More Than a Roof will be launched nationwide beginning in October 2011 with a series of community screenings organized by the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights. This nationally coordinated effort is being organized on the occasion of the second anniversary of the October 2009 official mission of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing to the United States and in solidarity with World Habitat Days/World Zero Eviction Days 2011, September 15 – October 31. The film is produced by the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights, Housing is a Human Right, and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative.
April 14th-17th, 2012. LA Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California. Hosted by the American Planning Association.
March 28th, 2012. University of California-Irvine School of Law.
March 27th, 2012. Moscow, Idaho. Hosted by the City of Moscow Human Rights Commission.
December 9th, 2011. 8pm PST. Radison LAX Hotel, Los Angeles, California. Hosted by the US Human Rights Network National Human Rights Conference. NESRI and the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights, co-producers of the film, will be on hand to answer questions after the screening.
October 29th, 2011. 2640 St. Paul, Baltimore, Maryland. Hosted by United Workers’ Fair Development Conference.
October 19th, 2011. 806 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Hosted by Women in Transition.
October 10th, 2011. Dogwood Manor Community Room, 959 Gateway Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Hosted by Dogwood Manor Residents Council.
October 7th, 2011. 7pm EST. Loving Four Baptist Tabernacle Church, 2900 Thalia Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Hosted byMayday New Orleans.
October 7th, 2011. 6pm PST. 530 South Main Street, Los Angeles, California. Hosted by Los Angeles Community Action Network.
October 5th, 2011. 6pm EST. 2427 Morris Avenue, Bronx, New York. Hosted by Picture the Homeless.
October 3rd, 2011. 6pm CST. Northeastern Illinois University, Caruther Center for Inner City Studies, Main Auditorium, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd, Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign.
October 1st, 2011. Northeastern Illinois University, Caruther Center for Inner City Studies, Main Auditorium, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd, Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign.
We invite you to bring More Than a Roof to your community. For information on how to obtain a DVD copy of More Than A Roof or to use the film as a movement building tool, click here.