upcoming EVENTS
Take a look at our upcoming and past events across all our campaigns here.
Future in Focus hosted by Fossil Free South Africa, African Climate Alliance and UCT’s Green Campus Initiative
📣 For the first time in South African history, young activists are leading a class action climate change court case demanding the government halt the development of new coal.
Crises in DRC
Join next Monday evening at UCT to shine a light on the struggle in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our senior advisor, Sarah Robyn Farrell, will be participating on a panel discussion with Olivier Mulombo (UCC) and Alex Hotz (WOMIN). Experience thought-provoking discussions with our expert panel, soul-stirring poetry, and vibrant musical performances. Together, let’s raise awareness and stand in solidarity with the DRC and with the Congolese community in Cape Town.
Date: Monday 26 Aug
Time: 6pm
Venue: Chris Hani LT
All are welcome. Free entry.
#UCTforDRC#CongoAwareness#congoisbleeding
Rassemblons-nous lundi prochain à UCT pour mettre l’accent sur la continuation de la quête du Congo pour la liberté. Il y aura des discussions animées par des experts, qui nous invitent à y réfléchir, de la poésie qui parle à l’âme et l’esprit, aussi que des performances dynamiques. Ensemble, nous sommes solidaires de la RDC.
Date: lundi, le 26 août
Quand: 18h
Où: Chris Hani LT, campus nord
Defossilising UCT Divestment Training
UPCOMING EVENT‼️
Save the date, RSVP for in person or online attendance and share this with your friends to get involved in defossilising UCT!✊🏻
Join @fossilfreesa and @gci_uct for for a training session on the importance of divesting from fossil fuels and how to navigate advocacy for divestment within institutions🌍
We hope to see you there!
Divest UCT Protest
We invite you to join UCT students, alumni, and the Fossil Free South Africa community to take part in this pivotal moment in the campaign to get UCT to Divest from Fossil Fuels. Send an email expressing your support for fossil fuel divestment to upri-group@uct.ac.za by 14 May at the latest. ✉️
For those that are in Cape Town, we also invite you to join us for a protest at UCT on Tuesday 11 May at 1pm. (spaces are limited due to covid-19 precaution.) 🏛
Register here: http://bit.ly/uctmayprotest
Webinar and Campaign Update: UCT
DIVEST ❌
Fossil Free UCT is hosting a webinar on Wednesday 11 November at 19h30 to share updates on the ongoing campaign for UCT to divest from fossil fuels.
This is an update on the meeting with the responsible investment panel and we really encourage all our members and UCT students and staff to join us!
A high-level dialogue for a sustainable investment landscape
Join UCT for a critical dialogue on responsible investment on Wednesday, 19 August 2020 from 14:00 to 15:30 SAST.
The high-level dialogue for a sustainable investment landscape will ask: “What does optimal investor action look like to achieve the Paris COP GHG emission reduction targets by 2050?”. Read more: https://bit.ly/33OSrog
Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind: Online Divestment Workshop
Want to learn more about Divestment? Then save these dates ‼️💰
Next week Wednesday and Thursday we'll be hosting an online workshop about what divestment is, how it works and why it's important in light of the current climate crisis. Each day will have different topics relating to divestment and there will be Q&A sessions with each speaker after every talk. Keen? Sign-up using the link in our bio 👆🏼
Have a friend that you think may be interested? This workshop is open to ANYONE (not exclusive to UCT), so please share!
