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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion on Stewarding the Future: Youth Power and Leadership in Community Land Trust Practice
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Resources\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSlide Decks\n\n\n\n\nAshley Allen\, PhD\, Houston CLT\, Executive Director\n\n\n\nCarlos Sanchez-Gonzales\, South Baltimore CLT\, Youth Outreach Specialist\n\n\n\nJason Webb\, Grounded Solutions Network\, Community and Technical Assistance Principal\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Description\n\n\n\nOn 4 December 2024\, we held a panel discussion with a short Q&A on youth engagement and leadership within community land trusts. Core to the CLT mission is the stewardship of community assets for both present and future generations. Responding to today’s pressing social\, economic\, and environmental challenges—particularly those posed by climate change—requires listening to\, and raising up\, the voices of those who will be most affected: our youth. Engaging young people in community-owned land and housing will be crucial for building sustainable communities and advancing the stewardship mission of CLTs. This webinar was an engaging conversation with CLT practitioners and two youth leaders. Together\, we explored questions such as: \n\n\n\n\nHow are CLTs involving youth representatives in decision-making?\n\n\n\nHow are the concerns of youth members of CLTs shaping CLT practice?\n\n\n\nHow can we better engage youth and highlight their role in shaping the future of communities?\n\n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\nAshley Allen serves as the Executive Director of the Houston Community Land Trust. She brings to the role non-profit leadership and program development experience in the areas of education\, S.T.E. M.\,workforce development and affordable housing. As a community organizer for over 10 years\, she helped develop and drive campaigns for improved homeless services\, affordable housing policy\, and education in Chicago\, IL.Ashley served as a consultant with the Barack Obama Foundation where she was responsible for the planning and implementation of the foundation’s initiative to develop the next generation of community organizers and advocates.Ashley’s experience as a homeless youth is what ignited her passion to help increase housing accessibility and affordability for those that need it most. She serves on the Board of The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County and is a member of the Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta\, Sorority\, Inc. Ashley holds a B.S. in Food Science from Florida A&M University\, an M.P.A from Governors State University and a Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy with a concentration in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago.\n\n\n\nCarlos Sanchez-Gonzales is a youth leader and South Baltimore resident who works with South Baltimore Community Land Trust. In his work\, he focuses on citywide outreach and education to connect more residents with the movement to create community-owned developmentAs a student at Benjamin Franklin HS in Curtis Bay\, Carlos started learning from environmental justice leaders who founded Free Your Voice. Carlos acted on these lessons by helping to develop Baltimore’s first citywide Zero Waste Plan and advocating for new funding for permanently affordable community owned development. Now\, Carlos continues to advance environmental justice through research and action while expanding our outreach to the next generation of youth leaders. \n\n\n\nJason Webb is a Community and Technical Assistance Principal at Grounded Solutions Network. He has close to 40 years of experience in community organizing and revitalization. He was instrumental in the revitalization of a community in Roxbury\, Massachusetts\, called “Dudley Street\,” as highlighted in the award-winning documentaries Holding Ground and Gaining Ground and in the book Streets of Hope. As the 9ason oversees training and technical assistance for cities\, nonprofit organizations\, and community groups. He assists with exploring\, adopting\, and implementing housing policies and programs with lasting affordability that advance racial equity and inclusion. Jason has developed essential tools that have helped hundreds of groups learn about the community land trust model\, such as the “Community Land Trust Start-up Hub”. Jason served as Co-Chair of the staff committee for racial equity and inclusion from 2020 to 2023.  Before coming to Grounded Solutions\, Jason worked for 15 years for Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) and Network Member Dudley Neighbors Inc. (DNI). He served in several capacities\, including Director of Real Estate and Technology\, Director of DNI “The Community Land Trust\,” and Director of Administration and Finance. Jason oversaw the development of several community land trust developments and created a youth development/youth jobs program called CommunityScapes.A Massachusetts native\, Jason attended Boston University School of Management. Jason currently resides in New Bedford\, Massachusetts\, where he and his family enjoy the harbor city that is known for its fishing and whaling industry.
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/youth-power/
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion on Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranscript in English and French\n\n\n\nWebinar Description\n\n\n\nAs a follow up to the September webinar\, we gathered previous webinar presenters for an hour-long panel discussion where we continued to build on the previous month’s case studies working with non-CLT homeowners to upgrade their homes and stabilize their tenure while bringing them into the community land trust. In the last webinar\, we saw presentations from Virginie Schoëff (CLTB) and Jeanne Mosseray (VUB) regarding the Upcycling Trust Partnership—a collaboration between five European CLTs and local authorities—and Staci Horwitz regarding Project Sustained Legacy from the City of Lakes CLT in Minneapolis. This discussion provided insights and actionable takeaways on how CLTs are approaching working with\, educating\, and organizing with non-CLT homeowners to stabilize tenure\, bring circular and sustainable upgrades to their homes\, while bringing them into a CLT. \n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\nJeanne Mosseray\, Post-Doctoral Researcher\, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel \n\n\n\nJeanne was trained as an anthropologist and pursued studies in Urbanism and Strategic Planning. Now\, as an “urbanist-anthropologist”\, she is combining socio-spatial urban research and urban design. Her main research focus is on housing\, social housing neighborhoods and the residents’ inclusion in the city through urbanism. \n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz\, Operations Director\, City of Lakes Community Land Trust \n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz is the Operations Director at City of Lakes CLT\, where she oversees homeownership programs and property development projects. She joined CLCLT in 2006 and has a diverse background\, including roles as a software firm president\, grant writing consultant\, youth specialist\, and medical sales consultant. Staci’s expertise spans nonprofit administration\, program development\, financial management\, and community land trust stewardship. She has also facilitated workshops for NeighborWorks® America and Grounded Solutions Network. Staci holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dietetics from the College of St. Scholastica and resides in North Minneapolis. \n\n\n\nGeert De Pauw\, Coordinator\, Community Land Trust Brussels; Board Co-President\, International Center for Community Land Trusts \n\n\n\nGeert De Pauw has been active for more than 20 years for the right to housing in Brussels\, as an activist and community worker. In 2008\, following a study visit to the Champlain Housing Trust\, he started advocating for the establishment of a Community Land Trust in Brussels. He coordinated the feasibility study\, on behalf of the Brussels Capital Region\, for the establishment of a CLT. Since the official establishment of Community Land Trust Brussels in 2013\, he has acted as coordinator of the association. From there he co-founded the European CLT partnership SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Cohesive Communities)\, which sets itself the goal of building a powerful CLT sector in Europe.
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/panel-energy-renovations/
CATEGORIES:Upcycling Trust
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SUMMARY:Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing
DESCRIPTION:Presentation Recordings\n\n\n\nJeanne Mosseray\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (14 minutes – Français): \n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz\, City of Lakes Community Land Trust (13 minutes – English): \n\n\n\nVirginie Schoëff\, Community Land Trust Brussels (19 minutes – Français): \n\n\n\nPresentation Slides\n\n\n\n\nJeanne Mosseray\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel\n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz\, City of Lakes Community Land Trust\n\n\n\nVirginie Schoëff\, Community Land Trust Brussels\n\n\n\n\nPresentation Transcripts in English and French\n\n\n\n\nJeanne Mosseray\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel\n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz\, City of Lakes Community Land Trust\n\n\n\nVirginie Schoëff\, Community Land Trust Brussels\n\n\n\n\nBlog Posts\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction to Using CLTs to Deliver Energy Renovation and Permanent Affordability to Existing Housing\, by Rich Kruger Delgado\, Education and Outreach Manager\, International Center for Community Land Trusts\n\n\n\nCan CLTs Play a Role in Climate Policy?\, byGeert De Pauw\, Coordinator\, Community Land Trust Brussels and Co-President\, International Center for Community Land Trusts\n\n\n\nSupporting the Upcycling Trust Project: A Researcher’s Perspective\, by Jeanne Mosseray\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Description\n\n\n\nFacing the twin challenges of producing more affordable housing and addressing climate change\, cities across the world are caught between the need for producing more housing while protecting existing open space and decarbonizing the built environment. By linking sustainability in the built environment to the creation of permanently affordable housing\, CLTs can simultaneously respond to the housing and climate crisis in ways that ensure justice and equity. \n\n\n\nThis 75 minute webinar will highlight innovative CLT approaches to deliver just and equitable solutions that respond to these challenges by featuring two exemplary CLT initiatives from Europe and the United States: The Upcycling Trust\, a partnership between five European CLTs and local municipal authorities in France; and the Sustained Legacy Project from City of Lakes CLT in the city of Minneapolis\, MN. The Upcycling Trust partnership works at delivering sustainable housing renovations while bringing existing housing into community ownership. The Sustained Legacy Project from City of Lakes CLT uses the CLT as a way to assist low-income elderly homeowners facing significant housing rehabilitation challenges while deeding the land to the CLT. Our presenters will provide overviews of their respective projects\, while addressing the specific challenges they face and the strategies they employ to overcome these obstacles\, providing valuable insights for practitioners and policymakers alike. After the presentations\, there will also be a short Q&A to give you the opportunity to ask questions to our panelists. \n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\nJeanne Mosseray\, Post-Doctoral Researcher\, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel\n\n\n\nJeanne was trained as an anthropologist and pursued studies in Urbanism and Strategic Planning. Now\, as an “urbanist-anthropologist”\, she is combining socio-spatial urban research and urban design. Her main research focus is on housing\, social housing neighborhoods and the residents’ inclusion in the city through urbanism. \n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz\, Operations Director\, City of Lakes Community Land Trust\n\n\n\nStaci Horwitz is the Operations Director at City of Lakes CLT\, where she oversees homeownership programs and property development projects. She joined CLCLT in 2006 and has a diverse background\, including roles as a software firm president\, grant writing consultant\, youth specialist\, and medical sales consultant. Staci’s expertise spans nonprofit administration\, program development\, financial management\, and community land trust stewardship. She has also facilitated workshops for NeighborWorks® America and Grounded Solutions Network. Staci holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dietetics from the College of St. Scholastica and resides in North Minneapolis. \n\n\n\nVirginia Schoëff\, Project Manager for Sustainable and Inclusive Renovation\, Community Land Trust Brussels\n\n\n\nVirginie Shoeff is the Project Manager for Sustainable and Inclusive Renovation at CLTB. Virginie is an architect by training. From 2004 to 2011\, she was responsible for the co-creation of the “Ateliers Mommens\,” the first social artist residence in Brussels. After that\, she specialized in ecological renovation and supporting self-renovation. After a career as an independent architect\, she has been working since 2023 for Community Land Trust Brussels\, where she is responsible for an action research on the use of the CLT model to help homeowners with modest incomes in the energy renovation of their homes.
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CATEGORIES:Upcycling Trust
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SUMMARY:Land Trusts and Community-Based Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpanish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresentation Slides\n\n\n\nHeather Benham\, Athens Land Trust\nYimmuaj Yang\, Groundswell Conservancy \n\n\n\nWebinar Description\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile community land trusts are often focused on housing — their activities can extend far beyond that.  In fact\, the roots of the CLT movement are in agriculture — originating in New Communities\,  a 5\,700-acre land trust and farm collective located in Albany\, Georgia owned and operated by Black farmers from 1969 to 1985 — which was once one of the largest-acreage African American-owned properties in the United States. \n\n\n\nToday we see both community land trusts and conservation land trusts doing innovative work in community-based agriculture. In this webinar\, we will highlight the work of three US-based land trusts doing amazing community-led work in urban and periurban agriculture\, contributing to local food systems\, providing training to new farmers\, engaging young people\, and providing opportunities for healing to survivors of the Secret War in Laos. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will feature case study presentations about exemplary community-based agriculture projects\, with a discussion to follow.  It will be moderated by Greg Rosenberg of the Center for CLT Innovation\, with an introductory video excerpt from Arc of Justice (a film by Helen S. Cohen and Mark Lipman) featuring Charles and Shirley Sherrod speaking about New Communities. \n\n\n\nPRESENTERS\n\n\n\nHeather Benham\, Executive Director\, Athens Land Trust\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeather Benham joined Athens Land Trust in 2002 as a summer intern\, and then becoming ALT’s first full-time employee in 2003. Since that time she has filled many roles: overseeing construction on ALT’s affordable housing program; building relationships with families while helping them achieve their dreams of homeownership; and growing ALT’s community agriculture program while managing the organization’s operations. Now she serves as Executive Director\, working closely with members of the community\, other organizations\, and local officials to further ALT’s mission. \n\n\n\nJoy Gary\, Executive Director\, Boston Farms\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoy Gary is a regenerative systems designer that is passionate about food and community. She is a lifelong Boston resident who has dedicated her time to supporting regenerative systems development\, food justice\, and education through urban agriculture projects.  She co-managed gardening and youth development programs at The Food Project and has led ReVision Urban Farm as Farm Manager. \n\n\n\nYimmuaj Yang\, Community Director\, Groundswell Conservancy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince Yimmuaj Yang joined Groundswell Conservancy in 2020\, she’s closed the gap between non-white farmers and available farmland through her leadership of their Equitable Access to Land program. One of Yimmauj’s projects is the Lifting Hearts Therapy Garden\, which serves Hmong elders living with PTSD\, dementia and depression\, many of whom were displaced from their villages in Laos and Vietnam to refugee camps in Thailand and then to the U.S. Their journey is parallel to Yang’s: as a young child\, she arrived in Madison with her family from a refugee camp. She loves food because it is the universal language of all people; food brings people together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Arc of Justice\n\n\n\nArc of Justice traces the remarkable journey of New Communities\, Inc. (NCI) in southwest Georgia\, a story of racial justice\, community organizing\, and perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles. \n\n\n\nNCI was created in 1969 in Albany\, Georgia by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement\, including Congressman John Lewis\, and Charles and Shirley Sherrod\, to help secure economic independence for African American families.  For 15 years\, NCI cooperatively farmed nearly 6\,000 acres\, the largest tract of land in the United States owned by African Americans at the time\, but racist opposition prevented them from implementing plans to build 500 affordable homes as part of their community land trust. \n\n\n\nUnable to secure government loans to cope with the impact of successive years of drought\, NCI lost the land to foreclosure in 1985. But 25 years later it was given new life as a result of a successful class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of African American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for loan discrimination. With the settlement\, the original founders purchased a 1\,600-acre plantation once owned by the largest slave owner and richest man in Georgia. NCI is now growing pecans and using the antebellum mansion on the property as a retreat and training center\, still committed to its original mission of promoting racial justice and economic development.
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/community-based-agriculture/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Community Matters
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish (with subtitles)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpanish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nPlease join us in celebrating the publication of the latest book from Terra Nostra Press\, Community Matters. This webinar will bring together CLT practitioners from Boston\, Brussels\, London\, Houston\, and San Juan whose perspectives on community organizing and resident engagement are featured in the book. These practitioners will be reflecting on questions posed the book’s editor\, John Emmeus Davis. The webinar’s attendees will be invited to ask questions of their own in a short Q&A session moderated by Theresa Williamson\, who authored the book’s concluding chapter. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will be offered with simultaneous translation in English and Spanish. \n\n\n\nThe following community organizers (and the people who interviewed them for the book) will be featured as part of this webinar: \n\n\n\n\nCaño Martín Peña CLT: Mariolga Juliá Pacheco and interviewer Line Algoed\,\n\n\n\nCLT Brussels:  Geert De Pauw and interviewer Dave Smith\,\n\n\n\nDudley Neighbors Inc:  Tony Hernandez\, Jason Webb\, and interviewer María Hernández Torrales\,\n\n\n\nHouston CLT:  Ashley Allen and interviewer John Davis\,\n\n\n\nLondon CLT:  Razia Khanom\, Dave Smith and interviewer Greg Rosenberg.\n\n\n\n\nBook Description\n\n\n\nCommunity Matters: Conversations with Reflective Practitioners about the Value and Variety of Resident Engagement in Community Land Trusts is the first in our interview series of publications\, featuring leading CLT practitioners from around the globe. \n\n\n\nCommunity land trusts (CLTs) are distinguished from many other nonprofit housing developers by the degree to which residents of the places served by a CLT are woven into the culture\, structure\, and operation of the organization itself. This participatory element — the “C” in CLT — is just as important to what a CLT is and does as its distinctive approach to the ownership of land and the stewardship of housing. \n\n\n\nThe practitioners featured in the present volume epitomize the persistence of this commitment to community — and its complexity. Working with CLTs in Boston\, Brussels\, Houston\, London\, and San Juan\, they have championed a variety of strategies for giving residents an active voice in planning and development. They have also changed strategies when needed. The stories of these experienced practitioners explore the whys and ways of keeping “community” alive in organizations like theirs. They offer a virtual master class in resilient resident engagement.
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SUMMARY:Land Reform in Scotland
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nJoin us for a discussion on Scottish Land Reform and the land reform agenda’s ties to community-led housing and community empowerment. \n\n\n\nThe session will include presentations from the Scottish Land Commission\, Community Land Scotland\, and Wigtown & Bladnoch Community Initiative\, followed by Q&A. This one-hour webinar will provide a lively conversation on Land Reform and community ownership in Scotland (and beyond)\, with input from policy experts\, community members\, and community-led housing practitioners. Hosted by South of Scotland Community Housing and the Center for CLT Innovation. All are welcome! \n\n\n\nThe webinar will be presented in English. We will be adding translated subtitles to the webinar recording. \n\n\n\nModerated by Annabel Pidgeon of South of Scotland Community Housing. \n\n\n\nPRESENTERS \n\n\n\n\nDavid Stewart is Senior Policy Officer at the Scottish Land Commission since 2019. His main areas of work are around land assembly\, placemaking\, and housing land markets. David joined the Land Commission from the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations\, where he led on new build affordable housing\, planning reform\, energy efficiency and regeneration. Before that\, he worked for housing associations and for Edinburgh City Council on housing and regeneration. He is a board member of Rural Housing Scotland and was previously on the board of PAS\, the planning and place charity\, and a community based housing association in Greenock. David has also served on the Academic\, Practice\, and Policy Panel to SURF – Scotland’s Regeneration Forum. (link to slides)\n\n\n\nLinsay Chalmers is the Development Manager at Community Land Scotland\, where she oversees the organisation’s work supporting communities and raising awareness of community landownership. She previously worked in community recycling and reuse for many years. In her spare time\, Linsay is on the Committee of her local community enterprise which owns a shop\, Post Office and self-catering business. (link to slides)\n\n\n\nDr. Nick Walker is a retired psychiatrist\, active in his local community. He was part of setting up Wigtown & Bladnoch Community Initiative\, a community company whose mission is to bring neglected land and property into community ownership\, in a sustainable way\, to benefit and enhance the lives of the people living in and visiting Wigtown and Bladnoch. He has just finished his term as Board Convenor for the Initiative. He has also been on Wigtown Community Council and is a Trustee of local charity The Wigtown Festival Company which puts on an annual book festival in Scotland’s National Booktown. (link to slides)\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:CLTs and Community Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the CLT Center · International CLT Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso available in: Spanish \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nThis webinar examines the theory and practice of community organizing in establishing a community land trust and securing land — as well as the participatory planning process once land has been secured. \n\n\n\nLanguages: English\, Portuguese\, Spanish \n\n\n\nPresenter bios (PDF) \n\n\n\nModerator: Dave Smith\, London Community Land Trust (UK): slides \n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nAshley Allen\, Houston Community Land Trust (US): slides\n\n\n\nAlejandro Cotté Morales\, El Enjambre\, LLC (Puerto Rico): slides\n\n\n\nGeert De Pauw\, Community Land Trust Brussels (Belgium): slides\n\n\n\nTony Hernandez\, Dudley Neighbors Inc. (US): slides\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the International CLT Festival 2021\n\n\n\nFrom September to December 2021\, SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities)\, World Habitat and the International Center for Community Land Trusts (today the CLT Center) presented the first International Community Land Trust Festival: nine free online events\, including the first World CLT Day on October 29\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nSee all nine Festival events
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/clts-and-community-organizing/
CATEGORIES:International CLT Festival 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211202T123000
DTSTAMP:20261105T220836Z
CREATED:20261105T220221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T220836Z
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SUMMARY:“Beyond Housing” Applications of the CLT Model
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the CLT Center · International CLT Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis recording is in Spanish; an English recording is not available. \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nThe CLT model is infinitely flexible\, and can accommodate many types of development — including no development at all (conservation). CLTs can do more than one thing — and can be all the stronger for doing it! In this webinar\, our panelists will provide case study presentations about their organizations and projects\, demonstrating the importance of using all the tools in your CLT toolbelt to create a diverse portfolio and set of programs. \n\n\n\nLanguages: English\, Spanish \n\n\n\nPresenter bios (PDF) \n\n\n\nModerator: Mariangela Veronesi\, World Habitat (UK) \n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nHeather Benham\, Athens Land Trust (US): slides\n\n\n\nAaron Miripol\, Urban Land Conservancy (US): slides\n\n\n\nBritt Jurgensen\, Tom Murphy\, Homebaked Community Land Trust (UK): slides\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the International CLT Festival 2021\n\n\n\nFrom September to December 2021\, SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities)\, World Habitat and the International Center for Community Land Trusts (today the CLT Center) presented the first International Community Land Trust Festival: nine free online events\, including the first World CLT Day on October 29\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nSee all nine Festival events
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/beyond-housing-applications-of-the-clt-model/
CATEGORIES:International CLT Festival 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Puerto_Rico:20211021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Puerto_Rico:20211021T183000
DTSTAMP:20261105T220224Z
CREATED:20261105T220214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T220224Z
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SUMMARY:The Experience of CLTs in Latin America
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Caño Martín Peña CLT and Catalytic Communities · International CLT Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso available in: Portuguese · Spanish \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nThe webinar “The Experience of Community Land Trusts in Latin America”\, was held on October 21 at 5 pm EST (GMT-4). The event is being organized by Catalytic Communities’ Favela-CLT Project (Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil) and the Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño Martín Peña (San Juan\, Puerto Rico)\, and is supported by World Habitat\, UN-Habitat Brazil and the Center for CLT Innovation. It will feature simultaneous translation between Portuguese\, Spanish and English. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will share experiences of Favela Community Land Trusts in Latin America\, highlighting their challenges and potentials through testimonials from those directly involved with ongoing projects. CLTs are increasingly recognized around the world as a model for ensuring tenure security\, sustainability and strengthening vulnerable urban communities\, helping guarantee more inclusive and just cities. \n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nEnrique Silva-Director of International Initiatives at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge\, MA\n\n\n\nMario Núñez-Executive Director of the Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño Martín Peña in San Juan\, Puerto Rico\n\n\n\nWaleska Castro-Vice-president of the Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño Martín Peña in San Juan\, Puerto Rico\n\n\n\nLucy Rivera-President of the G8 (Group of Eight Communities) of the Caño Martín Peña in San Juan\, Porto Rico\n\n\n\nTheresa Williamson-Executive Director of Catalytic Communities and coordinator of the Favela CLT Project\, Rio de Janeiro\n\n\n\nMaria da Penha Macena-Community leader in Vila Autódromo and member of the Evictions Museum\, Rio de Janeiro\n\n\n\nRicardo de Mattos-Public Defender and Sub-coordinator of the Land and Housing Nucleus of the State Public Defenders’ Office\, Rio de Janeiro\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nModerators: Felipe Litsek (Favela-CLT Project\, Rio de Janeiro) and Lyvia Rodríguez (El Enjambre\, Puerto Rico) \n\n\n\nThe webinar is a part of Urban October 2021 (an annual UN-Habitat initiative to discuss urban issues) and the 1st International CLT Festival. It will be transmitted live on the UN Habitat Brazil YouTube channel in Portuguese. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA experiência dos Community Land Trusts na América Latina\n\n\n\nDescrição: O evento pretende estabelecer um debate sobre as experiências de Community Land Trusts (Termo Territorial Colectivo) na América Latina\, destacando seus desafios e potencialidades por meio do depoimento de pessoas diretamente envolvidas com os projetos deste tipo em andamento.Os Community Land Trusts vêm sendo reconhecidos internacionalmente como um modelo de garantia da segurança da posse\, da sustentabilidade e fortalecimento de comunidades urbanas vulnerabilizadas. Neste sentido\, já contribuem em muitos países para incrementar a resiliência dessas comunidades garantindo cidades mais inclusivas e justas. Mais recentemente seu potencial vem sendo explorado por países do Sul Global\, em geral\, e da América Latina\, em particular\, o que justifica a importância do debate aqui proposto. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLa experiencia de los Fideicomisos de Tierras Comunitarias en América Latina\n\n\n\nDescripción: El evento tiene como objetivo establecer un debate sobre las experiencias de los Fideicomisos Comunitarios de Tierras (Término Colectivo Territorial) en América Latina\, destacando sus desafíos y potencialidades a través del testimonio de personas directamente involucradas con proyectos de este tipo en curso.Los fideicomisos comunitarios de tierras han sido reconocidos internacionalmente como un modelo para garantizar la seguridad de la tenencia\, la sostenibilidad y el fortalecimiento de las comunidades urbanas vulnerables. En este sentido\, ya contribuyen en muchos países a incrementar la resiliencia de estas comunidades\, garantizando ciudades más inclusivas y justas. Más recientemente\, su potencial ha sido explorado por países del Sur Global\, en general\, y de América Latina\, en particular\, lo que justifica la importancia del debate aquí propuesto. \n\n\n\n\nPart of the International CLT Festival 2021\n\n\n\nFrom September to December 2021\, SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities)\, World Habitat and the International Center for Community Land Trusts (today the CLT Center) presented the first International Community Land Trust Festival: nine free online events\, including the first World CLT Day on October 29\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nSee all nine Festival events
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/the-experience-of-clts-in-latin-america/
CATEGORIES:International CLT Festival 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210927T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210927T183000
DTSTAMP:20261107T202347Z
CREATED:20261105T220208Z
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SUMMARY:Building the Beloved Community
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the CLT Center · International CLT Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso available in: French · Portuguese · Spanish \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nThis panel discussion will focus on moving toward greater racial and ethnic equity in the international CLT movement\, highlighting the efforts of CLTs to make themselves more inclusive and exploring inspiring examples of CLTs working to create and support beloved communities around the world. Topics will include: (a) organizing young people to ensure the future of the CLT movement; (b) protecting low-income neighborhoods and informal settlements facing the threat of displacement; (c) welcoming immigrants and refugees into our communities; and (d) promoting racial and ethnic diversity in the staffing and governance of community land trusts. \n\n\n\nLanguages: English\, French\, Portuguese and Spanish. \n\n\n\nModerator: Theresa Williamson\, Catalytic Communities (Brazil) \n\n\n\nOpening Remarks: Rev. John Whitfield (US) \n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nRazia Khanom\, London Community Land Trust (UK)\n\n\n\nJason Webb\, Grounded Solutions Network (USA)\n\n\n\nMariolga Juliá Pacheco\, Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust\, (Puerto Rico)\n\n\n\nGeert De Pauw\, Brussels Community Land Trust (Belgium)\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the International CLT Festival 2021\n\n\n\nFrom September to December 2021\, SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities)\, World Habitat and the International Center for Community Land Trusts (today the CLT Center) presented the first International Community Land Trust Festival: nine free online events\, including the first World CLT Day on October 29\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nSee all nine Festival events
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/building-the-beloved-community/
CATEGORIES:International CLT Festival 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210914T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210914T183000
DTSTAMP:20261105T220815Z
CREATED:20261105T220201Z
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SUMMARY:Impactful Development and Community Empowerment
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the CLT Center · International CLT Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso available in: French · Spanish \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nHow do CLTs strike a balance between community empowerment and “going to scale”? Is impact measured solely by the number of housing units produced? Should the production of units take priority over community organizing and community-based planning processes? Are CLTs relevant only if they are able to produce housing units at significant scale? This discussion will draw upon the recent publication by Terra Nostra Press\, Impactful Development and Community Development. \n\n\n\nLanguages: English\, French and Spanish. \n\n\n\nModerator: Line Algoed\, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research (Belgium) \n\n\n\nPresenters:  \n\n\n\n\nTony Pickett\, Grounded Solutions Network (USA)\n\n\n\nStephen Hill\, C2O futureplanners\, (UK)\n\n\n\nMaría E. Hernández Torrales\, Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust\, (Puerto Rico)\n\n\n\nAudrey Linkenheld and Jean Baptiste Debrant\, City of Lille (France)\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the International CLT Festival 2021\n\n\n\nFrom September to December 2021\, SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities)\, World Habitat and the International Center for Community Land Trusts (today the CLT Center) presented the first International Community Land Trust Festival: nine free online events\, including the first World CLT Day on October 29\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nSee all nine Festival events
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/impactful-development-and-community-empowerment/
CATEGORIES:International CLT Festival 2021
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210913T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210913T183000
DTSTAMP:20261105T220805Z
CREATED:20261105T220155Z
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SUMMARY:Combining CLTs and Other Models of Collective Ownership
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the CLT Center · International CLT Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\nEnglish\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso available in: French · Spanish \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar\n\n\n\nIn North America and much of Europe\, private ownership is the dominant model. This event will rather focus on collective ownership models for land and housing\, including housing cooperatives (zero-equity and limited-equity) and inclusive cohousing\, that are being creatively combined with CLTs in the USA\, the UK\, and Europe. \n\n\n\nModerator: Michael LaFond\, id22 and Stadtbodenstiftung (Germany) \n\n\n\nPresenters:  \n\n\n\n\nSandy Bishop\, Lopez Community Land Trust (US)\n\nPDF of presentation\n\n\n\n\n\nDimitri Roussopoulos\, Milton Park Co-op Community Land Trust (Canada)\n\n‘Villages in Cities Community Land Ownership\, Cooperative Housing\, and the Milton Parc Story‘\n\n\n\n\n\nAndré Sacharow\, Stadtbodenstiftung (Germany)\n\nPDF of presentation\n\n\n\n\n\nDarinka Czischke\, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)\n\nPDF of presentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart of the International CLT Festival 2021\n\n\n\nFrom September to December 2021\, SHICC (Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities)\, World Habitat and the International Center for Community Land Trusts (today the CLT Center) presented the first International Community Land Trust Festival: nine free online events\, including the first World CLT Day on October 29\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nSee all nine Festival events
URL:https://www.cltweb.org/event/combining-clts-and-other-models-of-collective-ownership/
CATEGORIES:International CLT Festival 2021
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