{"id":5366,"date":"2019-06-10T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/?page_id=5366"},"modified":"2021-07-26T10:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:53:25","slug":"brent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/brent\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent – Summer 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE LIBRARY AT WILLESDEN GREEN<\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>95 High Street, London, NW10 2SF <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2018Brent\u2019s Journey to Justice\u2019 was an exhibition created by charity, Journey to Justice and Brent Museum & Archives. Journey to Justice explores the US civil rights movement and its impact in the UK and the exhibition contained a number of stories from Brent highlighting local stories of activism and campaigns for freedom, equality and human rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition included objects from the history of anti-apartheid activism within the borough, the concerns of Brent\u2019s Brazilian community told through art and a collaborative installation created by local families and artist Dima Karout. Local schools, Kingsbury Green Primary and Convent of Jesus and Mary Catholic Infants, were invited to collaborate with the project. Developed to actively engage children in how to advocate for a better future. \u2018Dress for our Time\u2019, by Professor Helen Storey uses the power of fashion to explore issues around climate change and the mass displacement of people.<\/p>\n

The dress, made from a United Nations refugee tent was on display within the library. Elements of the exhibition could be found around the building.<\/p>\n

For all enquiries please contact:Camilla.churchill@brent.gov.uk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To see Brent JtoJ stories visit:
<\/strong>https:\/\/jtojhumanrights.org.uk\/local-stories\/london\/brent\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Highlights of the programme included: <\/p>\n

FREE FAMILY CELEBRATION DAY<\/span><\/h3>\n

Saturday 22 June 2019, 12pm \u2013 4pm<\/span>
Music, Performances, Workshops, Tours and Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d been at the Library on Willesden Green on June 22nd<\/sup>you\u2019d have seen scores of children working away creating placards and heard the Reggae Choir lifting our souls with \u2018Redemption Song\u2019. You\u2019d have watched extraordinary moves by InSpiral Arts who then opened the floor to performer Sandra Bee and outstanding young dancers from the audience. You\u2019d have rocked to the street moves of Yellow Dance Group and been inspired by the poetry of Caroline Smith and Virna Teixeir, whose devastating poem about displacement and mental illness is on the wall of our exhibition.<\/p>\n

This was a family celebration of Brent\u2019s journeys to justice and families came in large numbers. While children made badges, had their faces painted, had a go at punk fashion and added their graffiti touches to a Brazilian mural, they and their parents could learn about Professor Helen Storey\u2019s stunning \u2018Dress for Our Time\u2019 created from a UNHCR refugee tent and visit the exhibition upstairs.<\/p>\n

One theme of our Brent display is \u2018Human Bridges\u2019 \u2013 between the US civil rights movement and antiracist movements in the UK in our core exhibition, between artists dispersed across the globe by the Syrian conflict (curated by Dima Karout), with the antiapartheid<\/em>struggle in South Africa reflected in solidarity action by Brent activists and the scroll commemorating Nelson Mandela\u2019s Freedom of the Borough, and \u2013 on a fascinating timeline – across the long history of Brent activism. Not far from the entrance, too, are clothes worn by one of the Asian women who led the Grunwick strike.<\/p>\n

When the children paraded through the library holding their placards high and Rum Band\u2019s wonderful music signed off this day of community and connection, it felt a fitting celebration of the importance of bridges between us.<\/p>\n

Warmest thanks to Milla, Jana, Dorian and everyone at Brent Museum and Archives and the Library at Willesden Green for a memorable day.<\/p>\n\n

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HELEN STOREY AND SALUSBURY WORLD IN CONVERSATION<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Library at Willesden Green<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 31 July, 6.30-8pm<\/span>
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Artist and designer Professor Helen Storey, Artist in Residence at Za’atari Refugee Camp, will speak about the development of \u2018Dress for our Time\u2019, in conversation with Director of Salusbury World, Sarah Reynolds.<\/p>\n

STORIES OF PROTEST AND ACTIVISM IN BRENT<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Library at Willesden Green<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday 2 July, 6.30-8pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us for a fascinating talk about little-known stories of activism across the globe, all with a connection to Brent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three extraordinary stories, each with a local link to an international struggle for justice, energised an increasingly excited room in Willesden on a warm July evening. Dr Rob Knifton described the work of Prof Helen Storey as artist in residence at Za\u2019atari refugee camp in Jordan, exploring how to create sustainable fashion in our time of climate emergency and the refugee crisis: in particular, her work with the Syrian TIGER* girls, creating  \u2018lovecoats\u2019 for their catwalk in the camp. Sara Vivacqua explained the depth of the political, ecological and human rights crisis in Brazil following the election of Bolsonaro, and in particular the challenges now faced by the \u2018Sem Terra\u2019 landless workers movement and indigenous communities. Will Gee told the gripping story of his experience as one of the \u2018London recruits\u2019 pretending to be a tourist but secretly smuggling in leaflet bombs and underground material for the ANC at the height of the apartheid<\/em>era.<\/p>\n

The decision of Dorian Knight from Brent Museum and Archives to bring these three stories of activism together in one event was an inspired one. Given only ten minutes to speak plus time to respond to questions, each speaker packed a punch and the rich interplay of ideas and action threw up contrasts and connections between the three. These stories of creative and courageous grassroots activism left us aware both of the dark realities of our time and of how change is possible. At Journey to Justice we often quote Dr King\u2019s insistence that the arc of history bends towards justice: the evening offered hope of this in the long term even when it can be hard to see in the short term. Three examples of \u2018ordinary\u2019 people standing up for justice in the face of apparently monumental injustice.<\/p>\n

*These Inspiring Girls Enjoy Reading<\/p>\n

MAKE A MANDELA BADGE<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Library at Willesden Green<\/em><\/p>\n

Monday 5 August 2019, 2-4pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Learn about campaigns to end apartheid in South Africa and the concert held at Wembley. Make a badge in memory of one of the world\u2019s most famous political leaders! Suitable for ages 3+<\/p>\n

DESIGN A SUSTAINABLE OUTFIT<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ealing Road Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 21 August, 2-4pm
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Harlesden Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 7 August, 2-4pm
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Kilburn Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 31 July, 2-4pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Be inspired by the work of innovative fashion designer, Helen Storey, who combines fashion and science, to design an outfit that could against environmental issues. Suitable for ages 5+<\/p>\n

BRENT’S TREASURES<\/span><\/h3>\n

Wembley Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday 8 August, 12.30-1.30pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kingsbury Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday 27 August, 11am-12pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kilburn Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 28 August, 2-3pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Come and see one of Brent\u2019s historic treasures, an illuminated scroll from 1990 making Nelson Mandela a free man of the borough.<\/p>\n

HISTORY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE CRAFT ACTIVITY<\/span><\/h3>\n

Destiny Hall, Brent Hub<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 2-4pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Join Brent Museum and Archives for a fun family craft activity and learn about key events in Brent\u2019s history of campaigns for social justice. Contribute to our next exhibition \u2018Journey to Justice\u2019. Suitable for ages 3+<\/p>\n

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