On this edition of Making Contact, we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California–three cities grappling with evictions, displacement, and homelessness.
Featuring:
Needa Bee, Oakland-based housing advocate; Messiah Ali, Oakland resident; Tom Waldman, Director of Communications, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority; Flora Harris, C-3 Program Director, St. Joseph Center; Chyheeb Joseph, Outreach Worker, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority; Riyaadh Najaar, pigeon racer who was relocated during Apartheid; Delia Adrian and Shahied Mizenheimer, District 6 residents; Jane Roberts, Blikkiesdorp resident.
Credits:
Host: Monica Lopez
Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker
Contributing Producers: Tony Andrews, Kimon de Greef, Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez
Image Credits:
Tony Andrews & Kimon de Greef (Cape Town, S. Africa)
Anita Johnson (Oakland, CA)
Music Credits:
The Wind, David Szesztay
Untitled Nude, no. 7, Percival Pembroke
Veins of Silver, Blue Dot Sessions
A Calendar Spread, Blue Dot Sessions
Sedativa I, DR (Dominic Razlaff)
Backward, David Szesztay