{news} FW: C.O.R.D. : March for International Declaration & Community Rights
smderosa
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Fri Dec 9 21:51:09 EST 2005
C.O.R.D. : March for International Declaration and Community Rights. See
details below:
Here is the information for the CORD March/Event on Tues. 12/13/05 in New
Haven, CT.
If you can't make the march, at 5pm, go directly to Cedar and York for the
rally, from 6-6:30pm.
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4:30 pm - Career High School cafeteria opens up for marchers to begin
gathering
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm March starts
5:45 pm - 6:00 March arrives at hospital corner of Cedar and York
6:30 pm - Rally at Hospital ends
Rally at Yale/New Haven Hospital
corner of York and Cedar
starting at 5:45 PM
ending at 6:30 PM
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The March Route will be:
-Ward St to Sylvan
-Left on Sylvan 2 blocks to Vernon
-Right on Vernon 2 blocks to Congress
-Left on Congress 2 blocks to Cedar
-Left on Cedar to York
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People who are too infirm or can't make the march because of work
commitments should head straight for the corner of Cedar and York.
For more info call: Allan 782-6808
THE UNITED STATES SIGNED THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
ON DECEMBER 10, 1948.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares:
"Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable
rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom,
justice
and peace in the world."
Article 23; "(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of
employment, to
just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against
unemployment.
(2) Everyone, without discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal
work.
(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration
ensuring
for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and
supplemented, if necessary by other means of social protection.
(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the
protection of
his interests."
Make It Real For New Haven!
ONE STRUGGLE: PEACE AND JUSTICE!
SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE!
STOP THE WAR ON WORKING PEOPLE AT HOME AND ABROAD!
Join The Workers Of New Haven
RALLY, MARCH!
Sponsored by Community Organized for Responsible Development (CORD)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH
4:30 P.M.
CAREER HIGH SCHOOL
140 Legion Avenue
New Haven
Peace AND Justice
U.S. Peace Council
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Greater New Haven Peace Council
Information: Greater New Haven Peace Council
203-387-0370; HYPERLINK
"mailto:grnhpeacecouncil at sbcglobal.net"grnhpeacecouncil at sbcglobal.net
Rally at Yale/New Haven Hospital
corner of York and Cedar
starting at 5:45 PM
endint at 6:30 PM
WHAT IS CORD? SEE BELOW:
Latest Campaigns:
Community Organized for Responsible Development (CORD)
HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD/CORD.jpg"
[ HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD.html#who"What is Cord? |
HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD.html#why"Why do we need CORD? |
HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD.html#what"What can CORD do? |
HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD.html#achievements"CORD
Achievements | HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/JoinCORD.php"Join
CORD]
What is CORD?
Part of an exciting movement that is changing the face of development in
many American cities, Community Organized for Responsible Development (CORD)
is a city-wide organization of individuals and community groups focusing on
the long-term needs of our communities and advocating fair and responsible
economic development in the New Haven area.
When new developments — especially those that receive taxpayer subsidies or
major land-use approvals — are planned for our area, we are working to make
sure those developments include tangible improvements for the people who
live nearby — improvements such as good jobs with benefits, affordable
housing and vital neighborhood and educational services.
CORD was founded by CCNE and includes hundreds of Hill residents as members,
as well as 22 different local community groups, faith-based organizations
and local unions.
Why do we need an organization like CORD?
Too often, only a few are reaping the benefits of 21st-century global
change. Business, government and major institutions engage in a deadly race
to the bottom, failing to meet their responsibilities to the broader
community and lowering economic, environmental and health standards.
Families are left to struggle with declining wages, longer work hours and
mounting debt while a few accumulate unprecedented wealth. The growing
poverty, homelessness, incarceration, disease and environmental destruction
can overwhelm our communities.
What can CORD do?
No organization, no matter how powerful, is an island unto itself. We are
all interconnected.
As a coalition of groups — community, labor, clergy — working for the
betterment of New Haven and its citizens, CORD can bring together the
combined energies of its various constituents and focus them on those
projects where the overlap between issues such as housing, healthcare,
education and economic justice makes clear what is at stake.
By focusing our efforts on the development process — a process that usually
excludes the people most affected by it — CORD can help the people of our
city determine their own destiny.
One method of doing this is by negotiating HYPERLINK
"http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CBA.html"Community Benefit Agreements — project
specific agreements between developers and local community groups and
residents that make sure that any new development addresses the needs of the
local community. Community benefits agreements have been used to great
effect in Los Angeles, winning environmental protections, living wage jobs
with the right to organize, creation of affordable housing, funding for
parks and for schools, and many other provisions.
Any project that must come to the public and ask for special treatment, such
as zoning relief, public subsidies, use of public land, tax abatements, or
tax-exempt financing is a candidate for a CBA. As new developers come into
town, and as existing institutions expand into our neighborhoods, we can
fight to insist that they sign such an agreement.
By opening up the development process to direct public involvement, we will
be able to assure that New Haven’s economic development policies are
balanced and represent the interests of all of us.
CORD Achievements
June-July 2004 CCNE facilitated meetings of over 100 Hill residents to
discuss and debate issues that should be included in a Community Benefits
Agreement with Yale-New Haven Hospital. Beginning in July, neighborhood
residents along with leaders from other neighborhoods, armed with new PDA
technology, went door-to-door in the Hill to find out if other residents
agree with the issues, how strongly they feel about the issues, and whether
or not there are other issues that should be included in a CBA. Over 700
Hill residents have been interviewed.
July 2004 In June, our allies on the New Haven Board of Aldermen
introduced a resolution “Encouraging Developers to Enter into Community
Benefits Agreements in Order to Enhance the Economic Viability of New
Haven.” Despite vigorous opposition by Yale and the New Haven Chamber of
Commerce, the New Haven Board of Aldermen passed the resolution unanimously
on July 6th. The first major development in the City since the passage of
the Aldermanic resolution will be a multi-story Cancer Center at Yale-New
Haven Hospital. Across the street, the City, in cooperation with the
hospital, will build a parking garage.
September 2004 On September 22, the City Plan Commission voted to delay the
demolition of Yale-New Haven Hospital's Grace Building, a prerequisite for
the development the hospital plans, until it had received approval from the
Board of Aldermen. The hospital had attempted to circumvent the board by
going to the City Plan Commission, anticipating that the Board of Aldermen
will insist on a Community Benefits Agreement.
Fall 2004 Residents from other New Haven neighborhoods – Fair Haven,
Dixwell, Newhallville, Westville, and East Rock - are joining CORD. Many
have attended meetings and are actively supporting residents of the Hill in
this effort to secure the City’s first Community Benefits Agreement.
Already, CORD leaders in the Fair Haven neighborhood are discussing a
Community Benefits Agreement in relation to a planned river-front
development in the neighborhood.
December 2005 On December 13, CORD members ratified a HYPERLINK
"http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD.html"list of demands for a Community
Benefits Agreement with Yale New Haven-Hospital over the development of the
new Cancer Center. Issues included Affordable Housing, Public Health, Good
Jobs, Parking and Traffic, Environment and Open Public Space, along with
Youth and Recreation & Education.
April 30 2005 CORD and the Urban Design League co-sponsor a Community
Planning Workshop in the Hill neighborhood with John Reddick, President of
the HYPERLINK
"http://www.elizabethbarlowrogers.com/cityscape/cshome.html"Cityscape
Institute.
Mr. Reddick serves as Director of the Cityscape Program at the Central Park
Conservancy and has worked to guide the organization in partnership with
communities, government and design professionals in creating improved
streetscapes and public space.
HYPERLINK "http://www.ctneweconomy.org/CORD/PlanningWorkshop.jpg"
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