SEWN presents Occupy Tottenham – Screening and Community Housing Discussion Sun 6 Apr

London is going through a housing crisis. Private rents are at an all-time high and almost a third of renters struggle to make ends meet. As this urgent issue rears its head across the city, so does the local resistance.

Join us for an afternoon of connection as we screen the feature length film Occupy Tottenham for the first time. It showcases the story of Homegrown, a grassroots community group. Its message to their young people was to be their best and never give up. So, when they were told they had to leave, there was only one thing to do: occupy. A community led discussion will follow, featuring organisers from across London, weaving together the shared experience and strategising for collective action.

What would a SEWN London look like to you?

Speakers:

South – Caitlin Coloquhoun is a housing campaigner in Southwark. She currently works at the Southwark Law Centre on the Planning Voice Project and previously co-ran an Arts Council funded photography project, SE(e)-ing to introduce young people to housing, anti-gentrification campaigning through the use of photography.

East – Seyi Joseph is the producer of SEWN. She has lived and worked in East London her whole life and this has been the place where her passion for people and change has flourished. From co-developing creative programmes to co-hosting political arts workshops, the co-mmunity is always at the heart of her work. With them she’s able to answer the real questions… including whether Barking is East London?

West – Nabil Al-Kinani is a built-environment professional and has worked on numerous development projects across London. He has authored Privatise the Mandem – a blueprint into owning the ends through collective ownership, as means of preventing gentrification.

North – Rose Dakuo has been a community leader for over twenty years in and around Tottenham. She has run cooking classes, food banks, language clubs and critical literacy for children and adults in her community. She is the community leader of Homegrown, and the central lead in the film. Read Rose’s article on youth violence in The Guardian.

Chair – June Tuitt is an anthropologist, community leader, facilitator, police monitor, singer, performer, and poet. As the heart and mind of her community, she’s the one people go to when things get too much. June has lived and brought up her 7 children and 15 grandchildren in Haringey for the past 30 years.

NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS. If you would like to attend this event for free, please email seyi.joseph@richmix.org.uk (no questions asked).