JtoJ on France24
Don’t miss this brilliant 10 minute interview on France 24 with Tania Aubeelack, JtoJ trustee talking about our human rights work and its impact – reaching a global audience.
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Martin Luther King speaks – at Newcastle University, 13th November 1967
On this MLK day, Journey to Justice would like to remind you of a wonderful short film made for us by Exposure, an award-winning youth media charity supporting young people to improve their confidence, communication and employability skills. They took part of Dr King’s speech on accepting his honorary degree from Newcastle University. Five months later he was shot dead.
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Watch the recording of our
2020 Human Rights Day event
Watch the recording of our 2020 Human Rights Day event with Janice Kelsey, US civil rights activist from Birmingham, Alabama and JtoJ partners from Birmingham, UK, dedicated to social justice.
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JtoJ wins an Activist Museum Award
The panel’s letter included this feedback. We are delighted and say congratulations to all winners.
“We received a high volume of compelling applications and Journey to Justice’s proposal stood out for the timeliness of its subject and track record of exhibitions that bring activism into museums, as well as a host of other institutions…
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Journey to Justice: Two Birminghams – Human Rights Day, 10th December 2020 Feedback
It was a really inspiring, eclectic evening, bringing people together to unite around shared feelings of hope, resilience and a motivation to push for change – with beautiful music as well. Key themes that arose include the intertwined nature of economic and racial injustice. Speakers shared their individual journeys to justice ranging from marches for freedom in 1960s America, work tackling poverty pay and student action against racism today. JtoJ volunteers talked about our work on civil rights and challenging economic injustice.
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Journey to Justice Annual General Meeting, November 14th 2020 by Zoom
We were delighted with the turnout of members – 35 from Italy, the USA and all over the UK. We welcomed four new trustees: Tania Aubeelack, Veronica Fletcher, Duncan Moore and Rebecca Walker who wowed the audience with their reasons for wanting to become part of the JtoJ team.
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Bell Ribero Addy MP describes the stories which should be included in teaching British history and JtoJ agrees.
Every word is worth listening to and you can hear and read her speech in Parliament.
Click on the post to view the clip.
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“JUSTICE WILL ROLL DOWN LIKE WATERS”
To mark International Human Rights Day, Journey to Justice is delighted to welcome Janice Kelsey, a US civil rights activist from Birmingham Alabama, whose story we tell in our travelling exhibition. She will be the main speaker at our online event with Bishop Jonathan Jackson, Senior Pastor at NTCG The Rock in Springhill, Birmingham.
They will be joined by other speakers from Birmingham whose work is focused on social and economic justice as we look at history, today and what we can do now.
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Black Voters Matter and the US Presidential Election
Post by Journey to Justice volunteer researcher
Hannah Simpson, “We Got the Power”.
Economic (In)Justice and disability rights
Come and hear Rona Topaz (Disability Officer, Open Labour London) and Gail Ward (disabled advocate) discuss how to overcome barriers to employment for disabled people and the idea of a guaranteed basic income for all. October 29th, 8-9pm on Zoom
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