Film: Remember the International Hotel. Alameda Renters Coalition.

Join Alameda Renters Coalition and Filipino Advocates for Justice for an intimate screening of “The Fall of the I-Hotel” documentary, as well as special showings of two short videos produced by the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project about the signature drive to put M1 on the ballot.

In 1977, tenants at San Francisco’s International Hotel — mostly Filipino elders — fought a mass eviction. Students, activists, poets, and politicians joined their cause, and while the residents were eventually forced out by sheriff’s deputies, the campaign helped catalyze the Filipino-American community and the Bay Area’s anti-eviction movement.

This political season, Alamedans are remembering the I-Hotel — and are recognizing that the campaign at 470 Central on the west end connects us all to this history and to the present fight for sustainable rent increases and just-cause protections.

After the screenings, we’ll have the opportunity to plug into current opportunities for action around 470 Central and the M1 campaign. RSVP today!