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People marching during the Oakland teacher strike. | Image from "City Rising: Youth & Democracy"
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This third season of the “City Rising” series will demystify the role and work of youth organizations in California, demonstrating how young people are organizing their communities to participate in public policy and make lasting change.
Caridad - Los Angeles Street Vending Campaign - City Hall
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California is the world's fifth largest economy — yet, hiding in plain sight are workers who labor off the books, unprotected and unregulated. Follow four California workers organizing to find pathways for legalization and protection.
Aerial view of Los Angeles
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City Rising shows how gentrification is deeply rooted in a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States.
Racial Covenants
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After the Great Depression, the federal government redlined minority communities.
Gentrification and Displacement: Legacy
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The history of U.S. land policy and practice is a history of inequities.
Gentrification and Displacement: Return to the Cities
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Hallmarks of gentrification transform a neighborhood, but for whom?
Gentrification and Displacement: Resilience
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Communities that have historically been disinvested in have established rich networks.
Gentrification and Displacement: Mobilization
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Resident-led grassroots organizations are springing up in cities around the country.
Gentrification and Displacement: Impact
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Many consider housing as something only those with money can buy.
Gentrification and Displacement: The Future
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Housing patterns are entrenched, like California's official records of racial covenants.
Racial Covenants
After the Great Depression, the federal government backed mortgage lending as a route to homeownership and wealth accumulation, but redlined minority communities.
Caridad Vazquez (left) and daughter Esmeralda Carillo (right). | Still from "City Rising: The Informal Economy"
For decades, many immigrants — primarily women — have been criminalized for supporting their families with street vending income. 
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