Let Freedom Ring! Interested in Training for Transformation in the UK?
THE FOLLOWING INCLUDES A WEALTH OF TRAINING TOOLS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND IDEAS FOR A SUMMER SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE UK Please share and sign up to The Glass Is Half Full Facebook page or email alright@theglassishalffull.co.uk I’m extremely fortunate to experience the fierce power of Training for Transformation (TfT) on the diploma training in South Africa with incredible facilitators and frontline activists from across Africa and beyond. TfT has nourished the belly of movements for justice all over the world. Eternally-inspiring Anne Hope (co-founder of TfT along with the...
Read MoreTraining for Transformation Activism Blog 1- A Way of Seeing From Glasgow to South Africa!
THE FOLLOWING INCLUDES A WEALTH OF TRAINING TOOLS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND IDEAS FOR A SUMMER SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE UK Please share and sign up to The Glass Is Half Full Facebook page or email alright@theglassishalffull.co.uk HELLO! FROM THE TRAINING FOR TRANSFORMATION 2012 FAMILY! The Training for Transformation (TfT) Train-the-Trainer programme, an education programme provides activists and educators with the tools, skills and methodology to mobilise and organise self-mobilised communities to fight for justice and equality. It is part of the Grail Movement – A Global...
Read More1st round of Edge funding now open! Radical Funding for radical change X
Whooo hooo! I am very excited about this. Never before has there been such a need for the social, economic and psychological support for communities fighting the collateral damage caused by capitalism, oppression and greed. Some Good News for once!And watch this space for the public launch around Christmas time Thanks so much to all those who made this happen X Edge Fund, is now open for applications. Funding is available for communities experiencing and challenging the many injustices caused by our political and economic systems and those working in solidarity with them who aim to bring...
Read MoreJewish LGBTQI Activism and more Mitzvah’s – this weekend
Last year I held a workshop on Jewish activism at Limmud. This year I’ve been asked to do three performances! Nervous but excited to do more spoken word style performances than the more traditional workshops Ive done before. Thanks to Limmud for the opportunity and if your around check out this weekend’s LimmudFest! Ill be performing and facilitating discussion on: Jewish and LGBT action – past, present, future 12:45-14:00 What’s the role that identity, sex and sexual identity have played in the Jewish tradition, thinking and practice? Where has sexuality and LGBTQI...
Read MoreJuly 3rd What does multiculturalism mean today? TMP Launch event
What does multiculturalism mean today? TMP Launch event With the London Olympics on our doorstep, a wave of complaints around police racism and youth unemployment at an all time high, The Multicultural Politic is hosting a debate on the reality of multiculturalism in Britain today. We are also using this opportunity to re-launch our blog with a new logo and a strengthened editorial team, during a two-hour plenary and debate at Goldsmiths College in south east London. SPEAKERS include: KEN FERO – co-founder of Migrant Media and independent film maker, notably of the 2001 documentary film...
Read More18th May – Sexual Deviants – Opening the doors of creativity and cultural resistance @ Queeristan 2012
Im very honoured to be co-facilitating this important workshop at this year’s Queeristan 2012. Full programme here. Thanks to all the amazing organisers behind Queeristan. See you soon and if you have any thoughts/ ideas and/or want to join the workshop contact me on alright@theglassishalffull.co.uk Friday, 18 May Time: 17-19h As the rates of HIV infection rise in many parts of Europe how do we respond? How do we turn oppression into deviance? How can staring death in the face catalyse a sense of resistance to injustices’ – for others? How can our sexual deviance open the doors to...
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