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SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT
On May Day join us in West Oakland to celebrate the power of our communities to house each other.
To join the action text HELLO to (250)850-7329 using the encrypted messaging app Signal, and be ready to meet up at 3pm! Details on the location will be sent through the text blast day of.
1. Twitter
Here are some sample tweets you can share to help inspire our communities to take direct action!
Let’s take direct action and turn vacant properties into homes: for our unhoused neighbors, for ourselves, for all who are in need of shelter. We have the power to house each other! #housethebay #wehouseus #housingisahumanright
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Over 4,000 #Oakland residents are homeless; 78% became homeless after losing their housing in Alameda County. If officials won’t move people off the streets and into housing during a global pandemic, they never will. We have the power to house each other! #housethebay #wehouseus
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SMC owns over 200 properties in #WestOakland, at least 69 of which sit vacant. Their “ownership” is NOT legitimate; with this action we rebuke speculation! Take action and open vacant homes waiting to be flipped for profit. We have the power to house each other! #housethebay
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Solidarity with tenants demanding #Oakland invest in social housing, open vacant units to unhoused people, fund community land trusts, and establish a tenant and community right to purchase. The private rental housing market drives gentrification! #housethebay #wehouseus
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With ongoing encampment evictions & the end of Oakland’s eviction moratorium looming, we recognize the need for safe and secure housing NOW. Stop evictions NOW! We have the power to house each other! #housingisahumanright #ifitsvacanttakeit #mayday2021 #mayday
2. facebook/instagram
There are more empty houses than homeless people in the Bay Area. No one should be homeless, especially when buildings are sitting empty. It is past time to open vacant homes and house the thousands of Bay Area residents sleeping outside and in shelters! If the City won’t do this during a global pandemic, it never will! We can take direct action and turn vacant properties into homes: for our unhoused neighbors, for ourselves, for all who are in need of shelter. We have the power to house each other!
#housingisahumanright #wehouseus #wehavethepowertohouseeachother #oakland #stopgentrification #stopspeculation #decommodifyhousing #ifitsvacanttakeit #mayday2021 #mayday
Housing speculators have been a driving force of gentrification in Oakland, displacing Black communities and driving up housing prices. SMC alone owns over 200 properties in West Oakland, at least 69 of which sit vacant. Their “ownership” of Oakland is NOT legitimate; with this action we hope to encourage our allies to rebuke speculation directly and occupy the thousands of vacant homes waiting to be flipped for profit. We have the power to house each other!
#housingisahumanright #wehouseus #wehavethepowertohouseeachother #oakland #stopgentrification #stopspeculation #decommodifyhousing #ifitsvacanttakeit #mayday2021 #mayday
Everyone is entitled to safe and secure housing. There are more than 4,000 Oakland residents experiencing homelessness, most of whom became homeless after losing their housing in Alameda County. If Oakland officials won’t move people off the streets and into housing during a global pandemic, they never will. We have the power to house each other!
#housingisahumanright #wehouseus #wehavethepowertohouseeachother #oakland #stopgentrification #stopspeculation #decommodifyhousing #ifitsvacanttakeit #mayday2021 #mayday
We stand in solidarity with tenants demanding that the city invest in social housing, open publicly-owned and vacant units to unhoused people, fund community land trusts, and establish a tenant and community right to purchase. The private rental housing market continues to drive up housing costs and allow tenants to be discriminated against and harassed in their homes. Instead of allowing investors to make money off of our basic needs, the city should fund housing that serves the community. We have the power to house each other!
#housethebay #housingisahumanright #wehouseus #wehavethepowertohouseeachother #oakland #stopgentrification #stopspeculation #decommodifyhousing #ifitsvacanttakeit #mayday2021 #mayday
The City of Oakland’s primary response to our housing crisis has been to ramp up the eviction of encampments rather than provide housing for those who desperately need it. And with the end of Oakland’s moratorium on evicting tenants looming, more of us than ever are at risk of losing our homes. We organize in solidarity with tenants unions fighting back through eviction defense networks. We organize in solidarity with communities fighting back against encampment evictions and supporting our unhoused neighbors. We have the power to defend each other! We have the power to house each other!
#housingisahumanright #wehouseus #wehavethepowertohouseeachother #oakland #stopgentrification #stopspeculation #decommodifyhousing #ifitsvacanttakeit #mayday2021 #mayday
thank you!
Thank you for helping us #HouseTheBay.