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

Producers: Monica Lopez, Marie Choi, RJ Lozada, Anita Johnson

Executive Director: Lisa Rudman

Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin

Development Associate: Vera Tykulsker

Contributing Producers:  Tony Andrews, Kimon de Greef, Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez

More information

St. Joseph Center [1]

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority [2]

“City of Oakland Clears Out The Village Homeless Encampment”, Sam Lefebvre [3]

Wikipedia Page on Blikkiesdorp [4]

 

[1] https://stjosephctr.org/

[2] https://www.lahsa.org/

[3] https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/tk-web/Content?oid=5104385

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blikkiesdorp