Editing Gentrification (section)

=== Movement for Justice in El Barrio ===
The Movement for Justice in El Barrio is an immigrant-led, organized group of tenants who resist against gentrification in East Harlem, New York. This movement has 954 members and 95 building communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35625-participatory-democracy-drives-anti-gentrification-movement-in-new-york-s-el-barrio|title=Participatory Democracy Drives Anti-Gentrification Movement in New York's El Barrio|last=Davies|first=Jessica|website=Truthout|date=16 April 2016|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150713/http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35625-participatory-democracy-drives-anti-gentrification-movement-in-new-york-s-el-barrio|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 8 April 2006, the MJB gathered people to protest in the New York City Hall against an investment bank in the United Kingdom that purchased 47 buildings and 1,137 homes in East Harlem. News of these protests reached England, Scotland, France and Spain. MJB made a call to action that everyone, internationally, should fight against gentrification. This movement gained international traction and also became known as the International Campaign Against Gentrification in El Barrio.<ref>{{cite web|title=International Campaign Against Gentrification Launched|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/7/headlines/international_campaign_against_gentrification_launched|access-date=20 November 2016|website=Democracy Now!}}<br />{{cite web|title=Nonprofit (New York): Movement for Justice in El Barrio|url=http://www.idealist.org/view/nonprofit/H2dW3SPD9GBD/|access-date=20 November 2016|website=Idealist.org}}</ref>