Organizing Resources


Videos

Autonomous Tenants Union Network YouTube Channel
This Is Parkdale! (successful community rent strike)

Literature

Reflections on Tenant Organizing

The Rent Strike That Started a Movement (by Molly Lambert)
Before the Philadelphia Tenants Union: Philly Socialists’ First Fight (David Thompson, January 2019)
La comuna o nada (LA Tenants Union, May 2020)
No Job, No Rent: Ten months of organizing the tenant struggle (Stomp Out Slumlords, February 2021)
The Origins of the K3 Tenant Council (LA Tenants Union, May 2021)

How-To Guides:

Tenants' Rights Handbook (Volume II) (LA Tenants Union)

COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Guide (Philadelphia Tenants Union)

Tenant Association Handbook (LA Tenants Union)

How To Stage A Rally (Crown Heights Tenant Union x C.A.R.E. Collective, November 2023)

Court Support

Notes from ATUN Townhall on Court Support and Eviction Blockades


Eviction

Eviction Blockade Organizing Checklist (LA Tenants Union)
Has Your Landlord Illegally Evicted You? Are They Threatening To? (Tenants United of Hyde Park, South Shore, and Woodlawn, Chicago)
Almaden Eviction Defense: Summation, contradictions, and lessons learned (Eugene HAND)

Direct Action

Neighborhood Crisis Response: Case Study from Park Place (Crown Heights Tenant Union)

Flyers and Graphics

Language Justice
Glossary (Spanish-English) (LA Tenants Union)
How to Build Language Justice by Antena

Media
Direct Action Media Checklist (Autonomous Tenants Union, Chicago)

Press Release Template (LA Tenants Union)

Preparing Media Strategy for an Action

Police and ICE

Tips for Tenants on Police and ICE (LA Tenants Union)

Research
How to Research Your Landlord

Researching Your Landlord: Why and How (Tenants United of Hyde Park, South Shore, and Woodlawn, Chicago)

Structure

RTU Tenant Council Guidelines (Richmond Tenants Union)
LA Tenants Union Structure GIF
Popular Education Facilitation (English, Español) (Crown Heights Tenant Union)

Tactics
ATU Tactics (Volume 1) (Autonomous Tenants Union, Chicago)
Solidarity Is Our Weapon (with Escalation Guide) (TANC, Bay Area)