The inquest commences into Sarah Reed who died in Holloway Prison in January 2016. Tuesday 4 July 2017, 10am (likely to last 3-4 weeks) City of London Coroner’s Court, Walbrook Wharf, 78-83 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TD Related links Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice
Theme: Housing
Medical Justice AGM
The Medical Justice AGM will address the situation of vulnerable detainees, the Home Office’s ‘Adult at Risk’ policy and future campaigning for vulnerable detainees. Tuesday 18 July 2017, 6.30-8.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers Dr Liz Clarke Ex-detainee Stephanie Harrison QC Theresa Schleicher Martha Spurrier To book a place – please email: emma.ginn@medicaljustice.org.uk
10 Years of Room to Heal
Join Room to Heal as they celebrate a decade of their work at a summer party. Saturday 30 June 2017, 6pm till late Mildmay Community Centre, Woodville Road, London N18 8NA Related links Room to Heal View a flyer here
What guarantees? The Brexit proposals on EU citizens’ residence
The government’s widely-condemned post-Brexit proposals for EU citizens should be used to highlight the unfair and discriminatory immigration laws to which they will be subjected, particularly those limiting family reunification, which currently apply to British citizens and settled migrants. Brexit secretary David Davis said the aim was to ensure EU citizens resident in the UK
A year on from Brexit
A year on from Brexit and in the wake of Finsbury Park: How do we tackle hate crime and bigotry? Thursday 29 June 2017, registration: 6.45pm, event: 7-8.30pm Room 308, University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EY A year has passed since the UK voted to leave the European Union, and
Calendar of racism and resistance (2-15 June 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 25 May: A 71-year-old man and 69-year-old woman are racially abused in Irvine by a man who asks if they have ‘bombs’. Craig Sharpe, 45, is later charged with acting in a racially aggravated manner.
London Radical Bookfair 2017
Radical booksellers and publishers, comix and zine makers, artists and activists, small press, exhibitions, workshops and talks. Saturday 24 June 2017, 12-6 pm Great Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW related links Event page
Rapport Festival
An African Diaspora arts festival that celebrates artistic expression, from across the international Diaspora. Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June 2017 Brixton Related links Events include short films, film and documentary screenings, exhibitions, street theatre and hip hop dance workshops. related links Festival page
Resisting the (internal) Border: a Conference for Academics, Activists and Advocates
A conference that interrogates how borders are extended spatially and temporally, from the geo-political borders of the nation-state to the spaces and times of everyday life. It will explore resistances to these processes and include discussions on the policing and proliferation of these internal borders Saturday 17 June 2017, 9.30-5.30 pm Room B01, Clore Management
Neither hard nor soft but racist? Brexit, ethnic profiling and the Irish border
The IRR invites you to a wide-ranging discussion meeting on the implications of Brexit for border policing in Northern Ireland. Given the new minority Conservative government is reliant on the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), this timely meeting will also address concerns that core tenets of the Good Friday Agreement could be in