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Dear friends, As a self-help group of asylum seekers and
refugees from all corners of the world, we are delighted to be taking part in
an exciting event hosted by the Global Women’s Strike and
Women of Colour@GWS. (See below for details.) One of us will be a panel speaker on organising
for survival and change in our home countries and our fight against racism,
destitution and detention here in the UK. For us it will be a momentous and rare occasion
to meet, hear from and organise with other activists from the Global South
who are fighting for survival and justice and against rape, violence and
poverty. Some of the amazing women of colour who will be
speaking over the weekend are listed here along with all the other panellists. We hope you will want to take part – but tickets
are selling quickly, so we suggest you register soon!! Botikala Malamu (stay well) Alex and Marischka On behalf of All African Women’s Group For more information about our group . . . see our demonstration at St Pancras
International in support of refugees in Calais, . . .
see AAWG, BWRAP and WAR at the
protests demanding the closure of Yarl’s Wood IRC . . .
Tweet us at AllAfricanWomenGroup @AfricanGr
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Caring,
Survival and Justice vs the Tyranny
of the Market International Conference London, 14-15 November |
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Dear
Friends, Only a few days to our international grassroots women’s
conference! Camden New Journal has published a lovely piece – see here
– and more publicity is in the offing. Conference
tickets are going fast! Please book here now to ensure
you’ll be able to come in as space is limited, and let us know if you need
childcare as the kids’ space is limited too. A childcare programme to be
published soon will include a live clown, baking and a bubble machine! The
venue is fully accessible and sign language interpreters are confirmed.
Look
at the great variety of exciting speakers. From Greece to Haiti, Palestine to
Ireland, Peru to India, Romania to New Zealand, Canada to Norway, Thailand to
the US . . . and more, and of course the UK. Mothers, grandmothers and other
carers will speak about their struggle for survival and wellbeing, but also
for justice and the environment. Click here
to see their bios and when they will be speaking. This
is not an exhaustive list and we expect full audience participation. These
are exciting times. Austerity is under attack from outside and now also
inside parliament. There is more hope that we can defeat the forces that
conspire against a caring society, but we must come together and make our
case loud and clear. Looking
forward to seeing you there. Invest in
caring not killing. |
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