After a year of direct actions to prevent its demolition, on June 30th the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously to calendar 227 Duffield Street to hear its historical significance and vote for its designation as a landmark.
On July 14th at 9:30 am, the LPC will review testimony and vote to landmark 227 Duffield Street. The hearing will be live via their YouTube channel.
Here is what we need everyone to do in the meantime :
1. Endorse the EMERGENCY Mobilization to #Save227Duffield
2. Tweet & Post!
@nyclandmarks Your job is to protect landmarks. Do your job & vote to landmark #227Duffield on July 14! NYC must commemorate the legacy of antiracism & resistance! #Save227Duffield #BlackLandmarksMatter #BlackLivesMatter #BlackHistoryMatters #PreserveBlackHistory
@nyclandmarks Honor the cultural significance of #227DuffieldStreet in the abolition movement, the #UndergroundRailroad & in NYC! Vote to landmark #Duffield on July 14 #Save227Duffield #BlackLandmarksMatter #BlackHistoryMatters #PreserveBlackHistory #BlackLivesMatter
3. SIGN & CIRCULATE PETITION WIDELY TO PRESERVE A BLACK LANDMARK
4. Please Support the #AbolitionistChallenge to raise $5,000,000 ASAP to Buy Back the Property from the Developer! https://bit.ly/3f2kdAL
To get involved in the struggle to #Save227Duffield, please contact Equality for Flatbush: E4F at 646 820-6039 or B4G@equalityforflatbush.org
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