Elizabeth Stark
@elizabethstark.bsky.social
She/her Organizing for tenant power; Charlottesville Human Rights Commissioner
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please watch this interview and share it. the opening is especially necessary -- homelessness isn't the exception. as rents vastly outpace what wages can afford, many who are working multiple jobs have no place to live.
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
please watch this interview and share it. the opening is especially necessary -- homelessness isn't the exception. as rents vastly outpace what wages can afford, many who are working multiple jobs have no place to live.
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THIS is the story.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
"An FBI memo that claims 'anarchist violent extremist actors' are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about whether the spy agency is monitoring political activity, a copy of the document indicates."
FBI memo indicates online chats of immigration court watchers in NYC were monitored
An FBI memo that claims “anarchist violent extremist actors” are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about wheth…
www.nydailynews.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
THIS is the story.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
That the feds are spying on people doing completely legal stuff and characterizing them as “anarchist violent extremists.”
The story is NOT that you need to be afraid to court watch or patrol your neighborhood for ICE activity. DO NOT SELF-REPRESS.
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We’re one month out from the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund’s first ever Volunteer Night + Social
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We’re one month out from the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund’s first ever Volunteer Night + Social
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
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A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!!!!
The Virginia legislative session is weeks away. This is a genuine opportunity to create significant, lasting change. Now’s the time to organize! State workers’ right to unionize and strong tenant protections are within reach!
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Virginia legislative session is weeks away. This is a genuine opportunity to create significant, lasting change. Now’s the time to organize! State workers’ right to unionize and strong tenant protections are within reach!
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good morning charlottesville!! what a lovely day to not vote for a school board candidate who promised to keep police out of schools and then voted in favor of it anyway, without robust data or engagement with the public!!
![keep police out of cville schools! 2025 school board candidate guide.
zyahna bryant [✓]: opposed school resource officers
lisa torres [✓]: voted against SROs
dashad cooper: supports SROs
emily dooley: voted for SROs as chair
VOTE NOV. 4 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreigtzoco436sa3a4yyypdzwlolw4wr76rnagjouj7qxptpbsit37na@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
good morning charlottesville!! what a lovely day to not vote for a school board candidate who promised to keep police out of schools and then voted in favor of it anyway, without robust data or engagement with the public!!
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I left after this. It’s pretty clear Cville PD can’t guarantee the data isn’t abused. It’s not clear that the costs of Flock are at all worth the benefits.
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I left after this. It’s pretty clear Cville PD can’t guarantee the data isn’t abused. It’s not clear that the costs of Flock are at all worth the benefits.
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I’m at the Friends of Downtown Community meeting to skeet about the Flock pilot program results.
Follow this thread for the details 👇
Follow this thread for the details 👇
October 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’m at the Friends of Downtown Community meeting to skeet about the Flock pilot program results.
Follow this thread for the details 👇
Follow this thread for the details 👇
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One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
Heard four large trees fall on my usual loop on the river trail today. Be careful out there everybody!
October 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Heard four large trees fall on my usual loop on the river trail today. Be careful out there everybody!
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hi charlottesville! if you're voting in the city school board election this november, there are four candidates running for three seats. here's where they stand on the return of police to our schools:
![keep police out of cville schools! 2025 school board candidate guide.
zyahna bryant [✓]: opposed school resource officers
lisa torres [✓]: voted against SROs
dashad cooper: supports SROs
emily dooley: voted for SROs as chair
VOTE NOV. 4 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5c65uqakb4kmnss5zgdsfego/bafkreidmmqns3ggd3utg2v3je3fhavu6aigbepttrkajzftsahpxc24lim@jpeg)
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
hi charlottesville! if you're voting in the city school board election this november, there are four candidates running for three seats. here's where they stand on the return of police to our schools:
Hope folks will stop by the @cvilledsa.bsky.social table at Sabroso today. I have sustained a zine folding injury making sure there’s lots of great lit and info.
September 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hope folks will stop by the @cvilledsa.bsky.social table at Sabroso today. I have sustained a zine folding injury making sure there’s lots of great lit and info.
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In case you’re wondering where the 4 city school board candidates (for 3 spots) stand on SRO’s:
I've talked to all four about this specifically! Torres and Bryant are opposed, Dashad Cooper is pro but open to more restrictions/requirements for police, and Dooley is *strongly* pro. (sorry to crash into the thread!)
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
In case you’re wondering where the 4 city school board candidates (for 3 spots) stand on SRO’s:
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Amid a worsening national affordable housing and homelessness crisis, the administration's proposed HUD changes include a two-year limit on the federal government’s signature rental assistance programs. @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/hud-...
apnews.com/article/hud-...
1.4M of the nation's poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limit
A Trump administration proposal could put more than a million low-income households at risk of losing their government-subsidized housing.
apnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Amid a worsening national affordable housing and homelessness crisis, the administration's proposed HUD changes include a two-year limit on the federal government’s signature rental assistance programs. @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/hud-...
apnews.com/article/hud-...
Unhoused families are less visible in our community, but I promise you, they are here and they’re struggling. Please pitch in if you can!
Here one thing you can do that will help someone — a single mom with two medically fragile children is unhoused & has an urgent need for funds for a hotel and food. If you’re able to help, Venmo @kathryn-laughon and put “mutual aid” in the subject. Thanks 💕
August 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Unhoused families are less visible in our community, but I promise you, they are here and they’re struggling. Please pitch in if you can!
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Cooling centers open and swimming fees waived at Chris Greene Lake, Mint Spring, Walnut Creek Park.
Be careful out in the heat this weekend!
myemail.constantcontact.com/Cooling-Cent...
Be careful out in the heat this weekend!
myemail.constantcontact.com/Cooling-Cent...
Cooling Centers Opening in Albemarle County
Email from County of Albemarle General County News Thursday, July 24, 2025 Cooling Centers Opening to Provide Relief from Extreme Heat The Albemarle County Cooling Centers will remain open throu
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July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Cooling centers open and swimming fees waived at Chris Greene Lake, Mint Spring, Walnut Creek Park.
Be careful out in the heat this weekend!
myemail.constantcontact.com/Cooling-Cent...
Be careful out in the heat this weekend!
myemail.constantcontact.com/Cooling-Cent...
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The so-called paper of record published an opinion piece stating that if Israel had *really* wanted to commit genocide, they would have done a more thorough job. This, while the people of Gaza literally starve to death. What kind of world is this? I don’t have words.
July 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The so-called paper of record published an opinion piece stating that if Israel had *really* wanted to commit genocide, they would have done a more thorough job. This, while the people of Gaza literally starve to death. What kind of world is this? I don’t have words.
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This week - Organizing for Immigration Justice
Learn the connections between immigration enforcement, white supremacy, and state violence. Plus how communities are protecting their immigrant neighbors!
Full info: tinyurl.com/5e4m84ww
Order yummy tamales (by July 15): tinyurl.com/yc33jnyv
Learn the connections between immigration enforcement, white supremacy, and state violence. Plus how communities are protecting their immigrant neighbors!
Full info: tinyurl.com/5e4m84ww
Order yummy tamales (by July 15): tinyurl.com/yc33jnyv
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This week - Organizing for Immigration Justice
Learn the connections between immigration enforcement, white supremacy, and state violence. Plus how communities are protecting their immigrant neighbors!
Full info: tinyurl.com/5e4m84ww
Order yummy tamales (by July 15): tinyurl.com/yc33jnyv
Learn the connections between immigration enforcement, white supremacy, and state violence. Plus how communities are protecting their immigrant neighbors!
Full info: tinyurl.com/5e4m84ww
Order yummy tamales (by July 15): tinyurl.com/yc33jnyv
Thanks, y’all! Excited to be a housing “analyst” now!
Excellent interview with @elizabethstark.bsky.social at Piedmont Housing Alliance about the realities of high housing costs in the Charlottesville area www.29news.com/2025/07/07/a...
Analysts say Charlottesville rent costs continue to rise
Apartment List reports that the price of rent in Charlottesville is growing, out-pacing both state and national averages.
www.29news.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks, y’all! Excited to be a housing “analyst” now!
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When people see folks drowning and feel powerless and ill-equipped to save them, they sometimes fight over how to describe the water. It's worth resisting this impulse.
July 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
When people see folks drowning and feel powerless and ill-equipped to save them, they sometimes fight over how to describe the water. It's worth resisting this impulse.
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Jim Ryan should have resigned in May 2024. He should not have resigned today.
June 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jim Ryan should have resigned in May 2024. He should not have resigned today.
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This is an image maga is posting to stoke fear of Mamdani. A list of things that sound awesome
June 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is an image maga is posting to stoke fear of Mamdani. A list of things that sound awesome