FTB09: connecting the dots 9.19.12

OK, so the group has been going for a solid number of weeks.  I'm stoked that folks have had interest, and new faces keep coming.  For this week's class, lets reapproach past readings and notes (all linked in previous posts, duh), and draw lines between them.  The past weekend's events concerning the fight for housing in Haiti were inspiring, so we will also be touching on what was said by Reynelle Sanon, Bill Quigley, STAND With Dignity, Other Worlds, and Survivors' Village in comparing the struggles in Haiti and New Orleans. 

Remember back in the first meet-ups when we talked about the often-overlapping roles of CREATORS, CONTROLLERS, and USERS of the built environment?
And how we have looked at who is concerned with certain issues, and why? 
In retrospect, what did we miss during earlier discussions, now that we have delved deeper?
What questions do you now have about past subjects?
What has been highlighted and hammered home?
If you missed a class, maybe this is a chance to catch up on those readings and we can see the subject in a new light. Maybe you can pick the subjects that seemed most relevant to you and bring something new in to add... take it wherever you want, but lets take a step back and try to digest some of what we've chewed upon. 

Liberian land disputes (FTB06) --> dissected by Norwegian Refugee Council --> funded in part by StatOil (in areas of investment interest) [CONTROLLERS of how environment is perceived]--> NGOs as a tool for expansion of national interest / envelopment--> NGOs representing privatization of governmental services --> tenant purchase/Hope VI/Choice Neighborhoods and the path to privatization of public housing [transfer of CONTROL] --> New Orleans public housing struggle [USERS seeking CONTROL] --> STAND With Dignity + Section 3/local hiring [USERS becoming CREATORS]--> and so on...