Cool workshop with young people from the Black Country in Wolverhampton delivered by us and Genesis Sun for a piece of ground-breaking research by Young Lives Young Futures looking at young people in transition from school to work 😊
🧡 We had icebreaker games to get us going and group …
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We are delighted to introduce our new intern, Abbi Wood! She will be working with us on our Social Justice Plaque Project and conducting research into current blue plaques, schools and museums in the Birmingham area. Welcome to the team, Abbi.
We are at the beginning of our collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham and Leicester to expand our Archives of Activism stories to house those …
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We delivered a workshop on the intersectionality and the politics of race and class across the world and in the UK and on economic injustice at the University of Sunderland, London Campus.
Facilitators Tania Aubeelack, an oral historian and youth worker and Martin Spafford, former secondary history teacher and specialist on history of migration asked attendees to think about:
In October 2017 at the Bristol cathedral launch of our civil rights exhibition we were delighted to welcome our patron Paul Stephenson and his wife Joyce. Even though he was already suffering from Parkinson’s disease, Paul’s warm energy, commitment and support for justice shone through. It was a deep honour to have him as our patron and his whole life of activism has inspired us.
Along with Guy Bailey, Owen Henry and Roy Hackett – also at the launch – Paul organised the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott, now recognised as a key moment in UK antiracist history. He was galvanised in …
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At Conway Hall, London on June 21st 2014 Journey to Justice was officially launched.
On Saturday 21st September we celebrated with a joyful party at Friends House, London.
It was wonderful to see so many old friends and new at the party, both in person and via Zoom!
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Journey to Justice (JtoJ) will always be honoured to have had Baron Herman Ouseley, one of the UK’s most outstanding public servants, as a founding and distinguished patron.
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Journey to Justice was approached by Bowie State University last year and asked if we might provide activities linked to social justice for a group of students visiting the UK during their Spring break 2024.
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Post by Journey to Justice volunteer Rona Topaz.
Everyone knows about what happened in the care homes during the Covid-19 outbreak. Some even went so far as to suggest that those residents who caught the virus were helped to a speedier departure.
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We organised the sessions in East London in collaboration with the creative team of the musical Set Our Feet in Glory.
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What a night of arts and human rights! On Monday 5th December, Journey to Justice were invited to speak at the 9th annual Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (LHRAFF).
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The event was held at the University of Nottingham and brought together a variety of people, including academics from the distinct fields of politics and fashion, local trade union organisers, and members of Sharewear Clothing Scheme and the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
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The Long Shadow of Class was launched at Resource for London – a community organisation hub – on October 18th 2022. After watching our film, the wide-ranging audience were treated to a panel discussing the perpetuation of ‘classism’ and the necessity to involve those most affected by economic injustice in policy making.
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During Eradication of Poverty Week (17-23 October, 2022), our timely film will be launched in London on Tuesday 18th October at Resource for London.
Screenings will be held at:
Pop Recs in Sunderland on Thursday 20th October and
Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham on Saturday 22nd October.
Every third week in June during ‘Refugee Week’ in the UK, the Migration Matters Festival, returns to Sheffield. It’s an international arts festival celebrating the contributions of migrants & refugees who have come to Sheffield.
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Abi Rhodes, our wonderful Economic (In)Justice Project coordinator, has been successful in her application for a 6-month Fellowship with the University of Nottingham.
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On May 18th Journey to Justice met the National Executive of the CWU at their headquarters in Wimbledon, London. We were delighted to be invited to present our Economic (In)Justice resources, with a focus on ‘community-based action for change’.
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JtoJ is delighted to be working with Professor George Lewis at the University of Leicester in order to find a permanent venue for our civil rights exhibition. After five years touring to 15 communities in England, seen by over 180,000 people, we can’t wait to see it installed in a new home in Leicester.
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On 13th March we were in Manchester taking part in a CWU conference for activists thinking of standing as candidates for councils or Parliament. We ran their final session on ‘Antiracism, class solidarity and building community.’
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On Thursday 10th March 2022, Tania and Martin from Journey to Justice delivered a workshop on economic (in)justice in the UK at the Winch (https://thewinch.org/), a youth charity based in Camden.
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Using our unique approach to social justice and human rights education, the CWU regional leads were invited to consider the present day challenges and injustices facing their membership through an historical lens. We presented participants with lesser told stories of collective and individual action from our Archives of Activism: our civil rights exhibition (www.jtojhumanrights.org.uk/) and economic injustice sites (www.economicinjustice.org.uk).
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At the 8th annual Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, members of Journey to Justice hosted a panel discussing Economic (In)Justice, Class and Education. We showed a short extract from our mini documentary, focusing on class and education, made with the film production company Rainbow Collective.
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Hannah Simpson, a journalist, documentary researcher and Journey to Justice volunteer, has written a blog about an inspirational judge on LA’s Skid Row, who set up a running club for homeless individuals almost ten years ago.
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Over 100 guests attended what was an unforgettable evening and a celebration of scores of people’s talent and time. We love both resources and are so grateful to the designers, builders, film makers, all participants, volunteers, funders, advisers & exhibition schleppers.
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Whenever I look at my parents, my heart immediately fills up with a huge burst of gratitude and recognition for all the sacrifices they have made to help and support me and my brother achieve a good education and a kind of societal status that would somehow elevate our value in the eyes of others around us, those withholding the keys to opportunities, and access to major institutions.
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In 2018 Sharewear Clothing Scheme launched Clothing Poverty Awareness Day (9th June) to highlight the hidden issue of clothing poverty in the general population. Today the charity holds a Clothing Poverty Awareness Week to continue the conversation about this under-reported issue. This year’s #CPAW2021 runs from the 7-13th June and Louise Cooke, Founder, CEO and Head of Operations, writes a blog asking us all to consider the everyday impact of clothing poverty.
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“Life balances itself on a precarious ledge”[1]. Those of us with assets built through a good education, enterprise or class hand ups can shut our eyes to the ledge. We can delude ourselves we are in control of our lives. But sometimes we misplace our step on the precipice……. For me, my stumble came in my 30s when I lost my home after the breakdown of a long-term relationship. Then 20 years later another one with a second redundancy that went on for 6 months. But I was lucky. I could lean on my assets to cushion my fall; sheltering in a friend’s spare room the first time and drawing on savings the second time.
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In my late teenage years, and like many in that age group, I had a taste for worldly literature and an admiration for cynicism. My friends and I were therefore impressed [and reassured] by a reputed exchange between two writers of the early twentieth century, seen by us as the gentle and naïve F. Scott Fitzgerald and the tough and cynical Ernest Hemingway.
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As a linguist, I care greatly about language – it’s a means by which we shape opinion and convey ideas. In relation to protests and social movements, language is of particular importance; it’s a means by which support is rallied and wants are communicated. Language is also the means by which the public learn about protests and social movements, especially through press coverage, which plays a substantial role in giving protesters a platform to amplify their voices.
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Despite being one of the richest economies in the world, the UK has one of the worst food poverty rates in Europe.
A person is said to be living in food poverty when they cannot afford to buy sufficient quantities of nutritious food. Food poverty often means having to skip meals and going hungry, or eating unhealthy foods which lack nutritional value.
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We walk through life with a set-up that discriminates against many people while masquerading as an inevitable norm. For somewhere along the line, inequality was built into systems that seek to prevent us from thinking outside this framework of existence where a minority live a luxurious life. We may no longer be ruled by monarchs and their social class, but we have wealthy groups of people who may as well be royalty when we consider how insulated they are from the impacts of poverty.
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