News & Events: Lunch Lecture: February Lunch Lecture: Social Movements that Care (12 February 2025)
The first Lunch Lecture of the four-part series takes place on 12 February 2025: Felipe G. Santos (Babeș-Bolyai University) will discuss empathy, solidarity and empowerment in the fight against evictions.
By Responsible City Team on Wed, Feb 12, 2025
The Platform of Those Affected by Mortgages (PAH) has left a crucial mark in the history of Spanish social movements by advocating for the over 700,000 families that have been evicted since 2009. This book explores how the PAH has blocked thousands of evictions through civil resistance, prevented many more through negotiations with banks, and rehoused thousands of evicted families in apartments recuperated from banks and vulture funds. Through the framework of the Politics of Care, F. G. Santos explores the emotional, identity, and participatory challenges that hindered the mobilization of those affected by mortgages. The book also reveals how empathy from a group of people unaffected by mortgage issues sparked mobilization, and how care relationships empowered those facing eviction to lead the fight for housing rights.
The event will take place online on 12 February from 12:30 to 13:30 and can be attended via this Zoom link. More information on the Lunch Lecture series can be obtained from the flyer below.