NYC: An Evening of Solidarity with Ashraf Cassiem and the Western Cape Anti Eviction Campaign

[Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign]

The Center for Place Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center 

along with 

The Chicago Anti Eviction Campaign

present

An Evening of Solidarity with the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign

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For more than a decade the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign 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 following Ashraf's speaking tour of the U.S. These local organizations have gained national attention for defending families facing eviction and taking over vacant, bank-owned homes as housing for homeless families. For more: http://chicagoantieviction.org/

Clips from the documentary "When the Mountain Meets its Shadow" will also be shown. Produced by the German Dok-Werk film cooperative, this documentary focuses on three personal stories, including Ashraf's. Each individual, in their own way, fight for survival in the informal settlements around Cape Town. The film offers a sensitive portrait of a society in transition from racial apartheid to neoliberal capitalism. For more: http://www.when-the-mountain-meets-its-shadow.com/

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Date:     Friday Feb 19th 

Time:    6:00pm-8:00pm

Where: CUNY Grad Center  365  5th Ave

             New York NY 10016

Room:  C201/C202/C203--