A session at this year’s Historical Materialism conference on the work of A. Sivanandan, Race & Class and the Institute of Race Relations. Sunday 10 November 2013, 12pm SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG Panel includes: Avery Gordon – in conversation with A. Sivanandan (recorded) Jenny Bourne – on revolution and reconstruction Colin Prescod
Theme: Managed migration
Propaganda! Perception! & Power!
A screening of poetry, film and music from participants who attended an event on injustice earlier this year. Tuesday 29 October 2013, 6pm Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA RELATED LINKS Voices that Shake!
Remembering radical Carribean politics and poetry
A joint book launch on the poetry and politics of Peter Blackman and C.L.R. James. Thursday 24 October 2013, 6.30pm Leeds Metropolitan University, Rose Bowl Campus, Room 437, Leeds LS1 3HB Speakers: Chris Searle – author of Footprints: poems by Peter Blackman Christian Hogsjberg – Editor of Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful
Re-presenting refugees
An exploration of art, displacement and refugees. Wednesday 30 October 2013, 6pm Manchester Museum, University Of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Event includes: Panel discussion Multimedia experimental performance RELATED LINKS Virtual Migrants Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit Platforma Community Arts North West Street Level Photoworks
Black History Month 2013
A selection of events marking Black History Month 2013. Black History Month Brighton – events include workshops, stories, poems, films, talks and more. See the event listing here. Black History Month Leicester – including performances, talks, workshops, concerts and more. See the event listing here. Black History Month Liverpool – a selection of events
90 degree citizen exhibition
The opening event of an exhibition of work by visual artists whose experiences include life as refugees in the UK. Thursday 10 October 2013, 6-8pm Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL In conversation: Artists and curators Live music from Emmanuela Yogolelo RELATED LINKS Virtual Migrants Street Level Photoworks Manchester Museum GM Immigration Aid Unit
Building a community-based organisation
The Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers (ACERT) AGM and a one day conference. Saturday 28 September 2013, 10am Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Agenda items include: Gypsies, Romanies and other Travellers in Higher Education Supporting parents of excluded pupils Opportunities for trained mediators Exploring culture through art
Campaign to save the Public Sector Equality Duty
Groups have been fighting to prevent the government from watering down or dispensing altogether with the one part of the law which allows us to challenge institutional discrimination. Following the Macpherson recommendations, the 2000 Race Relations Amendment Act introduced a duty on public bodies to promote equality and the need to assess policy in terms
ESOL students and benefit cuts
An afternoon of workshops looking at the impact on ESOL students of welfare cuts, benefit sanctions and workfare. Saturday 28 September 2013, 1-5pm University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY Related links Action for ESOL
Two public events in October at the IRR
In October 2013, the IRR will be holding two public events at its Kings Cross office. The first, on Thursday 3 October, ‘Bad news for refugees’, is a conversation between Greg Philo and Frances Webber, on media coverage and government policy on asylum issues. Greg Philo is the Research Director of the Glasgow Media Group