International Hotel (I-Hotel) Anti-Eviction Organizing Materials, July 1976 to September 1978

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Creators:: The Berkeley Barb The Black Panther Committee Against Nihonmachi Eviction (CANE) Common Sense El Tecolote Getting Together International Hotel Tenants Association (IHTA) July 4th Coalition Kearny Street Workshop May First Workers Organization The New Voice Revolutionary Communist Party San Francisco Progress Support Committee for the International Hotel The Worker Workers Committee to Fight for the International Hotel and Victory Building San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Odalisque Paul Cox
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Preferred citation:: International Hotel (I-Hotel) Anti-Eviction Organizing Materials. Freedom Archives

Scope and content:: This collection includes flyers, pamphlets, legal documents, tenant association by-laws, internal strategy notes, a draft manuscript and newspaper clippings addressing a two-year time period from 1976-1978. Materials from the year prior to eviction document the creation and work of the International Hotel Tenants Association (IHTA), communication between IHTA committees, interaction with supporting activist organizations from outside the I-Hotel community, and communication with city officials. The year following eviction includes the sustained efforts of the IHTA and other organizations to prevent the demolition of the building and to return the residents to the hotel, including the campaign to pass a local proposition to save the hotel, and actions to physically block demolition.
Acquisition information:: Donated to the Freedom Archives by Paul Cox who participated in the organizing efforts to save the I Hotel.

Subjects:: Gentrification
Asian-American
Filipino-American
Housing
International Hotel (I Hotel)
Affordable Housing
Community Action
Community Organizing
Eviction
Manong
San Francisco Police Department
Places:: San Francisco
Chinatown
Manilatown

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Preferred citation:: International Hotel (I-Hotel) Anti-Eviction Organizing Materials. Freedom Archives

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