1 20 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/c133811fe12384bd368dfa29018d9d08.pdf?Expires=1774483200&Signature=SsZmz0Ezk%7EGEJvpHULZki6XpuougNE45GjjBBEyAjTQnYLGneLVwYa0XRJVGTwYoTR9-xzywHArFlRdyfZ17fvQbR5wMAFiQn75Eqn9RVeqXIEIh9vfDjLjSfPtfPV1dUMMwJyeGxZURWfCRZB4NjukYiYmhai3zeX9O8CTmYdGRdWkvyWAsQyqUAQ9r4GYL8q47iD6feHW1dz3WsxwH2WljYP0BaC-HMQIzr3UXc93MjnbjzSTQnPOHdLabwfCcA1-JY7MLUEV5kVLef%7Em%7EUnvkG-olBKiP5ErsfjEVKoTMG9MJWPdDw-7TIoWqEnENGwZx9oDaZv79bvv1MDSqYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f63c4d280a619ee35aaabd52355c8c39 PDF Text Text Save Middle East Action Committee WHAT WE HAVE WON BY STANDING TOGETHER! The following are just some of SMEAC's victories since our founding in May 2001. • Since May of 2001, we have lobbied and organized to make the residents of Middle East whole and have fought for all of us to obtain a "house for a house" in a stable community - as well as to allow those who wish to move back into the new Middle East community to do so. • We organized for and received a seat at the Relocation Committee table. As an active participant we have gotten many things changed: o Elimination of the restriction that you have to move in east Baltimore to obtain the maximum benefit. And, finally, in December 2004 at SMEAC insistence, all geographical restrictions were lifted. o Elimination of the 5 year lien which they were originally going to place on the funds given each relocated resident. o Elimination of provision that the city will hold the payment for purchase of your property in escrow. o Won increased relocation benefits (some families have received nearly $200,000). Average is about $90,000-$100,000 including fair market value). o Won $5,000 benefit to assist people having to move twice (ie those wanting to move back). We are still working to increase this. o We negotiated for seniors who didn't want to own another house to receive a supplement benefit of $10,000 over a five-year period. SMEAC is still urging that a one-time lump sum payment be made. o We are still working on winning a "Guaranteed Right of Return" for displaced residents to return to the new neighborhood o We are working to make sure low and moderate income housing is built in the new neighborhood - especially for people wanting to return. • We established a network of block captains and they have been trained and meet regularly to address issues of concern to residents, including organizing several neighborhood-wide clean up events, and monitoring illegal dumping. • We continue to advocate for full resident participation in the design of the new neighborhood • We continue to lobby for resident representation on the East Baltimore Development Inc (EBDI) Board. The "community'' representatives live in Silver Springs and Washington DC. • We held elections for our Board of Directors during the summer of 2003 at a meeting attended by 80 members. Our second elections were held in the winter of 2004. We have an active board of eight people. New elections are this fall. �. ' • We completed a community made documentary, "Voices from Within: A Displaced Community Speaks Out" which documents our struggle and which we premiered on April 15, 2005. • We raised funds to pay for staff and office space; hire an executive director and a community organizer. • Since May of 2001, we have held consistent monthly meetings (every second Monday) with participation by community residents and we have informed residents about important public meetings and hearings, and generated strong public turnout. • We surveyed residents across the project area in May of 2001, to learn their feelings and knowledge about the redevelopment and to get their primacy concerns. We have continued to hear resident concerns through more "listening" and at our meetings. • We encouraged citizens to write over 300 letters to City Council members Johnson, Carter, and Young, asking them to continue their support of the residents in this process of fair urban renewal. • On August 19, 2002 we conducted a well-publicized Rally for Safe and Healthy Demolition Practices, which generated several television and newspaper stories. • We have been featured in many press stories - mainly the City Paper and the Sun and have appeared on Maryland Public TV. We have also been on WOBL and WEAA radio. • We received technical assistance from the Urban Research Institute @ Morgan State University and from the University of Baltimore School of Law Development Clinic. • We gathered over 500 signatures on a petition for the Guaranteed Right of Return, and Low & Moderate Housing for the new neighborhood (1/3 low, 1/3 moderate, 1/3 market rate) and called for housing for seniors in the core area. • We collected over 400 signatures of citizens who support the residents in Middle East Baltimore on the joint housing resolution for low-moderate income housing (signed October 21, 2003). These signatures were presented to Councilwoman Paula Johnson Branch at the May 2004 Advisory meeting. • Along with our partners from Morgan State University, we advocated for and fundamentally changed how demolition will occur in the Phase 1 area of the redevelopment project. And, our advocacy for safe demolition practices resulted in objective public health professionals being brought in to assess the health impact of demolition in the project area. � 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 Save Middle East Action Committee What We Have Won by Standing Together Subject The topic of the resource Community organization Urban renewal Eminent domain Community activists Description An account of the resource A document summarizing the significant accomplishments of the Save Middle East Action Committee between May 2001 and approximately 2005. 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 circa 2005 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_P078-079