Friends: Please spread the word far and wide. We are kicking off the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaing this Tuesday with an eviction blockade to stop Lenise Forrest and her family from being evicted from Cabrini Green for owing back rent. She had a payment plan under previous management but the new management has refused to recognize it and is trying to put her out on the street. She is appealing the eviction but the Sheriff is still scheduled to evict her Tuesday morning.

Please come out and support! A press release and a flier are attached. Here's the 4-1-1:

What: Human blockade to stop Sheriff from carrying out eviction
When: Tuesday Nov. 17th - 9:00am
Where: 933 N. Cambridge St., Cabrini Green Row Houses (just north of Chicago Ave, a few blocks East of Halsted)
Who: Cabrini Green residents and supporters from across the city

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle <mateogj (at) gmail.com> wrote:
If you haven't heard, mark your calendars. We have a special guest from South Africa's Anti-Eviction Campaign joining us for a dialogue about displacement and resistance with STOP board member and organizer Deborah Tayler. Don't miss it!

Fighting Displacement from South Africa to Chicago
with:
Ashraf Cassiem of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign - antieviction.org.za/
Deborah Tayler of Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP) - www.stopchicago.org/
moderated by Toussaint Losier, co-collaborator of both organizations and U of C Ph.d. student

Wednesday 11/11/09 - 7:30pm
Harper Library - 1116 E. 59th st. - Room 140

Coming to Chicago for the first time from Cape Town South Africa, Ashraf Cassiem brings a timely message of resistance from post-apartheid South Africa, where thousands of residents continue to defy banks, foreign companies and the neoliberal government by resisting evictions, water privatization and other human rights violations through militant grassroots struggle. He will dialogue with Deborah Tayler from Southside Together Organizign for Power (STOP) about experiences of resisting displacement in Chicago and South Africa and the importance of building solidarity across struggles and across borders.