Resources

  • Book cover titled "Neighbor Crisis Response: a crown heights story" by Amadi, Mai, and Francis, featuring black-and-white photo of two people in winter clothing, one speaking into a microphone, in Crown Heights. - Crown Heights Tenant Union

    "Neighbor Crisis Response: A Crown Heights Story." - Crown Heights Tenant Union x Crown Heights CARE Collective (2025)

    March 2025. Narrative of a large-scale, high-profile defense Amadi Ozier organized for an elderly tenant facing extensive landlord harassment. Includes a step by step abolitionist guide on building a rapid response network.

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  • How to Stage a Rally: A People's Field Guide

    "How to Stage a Rally: A People's Field Guide" - Crown Heights CARE Collective x Crown Heights Tenant Union (2025, 2023)

    November 2023. Step by step abolitionist guide for organizing creative, large-scale protests and demonstrations without police intervention.

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  • Zine cover: You Can Start a Rapid Response Network - Crown Heights Tenant Union

    "You Can Start a Rapid Response Network" - Crown Heights Tenant Union x Cop Watch on Your Block (2025)

    2025. This zine is a hands-on guide to building rapid response networks where you live, work, learn, or organize to respond to crises such as evictions, police violence, and workplace retaliation. Covers organizing strategies, communication tools, and role-based coordination for collective safety and mutual aid.

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  • A flyer for Madison Tenant Power featuring a circular design with illustrations of mice, a rat, and a bug, with text promoting tenant organizing and advocacy against disrepair, including a website and contact number.

    Madison Tenant Power Handbook (2025)

    2025. This zine is a primer for tenants organizing their buildings or neighborhoods in Madison, WI. It outlines core principles, practical strategies for addressing issues like repairs and landlord abuse, and tips for starting conversations with your neighbors.

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Libraries

Crown Heights Care Collective - Virtual Zine Library

July 2022.

Hundreds of zines on themes related to police abolition and abolitionist community-building, including mutual aid, arrest defense, eviction defense, and militant action, including several original zines like “How to Stage a Rally.”

Madison Tenant Power - Virtual Zine Library

December 2024.

Hundreds of zines on themes related to tenant organizing including information on strategies and tactics, occupations and blockades, rallies and protests, and the building blocks of organizing your people.

Crown Heights Tenant Union - Resource Page

February 2025.

Includes information on rent strikes, building + block organizing, action planning, crisis response, eviction blockades, and NYC-specific info on rent stabilized housing.

Madison Tenant Power - Resource Page

December 2024.

Includes information on researching or reporting your landlord, organizing your building, planning escalatory actions, strategies, and tactics.