The Edge Fund, a group working for justice and equality, is calling for new applications to its fund. The Edge Fund is inviting new applications from individuals and grassroots groups, in order to support projects which are relevant to communities campaigning on discrimination and injustice. Grants will be given to groups and individuals working for
Below we reproduce an excerpt from an article in the current issue of Race & Class on the consequences of the co-option of charities and voluntary organisations within the immigration detention market. As a principle, migrant children should not be subjected to detention. (Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights)[1] At Barnado’s, we believe in
The launch of a new film on the Southall Youth Movement. Friday 18 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Monsoon Banqueting Suites, 100 The Green, Southall UB2 4BG Young Rebels – The Story of Southall Youth Movement charts the experiences and responses of Asian young people growing up in Southall in the 1960s and 1970s and the racial
A Freedom Without Fear meeting to bring together people engaged in state-critical activities and campaigns. Thursday 3 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Room 417, Birkbeck (Main building), University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Kamila Sheikh Lesbian Immigration Support Group Sarah Lamble Related links Facebook event listing Download a flyer here (pdf file, 100kb)
Andy Shallice reports on the impact of new meaures to restrict the rights of EU migrants, particularly the Roma. ‘In this world, shipmates, Sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers…’(Herman Melville, 1851 via Matthew Carr, 2012) Since April, no new housing
The Anti Raids Network is holding a noise demonstration outside HMP Holloway. Friday 27 June 2014, 7pm HMP Holloway, Parkhurst Road, London N7 0NU Related links Anti Raids Network Full details of the event
The Routes to Solidarity’s annual conference to promote migrant and minority women’s activism. Thursday 26 June 2014, 10.30-3.30pm Bangladesh Community Centre, Roundhay Road Oakwood, Leeds, LS8 4AR Workshops: Campaigning skills – how to make your campaign loud, proud and effective! A showcase of an important current campaign and what you can do. Using the Convention
The third annual UCL Migration Research Unit Student Conference, postgraduates from across disciplines will share their research and contribute to debates in contemporary migration studies. Saturday 14 June 2014, 8.30-6.30pm University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Topics include: Young migrants’ access to education and healthcare Their treatment by different legal regimes Questions of identity and representation
The Campaign to Close Campsfield is hosting a public meeting as part of Oxford Refugee Week. Monday 16 June 2014, 7pm Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX Speakers: Colin Yeo – barrister at Garden Court Chambers Dr Mina Fazel – Child psychiatrist, NIHR post-doctoral research fellow, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry Clare Cochrane
A vigil outside High Wycombe police station, to coincide with Father’s Day, to mark the sixth anniversary of the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah in police custody. Thursday 19 June 2014, 5-7pm High Wycombe police station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1BE Related links Justice for Paps
