Events

“Fighting for Home” Documentary Screening

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The Center for Housing Equity and Opportunity Eastern Connecticut is screening and discussing the new CT Public documentary Fighting for Home: How Housing Policy Keeps Connecticut Segregated. The film was made possible by support from Connecticut Humanities and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center.

The legacy of exclusionary zoning and redlining imposed a painful divide we see today in our state’s current housing crisis. Our towns and cities are segregated by race and class because of systemic barriers that have persisted over time. The film captures the struggle and determination of those fighting for change.

Speakers

Sabrina Buckwalter Filmmaker, Investigative Journalist
Shanay Fulton Secretary

Middletown Planning & Zoning Commission
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas Investigative Reporter

Hearst CT Media
Finnuoula Darby-Hudgens Director of Operations

CT Data Collaborative

This event, supported by Connecticut College and CHEO through the Right to Housing: Case Study Connecticut initiative, is part of the larger (Un)Freedom Colloquium, which explores freedom, inequality and resistance in New London’s past and present. It will provide a platform for local advocates to share and discuss their insights on the intersections of political, social and material freedoms in communities.

The series continues with additional events in February and March:

Monday, March 3, 4:15–5:45 p.m.
(Un)Freedom in Tribal Nations: The Politics of Food and Housing Security
Oliva Hall, Cummings Art Center
Saturday, March 29, 1–5 p.m.
Local Histories of (Un)Freedom: Student and Community Historian Conference
Evans Hall, Cummings Art Center