Name: People Over Mega-Events: Organizing for Housing, Workers, and Communities Beyond the World Cup
Start: 2026-09-04T16:30:00-0500
End: 2026-09-04T18:00:00-0500

People Over Mega-Events: Organizing for Housing, Workers, and Communities Beyond the World Cup

Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Hyde Park B

Cities increasingly chase global events like the Olympics and World Cup while working-class communities face displacement, policing, and exploitation. This session explores how organizers in Atlanta built Play Fair ATL to fight back—and how socialists can organize coalitions that turn mega-events into battlegrounds for housing justice, labor rights, and community power.

Speakers

Kelsea Bond

Kelsea Bond, Atlanta City Councilmember.

Matthew Nursey

Matthew Nursey, Housing Justice League

Mariah Parker

Mariah Parker is an emcee and labor organizer born and raised in the South. Their cultural work and organizing have been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, SPIN, Al Jazeera, Scalawag and Hammer & Hope.

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