Stop the Eviction!

"In 1977, the tenants of the International Hotel, mostly elderly Filipinos, were evicted. Subsequently because of strong community opposition the site was designated by the Board of Supervisors as a site for low income senior housing."
-- Manilatown Heritage Foundation, San Francisco, California

this hotel will never be enough
but it is where we have come to fight
as the night comes and our feet grow tired
we must leave a strong
we must leave a strong footprint
for those who will follow

- "Hard Lines and Shades of Grey Flannel" (excerpt), Norman Jayo, from "We Won't Move: Poems and Photographs of the International Hotel Struggle" (Kearny Street Workshop, 1977).