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Maua, City centre homeless movement - Coggle Diagram
Maua
stereotypes of homeless people
hooligans
trouble makers
gangster
vegabonds
unemployed
lazy
society's ticks
how the building is organised?
maintenance coordinators
doorwoman
entrance coordinators
cleaning coordinators
one coordinator for each floor and
one committee
movement secretary
maintenance boy
security measures
3 cameras for the entrances and corridors
door guard against police/ invader/ harmful people
Elisete Barbosa Souza (45 years old), doorwoman at Maua for 3y4m, visitors need to register their ID for going into the building and need to leave by 9pm
"in a relationship, the gender doesn't matter, it's irrelevant if it's a man or a woman. It is important we respect an the person could provides their family."
meetings
to assist in electricity, plumping, cleanliness
assembly
coordination meetings
process of settlement
the organization is built within the home
neighbourhood
drug dealer
murderer
thieves
hookers
community
community kitchen
coordination meeting
assembly
group cleaning
social issues at Sao Paulo
housing deficit
settle in occupied building
non-permanent homes
movement leaders choose not to settle in permanent house to keep fighting for those in need
segregation of social class
poor people living at the periphery so less job and income, while rich people living at the centre with more resources and opportunities
As a response, poor people now occupy at the centre and fight for their rights
transport is expensive if they live far from train station, hospital
Abandonment
450,000 empty buildings in the downtown area
don't fulfill their social function
Architecture
Around 10-12 sq. m per room, including the kitchen, laundry room, living room inside
City centre homeless movement
occupied building are inhabited by
low-income workers
young
adult
elderly
children
immigrant
refugee
the residents came from different states of Brazil, just a few of them are from São Paulo
Goals
to build
revitalizing vacant building
to resist
to educate the policy make that there is an underprivileged population that needs housing
to care
safe port
to dwell
to fight
fight for people has not have a home yet
dignity, respect
to occupy
participating
=
decision-making power
unity
Different accents in the building but turning into one
self-organized community
threaten by
police eviction
police stop people at occupied building from doing business, such as barbecue, retail
MSTC emerge in 2000
MMLJ = Housing Movement in the Fight for Justice under FLM (MMLJ was called MSTC, old MSTC = MMLJ)
ASTC = Association of Shelterless People of São Paulo (ASTC-SP)
MMRC = Housing Movement of the Central Region
Ivaneti Araujo represents MSTC, Adraiano Sukita Alves and Raquel ASTC
Nelson is the General Coordinator for MMRC
Raquel Guimaraes Dutra (33 years old) ASTC
all 15 coordinators in MSTC are women
Carmen Silva coordinator at MSTC
women-led movement
the organization is built within the home
"aren't you scared, because you put together assemblies and take away the men's position"
not putting my head down for any man