Spirit of Soweto


Spirit of Soweto

An event to remember the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 which will draw comparisons with recent events as well as the modern day struggle against racial inequality and the struggle for social change.

  • Saturday 18 June 2016, 11-5pm
  • Barbara Strang Teaching Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU

Workshops include:

  • The Soweto Uprising and the international solidarity movement
  • Poetry and music for social change
  • Promoting peace, equality and anti-racism in schools
  • Prevent agenda: Islamophobia in schools?
  • Freedom City: when Martin Luther King came to Newcastle
  • Racism and rebellion today

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Tickets £10 and £6 for students & concessions.