Rent Strikes & Tenant Power – Free Webinar
As the COVID-19 pandemic leaves millions unemployed, furloughed, or with reduced hours, tenants and neighbours across North America have been organizing rent strikes to prioritize health and livelihood over the profits of landlords.
🏘🏙Join Leap UofT and two tenant organizers in an informative webinar about the rent strikes! We’ll go over your basic questions: What is a rent strike? What’s at stake? What rights do tenants have? This webinar will give viewers the tools and information to organize and support local rent strikes.
FRIDAY, MAY 29
6PM EST
ZOOM link will be posted the day of the webinar
Meet the panelists!
✨Kate Jacobson is a union organizer living in Calgary. She has written for Briarpatch Magazine, organizes tenants, and is the host of the Alberta Advantage podcast.
✨MaryAnn Icaro is a tenant organizing in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto. She is a recent graduate of Ryerson University and works as a graphic designer. She is involved in Keep Your Rent Toronto, a city-wide network of tenants formed in response to the Covid-19 crisis.