Saturday, October 8th, 2016 from 6 pm to 9 pm at Balancoire at 2565 Mission Street (between 21st St. and 22nd St)
We honored the individuals who have helped to create positive change in our community and those who continue to work tenaciously with the Tenants Union to keep San Francisco an affordable and accessible home for tenants! There was screen printing, silent auction, live musical performances, and our favorite savvy soul DJ Carnita, aka Tom Temprano.
Theresa Flandrich and Gum Gee Lee were inducted into the Tenant Hall of Fame! These are two righteous renters who became organizers, and gave countless others the courage to fight their evictions. Also, we honored Erick Arguello and Adriana Camarena for being amazing community allies. They have shown us that the fight against displacement takes many forms.
Erick has fought long odds to preserve local businesses and cultural institutions, and resist luxury development in the Mission, and has work for many years to keep the neighborhood a Latino Cultural Heritage District.
Adriana is a community storyteller and organizer, who has helped support families facing the violence of forced displacement and police brutality. Through her work she has helped us to see the connection between gentrification and police violence against the poor, marginalized and homeless folks who are being pushed out.
Event Sponsors
$5000
Bracamontes & Vlasak, P.C.
Greenstein & McDonald
SEIU 1021
$2,500
Hooshmand Law Group
Tenants Buying Real Estate
$1,000
Chinatown Community Development Center
Law Office of Daniel W. Wayne
$500
Alexandra Law Firm
Law Office of Daniel Berko
Elke & Merchant
Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council
Humphreys Joiner Law Group, LLP
Mosbrucker & Foran
Tobener Law Center
Law Offices of Mary Catherine Weiderhold
United Educators
Westley Law Firm
Wolford Law Firm