Journey to Justice is thrilled that Jean Stallings, a long time campaigner against poverty, will be joining us for twelve days in December. While in the UK Jean will open the JtoJ travelling exhibition at Rich Mix, Tower Hamlets and meet young people, teachers and community workers there and in Sunderland and visit the room where Martin Luther King received an honorary degree from Newcastle University in 1967.
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Journey to Justice is delighted to be working with Facing History and Ourselves again in welcoming Mark Levy, a former social studies teacher turned organizer and long time US civil rights campaigner. Mark regularly talks to UK students on educational tours in the US and occasionally visits the UK to work in schools and talk about the US civil rights movement from the point of view of a (still active) ‘veteran’.
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Extraordinary conference with internationally acclaimed film makers, historians& activists on Civil Rights Documentary Cinema and the 1960s: Transatlantic Conversations on History, Race and Rights at the British Academy, London 24-26 May 2016
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Join Journey to Justice for a taster session hosted by Journey to Justice and RSA Scotland
On Monday May 16th, 2016, 9.30 am – 1pm
At Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, EH1 2JL
EDINBURGH JTOJ TASTER MAY 16th 2016 – FLYER
Attendance is free but please register here: http://bit.ly/1RTLEJf
Journey to Justice is an organisation that seeks to inspire and encourage local activities dedicated to equality and respect. Working through education and arts Journey to Justice draws on the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States of America for its first project – a multi-media travelling exhibition. While using the figurehead Martin Luther King, with recordings of his speeches and archive film, the programme will tell the stories of lesser known figures, with whom most of us …
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