[Voice of the People meeting]

Footage from a Chicago apartment building run by the Voice of the People (V.O.P.) organization, including parts of a meeting.

00:03Copy video clip URL Exterior of an apartment building. Some distortion at first. 

02:30Copy video clip URL A hand-painted sign reading “Ye Old Wishing Well” outside the building. On the “well” is written “V.O.P.” and “Voice of the People.” 

05:59Copy video clip URL An empty lot with broken-down playground equipment. 

06:57Copy video clip URL Inside a room (a store?) whose walls are covered with photographs, posters, and t-shirts. 

09:18Copy video clip URL A meeting of the Voice of the People group. Discussion of a bake sale and other fundraising issues. 

12:24Copy video clip URL Discussion of apartment repairs and potential renting of a vacant apartment to Charlie Smith and Tom McLaughlin, who would use it to provide supervised housing for unhoused youth. Worries about possible gang involvement from the prospective tenants. 

17:50Copy video clip URL Static. 

18:10Copy video clip URL A woman sweeping in the stairwell of an apartment building. Dusting doors and walls.