Fwd: Stand With Us in Solidarity with the South African Shackdwellers Movement

[Rob Robinson]

#HandsOffAbahlali

To all:

Picture the Homeless, the producers of Dear Mandela (Dara Kell & Christoper Nizza), the Kairos Center/Poverty Initiative, ESCR-Net and allies will hold a solidarity protest rally this afternoon in NYC. Please see details below. A facebook event page can be found here. Solidarity actions will take place in several cities around the world including Chicago, London and Budapest Hungary. We hope you can join us!

#HandsOffAbahlali   

In solidarity,

Rob

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere... Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Global poverty and global homelessness cannot be adequately addressed by local, domestic groups acting alone. That's why we've supported the work of the South African Shackdwellers' Movement (Abahlali baseMjondolo) for years, and why we've been so outraged at the recent violence aimed at them.   Just last weekend two shack dwellers died in fires in an Abahlali baseMjondolo organised settlement at Foreman Road, Durban. Disturbingly, this tragedy occurred the day after Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) in the city of Durban, held a demonstration against to end political repression and what they call "the politic of blood". Earlier this year, on 29th September, an AbM branch chair Thuli Ndlovu was assassinated in her house. Thuli was gunned down, while her daughter studied in another room. Her shooting was foreshadowed by numerous death threats and similar killings in KwaZulu-Natal.   Here are two things you can do to help:   1) Take 2 minutes to sign and share the petition http://bit.ly/help-abm   2) Attend the New York City Abahlali baseMjondolo solidarity demonstration! Friday November 21st @ 3:00pm at the South African Consulate: 333 E 38th St, New York, NY 10016. Click here for more information! The Facebook event for the action is HERE. And HERE is a link to a great short film developed by our friends at NESRI, documenting our last solidarity action at the South African consulate! Action convened by Picture the Homeless, Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary,  Dara Kell/Christopher Nizza of Dear Mandela and others!  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Support the leadership of homeless New Yorkers by  making a tax-deductible donation today! Copyright © 2014 Picture the Homeless, All rights reserved. A message to friends, members and allies of Picture the Homeless. Our mailing address is: Picture the Homeless 2427 Morris Avenue 2nd Floor Bronx, NY 10468 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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Robert Robinson

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Take Back the Land-Leadership Committee
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New York NY 10272
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