Comments on: This Friday in Brooklyn: premiere of a new film on gentrification and community organizing

By: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:44:32 +0000

It’s also kind of intense that the $50 tickets are for a category known as “The People” — it does sound like an important project, though — thanks for telling us about it! I’m going to look into maybe assigning a review for make/shift (perhaps you’d even like to write it???)…

Love –
mattilda

By: Gentrification and Community Organizing « The Blog and the Bullet

Gentrification and Community Organizing « The Blog and the Bullet — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:56:47 +0000

[...] by Jack Stephens on December 5, 2008 Jack blogs: This Friday I’m heading to Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn for the premiere screening of Some [...]

By: Gentrification and Community Organizing « The Mustard Seed

Gentrification and Community Organizing « The Mustard Seed — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:53:06 +0000

[...] and Community Organizing Posted on Friday, December 5, 2008 by Jack Stephens Jack blogs: This Friday I’m heading to Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn for the premiere screening of Some [...]

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:40:12 +0000

@BrynK: Truth be told, that ticket price made me feel really uneasy as I was writing this post, for the very reason you bring up here. I support FUREE and think they’re doing awesome work, and I know that this event will raise money that the organization badly needs to sustain itself, but I agree with you about the contradiction. I wish they’d gone with a sliding scale model instead.

By: BrynK

BrynK — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:36:58 +0000

Did I read this right — are the cheapest tickets for non-FUREE members really $50? I get that it’s a fundraiser and the point is to raise money, but that price sort of seems like a sure-fire way to block low-income families from attending an event meant to help low-income families.