Save the Date: November 17, 12:00 - 2:00pm

Tuesday, November 17th, Africa Action will be hosting Ashraf Cassiem, the chairperson of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, based in Cape Town, South Africa. The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign was formed on November 2000 with the aim of fighting evictions, water cut-offs and poor health services, obtaining free electricity, securing decent housing, and opposing police brutality.

As a social movement, the AEC serves as an umbrella body for over 15 community organizations, crisis committees, and concerned residents movements who have come together to organize and demand their rights to basic services.

Join Africa Action, with the Institute for Policy Studies, for a discussion with Ashraf Cassiem. Come and hear him speak to us about some of the realities of post-apartheid South Africa, the campaign's organizing efforts in poor communities, obstacles facing social movement-building in Africa, and the anti-foreclosure activism emerging in some of the US cities he will be visiting, including Washington, DC.

*Light refreshments will be served*

Due to limited space, please RSVP to outreach@africaaction.org

Where: Institute for Policy Studies
1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

When: November 17.
Noon - 2:00pm