Finding Home: Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California (Encore)

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


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