This week at Interference Archive:

Audre and Emma: Genealogies of Anarchistic Critique and Resistance

Saturday Dec 28, 6 pm – 8 pm

Coming up at Interference Archive:

Intro to Cooperative Homeownership Course / Curso de Introduccion a ser Propietario de Viviendas Cooperativas

Monday, January 6, 2020 from 6 PM to 8 PM | Lunes 6 de enero, 2020 de 6 PM a 8 PM

Attend this workshop for information about cooperative housing and what it means to live in and purchase an affordable (or limited-equity) co-op apartment. Space for the workshop is limited, so please register in advance at tinyurl.com/IntroCoop2.  

Asistir a este taller para información acerca de viviendas cooperativas y lo que significa vivir en y comprar un apartamento cooperativa asequible (o de capital limitado). Espacio para el taller es limitado, así que favor de registrar en avance en tinyurl.com/IntroCoop2. 

Read more here. / Leer mas aqui.

Preserve Your Co-op’s History (Archiving Workshop) | Preservar la historia de su cooperativa (Taller de Archivado)

When did we begin renovating our building? Who were the original residents? Have we ever received a grant? Your building likely has a collection of documents, photographs, emails, and more that can help answer these questions and tell the history of your building and your community. Join archivist Maggie Schreiner to learn easy tools and techniques to document, organize, and preserve the history of your building – both for the present and for the future.

Cuando empezamos renovando nuestro edificio? Quienes fueron los residentes originales? En algún momento hemos recibido una beca? Es probable que su edificio tenga una colección de documentos, fotografías, correos electrónicos y más que puedan ayudar a contestar estas preguntas y contar la historia de su edificio y su comunidad. Únanse con archivista Maggie Schreiner para aprender medios y métodos sencillos para documentar, organizar y preservar la historia de su edificio – para el presente y para el futuro.

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On view:

Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing

Exhibition Dates: October 17, 2019 to February 2, 2020

Interference Archive and the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) present the exhibition Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing. Building for Us begins in the 1970s, exploring the history of government disinvestment, widespread landlord neglect, abandonment in New York City and how this gave rise to squatting, urban homesteading, and other forms of self-help housing. The ultimate goal is for tenant associations in this housing movement is to take their buildings out of the speculative housing market and own them collectively and democratically. 

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