Abahlali baseMjondolo Solidarity Action 10-9-09
Picture the Homeless, the Poverty Initiative, and Domestic Workers United rally to support the Abahlali baseMjondolo Shack Dwellers Movement on Friday, October 9 2009 outside the South African consulate in New York City.
Members of Picture the Homeless, the Poverty Initiative, and Domestic Workers United, three NYC grassroots organizations, met with representatives from the South African Shack Dwellers Movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) in NYC in August. As AbM faces attack and repression in Durban, poor and struggling people and our allies in NYC make common-cause & stand with our friends in South Africa!
More information about what's going on in South Africa: http://abahlali.org
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Abahlali baseMjondolo is making the following suggestions, in terms of folks doing actions in solidarity with their movement:
1. Affirm our right to exist and our right to be critical of the government.
2. Organize in support of our demands.
3. Support those of us who have lost their homes and all their possessions with material support.
4. Support those of us who are traumatized, including the children, with counseling and spiritual support.
5. Organize serious discussions about the nature of democracy in our country – and include delegates from poor people’s organizations in those discussions on the basis of equality.
You can also take action by calling or e-mailing the South African Consulate and supporting the demands of the Shack Dwellers!
Call: 212-213-4880 or e-mail: consulate.ny@foreign.gov.za
For more:
- Poverty Initiative Solidarity Statement
- Radio interview with Reverend Mavuso Mbhekiseni
- Video and educational resources from the Abahlali baseMjondolo visit to New York City
- Sermon by Dan Chadwick
A New and Unsettling Force: Reigniting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign - the Poverty Initiative's newest original publication is 
