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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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.
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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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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