School of Built Environment & Development Studies

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CCS Webinar: Statues Must Fall

Facilitators: Danford Chibvongodze & Andries MotauSpeaker: Leigh-Ann Naidoo Topic: Around the world, statues and monuments that have long honored racist figures and racism have started to fall. Five years on from when the RhodesMustFall Black-led student movement shook South African universities out of their non-racial consensus, this webinar reflects on the intense creative disruptions that

CCS Webinar: George Floyd and the Minneapolis Uprising

Facilitators: Danford Chibvongodze & Andries MotauSpeaker: Marjaan Sirdar Topic: The murder of George Floyd sparked a global call for justice, particularly racial justice. In this webinar, activist Marjaan Sirdar engages on the events leading up to George Floyd’s murder, the Minneapolis uprising, fragmentations within movements and new ways of organising such as building power through

CCS Webinar: Defund the Police, Abolish the Stalker State – A Global Fight

Facilitators: Danford Chibvongodze & Andries MotauSpeaker: Hamid Khan Topic: Governments and law enforcement agencies across the world are using algorithms, predictive analytics, risk assessment, facial recognition, drones, and other forms of carceral technologies to contain, control, and criminalize Black, Brown, Migrant, poor, and other marginalized populations. The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition has been organizing in