose Clinics

Jay Koslofsky, Law Office of Jay Koslofsky, Richmond Clinics

Jovana Fajardo, Organizer, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Richmond and Concord Clinics

Mathew Reed, Organizer, Sacred Heart Community Service, San Jose Clinics


Making Rent Control Possible Again 


Writing the damn ballot measures and fighting for real rent control:

Daniel Saver, Housing Attorney, Community Legal Services East Palo Alto

Jackie Zaneri, Berkeley School of Law, Law Student

Juliet Brodie, Director, Community Law Clinic Standford Law School

Melissa Morris, Senior Attorney, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

Ronit Rubinoff, Executive Director, Sonoma County Legal Aid


Organizing communities and empowering tenants to lead:

470 Central Ave - Bay View Apartments 

Alameda Renters Coalition ARC 

Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections 

Concord Rent Strikes

Fair and Affordable Richmond (FAR) Coalition

Faith in Action 

North Bay Organizing Project

Regional Tenant Organizing (RTO)


Showing strong union leadership in the fight for tenants' rights:

SEIU Local 1021: President Roxanne Sanchez, Vice President of Politics Alysabeth Alexander 




Special thanks to our event volunteers:

Jaclyn Epter, Robert Kelliher

Film & Photography: 

Gracie Malley

 

 

 


Date: 
June 14, 2016 - 6pm to June 14, 2016 - 9pm

Help build power for renters' rights: