For Shamez Amlani, his dislike of car culture - for its destruction of our personal, civic and global health - led him to form Streets are for People! Since 2002, Streets are for People has been an artist / activist organization that uses trumpets, costumes and giant tricycles to “liberate the commons from the mundane rule of the private automobile”. The artist actions of the group include: Croquet in a parking spot, giant street scrabble, a major intersection turned momentarily into a public square, a piano stuck in traffic, a car cut open and filled with dirt. He was also one of the founders of Kensington Pedestrian Sundays in Toronto. After he rallied together local residents, merchants and artists, as well reluctant government bureaucrats to create a car-free neighbourhood several times a year in a Sunday celebration of community, culture and ecology, that has been on-going since 2004. Born in Nairobi, Kenya to parents of East Indian decent, Shamez, now at 39-years-old, has been making creative changes to his immigrated home land of Toronto, Canada using art as a medium to inspire direct action.More on Shamez Amlani
-Torontoist Interview: Shamez Amlani
-BlogTO: Petition-Car to Queen's Park: Cars Suck
-Spacing Magazine: Construction Zone Picnic
Video on Reclaiming Toronto Streets 08 (Shamez as Mickey Mouse)
Fifth Anniversary Blackout Party
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