1 20 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/b9ec845d766422bad6d37e2488497153.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=gknWQmB6iyhBXViIQ9NYx0y9mv-DQe7IyLc9XKY1a68aC64AHdzEL-XqD3IaK1%7EVV9TcqVfQld0gxidUmOxo3GMqWigk97kCDfKMqjUbscTnzCQhBJ8EkHE1BbNNmepxsa7AZ6cDUotQBlq%7Ex1ZX%7E25svLv-9uucy%7E9vz0zQnBUqwIDcrbOSvwwQ9U34dvAZDycFOSzneoSEkfySHE-gunrDNdQi4xdP0lZlNl11434%7E5C4Na3w79%7ENPUW9rdXIfbNFxBp2txZqlOZYX1qEtzC161ImHU2wT0-3Ss7VMKGBo3-EcLxMAOpmiz0t%7ETIXXc%7EyA4sio7ShF1Bbav1UzOQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c472cce9c3d58146f21696ddc4b09a1d PDF Text Text t ' SMEAC Fights Back SMEAC VICTORIES • increased compensation for relocated residents • no restrictions on where displaced families can move • safer demolition standards What if this was YOUR neighborhood? Usa Williams stands in the middle of a vacant lot that used to be her neighborhood. Over 500 families have already been forcibly displaced by East Baltimore Development Inc. (EBDI). EBDI works on behalf of the City of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University and other power players. EBDI is attempting to create work with Johns Hopkins and the private Bio Tech industry to create a shiney new neighborhood here - with jobs. housing, and even a new charter school. It all sounds good until you take a look again at the picture of Lisa Williams Lisa's neighborhood was destroyed to make way for Johns Hopkins' plans. But where are EBDl's vast improvements? All we see right now is a vacant lot. - The fight for Dignity "You have to treat people with dignity, you have to do it with integrity, you have to put people in the place where they can have hope because this is a project (EBDI) that has really allowed people to feel hopeless. It's not that we are fighting against progress at all, we are glad they are doing it but how do they leave me out of it, how do they not include me in how do you Just dismiss me as a person." - Donald Gresham, 20 year Middle East Baltimore homeowner "I got In with SMEAC there working with the community taking care of myself and other residents because there was nobody to speak for us but SMEAC." - Lisa Frances of Ashland Ave. "Its sHH encouraging me to stand because no matter how they knock you down .• .l am proud myself, I'm more proud of now being through what they took me through - they still think they got the upper hand, I'm proud cause I know they sffll don't got the best of me ... " - Charlotte Johnson who was displaced from Washington Street. "Even though I move out of here I will always remember this used to be my home" Lisa Frances �' SMEAC RALLY FOR JUSTICE - OCTOBER 18TH On Saturday October 18th the Save Middle East Action Committee (SMEAC) held a rally attended by about 200 residents and allies at John Wesley AME Zion Church just blocks from the Johns Hopkins EastSide medical campus. The rally was in response to broken promises made by East Baltimore Development Incorporated (EBDI) to residents affected by the 90-acre urban renewal project-o collaboration between the City of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University. Referred to by many as the "largest urban removal project in the nation," the plan has already relocated more than 500 families in the first of its three phases to make Remaining Homeowners Win ■ Right to Stay in their homes ■ $100 to $140,000 in Grants ■ Right to Choose Contractor Homeowners on the blocks of the EBDI project area where they will not be tearing everything down are safe - for now - and are largely safe because of resident homeowner activism thru SMEAC. SMEAC won the following gains for homeowners on these blocks: ■ Right to stay in their homes and not be displaced by EBDI ■ $100 to $140,000 in grants to homeowners to bring their homes up to housing codes. They can use any $$$ left over to do home improvements. ■ Choose their own contractor with EBDI paying the bills. SMEAC ACTIVISM WORKS way for a bio-tech park and EBDl's "New East Baltimore." After seven years of fighting for fair relocation packages and the right for residents to return to their neighborhood, SMEAC secured a promise from EBDI in February of 2008. That promise was for a "House for a House" program allowing existing Middle East homeowners to purchase fully rehabilitated houses within the EBDI project area using the official EBDI Relocation Benefit. According to the plan, no new mortgages would be created and homeowners would not be In greater debt after the move than before It. On April 251h the first fully rehabbed homes will be ready for residents who are ready for a "House for a House". \ �I SMEAC Save Middle East Action Committee 2111 Ashland Avenue Baltfmore. MD 21205 Phone: (410) 522-3360 Fax: (410) 522-3361 A special message from the families of Middle East We love our community! And we will always remember the people who made it what is was. We must now rebuild our community from the damage that EBDI has done. '7he lady I told you about fflat used to clean up In front of the Church every morning was also the nttlghborhood block captain. I caUed her our unpaid security for the Church. she watched H Ilk• a hawk for mischief going on and she would Immediately call the police. when now fflat she Is gone ... fflere Is a lawlessness on ffle slreets fflat wasn't there even a year ago." - Fr. Peter Lyons of St. Wenceslaus Church E-Man: smeacbaltimore@yahoo. c om Join the fight for People's Rights The power players have all of us in their sights eventually. We have to stick together. Join SMEAC at our MONTHLY MEETING ■ Monday, May 1 1"' at 6 PM ■ 1731 E. Chase Street in East Baltimore � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Betty Garman Robinson Papers Subject The topic of the resource East Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) -- History -- 21st century. City planning City planning--Maryland--Baltimore Community activists Community organization Community organization--Maryland--Baltimore East Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.)--History--20th century. Gentrification Gentrification--Maryland--Baltimore Johns Hopkins Medial Institutions Save Middle East Action Committee, Inc. (Baltimore, Md.) Urban renewal Social reformers -- Maryland -- Baltimore. Social action -- Maryland -- Baltimore. Description An account of the resource Betty Garman Robinson was a community organizer in Baltimore, Maryland from the 1970s until her passing in 2020. She has contributed to multiple nonprofit and grassroots organizations including Citizens Planning and Housing Association (CPHA), Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative (BNC), Save Middle East Action Committee (SMEAC), Northeast Good Neighbors (NEGN), and others. In 2003, Robinson was awarded an Open Society Institute Fellowship to teach the history of social justice and community organizing in Baltimore. This collection contains Robinson's community organizing records, correspondence, teaching documents, collected research and community organizing training materials, and organizational records. This digital collection contains a selection of digitized materials from the Betty Garman Robinson Papers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robinson, Betty Garman, 1939-2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/213">Betty Garman Robinson Papers</a>, University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives. 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Title A name given to the resource SMEAC Fights Back Subject The topic of the resource Community organization Urban renewal Eminent domain Newsletters Description An account of the resource A newsletter discussing SMEAC's goals and summarizing the success of a SMEAC rally protesting East Baltimore Development, Inc. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Save Middle East Action Committee, Inc. (Baltimore, Md.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/213">Betty Garman Robinson Papers</a> (R0157-BGR), series 3, box 5, folder 2, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2009-04-18 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0;" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/2.0/88x31.png" /></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License</a>. Use of this image is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Relation A related resource <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/213">Betty Garman Robinson Papers</a> (R0157-BGR) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0157_BGR_S03_B05_F002_P187-189