Thoreau Center Brown Bag: Housing Rights in South Africa

Presenter: S’bu Zikode, founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo

Wednesday, November 24, 12:30PM to 1:30PM

Pacific Room at Tides

Join us for a discussion with S’bu Zikode, founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African shackdweller's movement.This movement began with a road blockade that grew quickly and now has tens of thousands of supporters from more than 30 settlements, making it the largest social movement led by the poor in post-apartheid South Africa. Abahlali baseMjondolo is at the forefront of emerging global struggles for the right to housing and to development rooted in justice and democracy.

Brown Bag events are free informal mid-day learning sessions hosted at Tides. Friends, neighbors and colleagues are welcome. Visitors, please sign in at the front desk.

Thoreau Center Brown Bag: Greening the Main Post

Join us for a lively discussion about the many improvements planned for the Main Post, in the Presidio. Learn more about plans to improve parking while creating a more pedestrian-friendly park. Over the next few years, the Presidio Trust hopes to reopen the Presidio Theatre, provide more public programs and build a lodge for overnight guests and daily visitors to the park.

Wednesday, November 17, 12:30PM to 1:30PM

Pacific Room at Tides, Thoreau Center for Sustainability

Presenters: Tia Lombardi, Director of Public Affairs; Michael Boland, Chief of Planning, Projects and Programs; John Fa, Main Post Coordinator

Brown Bag events are free informal mid-day learning sessions hosted at Tides. Friends, neighbors and colleagues are welcome. Visitors, please sign in at the front desk.