‘Albert & Equiano’ tells the story of the 18th Century Nigerian slave Olaudah Equiano told through the eyes of a disenchanted museum caretaker in South West England. Wednesday 21 September and Thursday 22 September 2011, 8pm The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1JL Related links The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts
Theme: Health
Injustice
PCS in association with Black History Studies presents a screening of ‘Injustice’, a film about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody. Wednesday 21 September 2011, 7-9pm PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH (Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria) There will be a
‘Murder in Notting Hill’ book launch
Join author Mark Olden and the Cochrane family, for the launch of Murder in Notting Hill which investigates the murder of Kelso Cochrane in 1959. Tuesday 20 September 2011, 6.45pm The Earl of Portobello, 36 Golborne Road, London W10 5PR Speakers include: Cllr Julie Mills – Mayor of RBKC, His Excellency Dr Carl B W
Stopping the bulldozers at Dale Farm
An event to prepare against the eviction of Travellers from Dale Farm. Monday 19 September 2011 Dale Farm, Oak Lane, Crays Hill, Billericay, Essex CM11 2YJ Related links Sign up for text alerts on Dale Farm Sign up for email bulletin on Dale Farm Dale Farm Travellers Facebook event listing
Positive Action in Housing AGM
The sixteenth annual general meeting of the Glasgow based charity Positive Action in Housing. Friday 16 September 2011, 11am Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow G2 1DU Speakers: Chair: Jelina Rahman – Positive Action in Housing Arthur West – Friends of Refugees Ayrshire Fariha Thomas and Amina Muslim – Women’s Resource Centre Jo Haythornthwaite –
Mikey Powell’s family struggle on
On 16 June 2011, the West Midlands Police Authority was directed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission to record a complaint made by the mother of Mikey Powell, who died in police custody in September 2003. The family have only now been able to release this information due to reporting restrictions. Mikey’s mother, Claris Powell,
Small victory for ESOL learners
A cut in ESOL funding which would have prevented the poorest from learning English has been reversed. In December 2010 we reported on drastic cuts to funding for the teaching of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), to take effect in September. The cuts would have meant vast numbers of people on income-related benefits
West Midlands Human Rights Film Festival 2011
Birmingham International Film Society presents the regions first ever Human Rights Film Festival. Tuesday 6 September 2011 – Tuesday 4 October 2011 At venues across the Midlands The Festival will be screening a wide range of films that investigate the notion of human rights in the 21st Century as measured against the Universal Declaration of
Black history – Black struggle
Race & Class October 2011 examines hitherto neglected areas of black history by unknown black strugglers across the last century. The story of the 1975 Spaghetti House siege is, for the first time, told from the inside, by protagonist Shujaa Moshesh drawing on his letters and poems from prison. From across the Atlantic, Stephen Jones
Human rights: the assault continues
The government is poised to cut down the reach of human rights law, paving the way for easier deportation of foreign national prisoners. The government’s announcements in the wake of the riots that non-British citizens convicted of riot-related offences will be deported ‘at the earliest opportunity'[1] is part of a new attempt to strip foreign