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Thu, Mar 3 | Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
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Thu, Mar 3 |6.30 - 8.30pm
Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
5733 S University Ave
For more than a decade, the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign (WCAEC) has been one of the most prominent organizations of South Africa's militant poor, fighting against evictions and police brutality, as well as for free basic
services and quality health care in the country's working class townships and informal settlements. As a grassroots coordinating body for over 15 community organizations in the Western Cape Province, the WCAEC has been at the forefront of challenging the neoliberal
economic policies that have been imposed since the fall of apartheid.
In 2009, the WCAEC's activism inspired the founding of Anti-Eviction Campaign affiliates in Chicago and in Los Angeles. These local organizations have gained national attention for defending families facing eviction and taking over vacant,
bank-owned homes as housing for homeless families.
In addition to a discussion with Ashraf Cassiem, Chairperson of the WCAEC, this event will also feature a showing of selections from
Where the Mountain meets its Shadow, a 2010 documentary that sets the activism of the WCAEC against the backdrop of Cape Town's stark wealth inequality. View trailer
here.
Presented by the UChicago Student Government Finance Committee, with support from the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture and the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights.
This event is free and open to the public.
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This event is wheelchair accessible. Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate should contact the CSRPC for assistance at
773.702.8063.
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