{"id":5519,"date":"2019-07-22T13:41:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/?page_id=5519"},"modified":"2021-07-12T16:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:21:51","slug":"leicester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/leicester\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester JtoJ, October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2018.. lesser known stories &#8230;. anchoring itself in the protest and social justice traditions of our city\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 12th October 2019 Prof George Lewis was interviewed by Aminata Kamara on BBC Radio Leicester. George describes the exhibition and its purpose with absolute clarity, helped by thoughtful, interested questioning. A great introduction.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/371245874\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From \u2018Homes Before Roads\u2019 in the 1970s to the 2019 young people\u2019s climate strike: Leicester\u2019s earliest and latest environmental activists talk about their tactics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/371224896\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Activists, whose local stories we told, at the Exhibition Launch,\u00a0plus the Red Leicester Choir, who learned and performed protest songs which reflected the stories we chose to tell.<br \/><!-- Flickr Justified Gallery Wordpress Plugin by Miro Mannino -->\n<div id=\"flickrGal0\" class=\"justified-gallery\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019683251_ef699433b5_b.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49020197007_b0e084d2f5_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49020197007_b0e084d2f5_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019903237_115b613e8f_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal0\" title=\"DSC_0707\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0707\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019903237_115b613e8f_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019903237_115b613e8f_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019903882_5d9da26606_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal0\" title=\"DSC_0699\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0699\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019903882_5d9da26606_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019903882_5d9da26606_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Schools Day, including Justice Plaque workshop, and some of the students\u2019 suggestions for Social Justice Plaques, which we turned into badges for them.\u00a0Celina Dunlop ran workshops about artefacts from the civil rights movement. To find out more see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artefactshistory.net\">www.artefactshistory.net<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Flickr Justified Gallery Wordpress Plugin by Miro Mannino -->\n<div id=\"flickrGal1\" class=\"justified-gallery\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019172453_9926a5f864_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"DSC_0755\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0755\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019172453_9926a5f864_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019172453_9926a5f864_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019173658_d517673759_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"DSC_0753\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0753\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019173658_d517673759_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019173658_d517673759_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019894082_01d4e2706e_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"DSC_0752\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0752\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019894082_01d4e2706e_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019894082_01d4e2706e_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019891547_008e239366_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"DSC_0761\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0761\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019891547_008e239366_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019891547_008e239366_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49133396752_0b4b83b0ab_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"PHOTO-2019-11-19-14-37-49\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"PHOTO-2019-11-19-14-37-49\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49133396752_0b4b83b0ab_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49133396752_0b4b83b0ab_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019894712_8ebb1e96af_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"DSC_0750\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0750\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019894712_8ebb1e96af_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019894712_8ebb1e96af_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019889962_26b960bb09_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal1\" title=\"IMG_5103\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"IMG_5103\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019889962_26b960bb09_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019889962_26b960bb09_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our early crowd sourcing of local Leicester stories of Justice, New Walk Museum.<br \/><!-- Flickr Justified Gallery Wordpress Plugin by Miro Mannino -->\n<div id=\"flickrGal2\" class=\"justified-gallery\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019188723_ecf4c6508d_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal2\" title=\"DSC_0011\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0011\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019188723_ecf4c6508d_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019188723_ecf4c6508d_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49019189428_1a9be45c1d_b.jpg\" rel=\"flickrGal2\" title=\"DSC_0005\"><img class=\"colorbox-5519\"  alt=\"DSC_0005\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019189428_1a9be45c1d_m.jpg\" data-safe-src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/49019189428_1a9be45c1d_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>To see Leicester JtoJ stories visit:<br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\" \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jtojhumanrights.org.uk\/local-stories\/leicester\/\"><strong>https:\/\/jtojhumanrights.org.uk\/local-stories\/leicester\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For details of Leicester JtoJ&#8217;s plans <a href=\"https:\/\/jtojleicester.org.uk\">see <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. George Lewis, who was Head of the School of History, Politics &amp; International Relations at the University of Leicester (2020-21) was our lead partner for the exhibition programme to the Attenborough Arts Centre in autumn 2019. Huge thanks to him and Bradley Phipps, Dr Katy Bunning, Dr Jen Bergevin and the cross community steering group and all local partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Remembering Rosa Parks Conference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In October 2015 Carrie Supple, JtoJ director attended a conference, \u2018Remembering Rosa Parks: Understanding the US Civil Rights Movement\u2019 organised by George and colleagues for local school students and spent three days meeting potential partners from the city. There was plenty of need and interest in bringing the JtoJ exhibition to Leicester. For more information and if you\u2019d like to get involved, please contact: Dr George Lewis <a href=\"mailto:gdgl1@le.ac.uk\">gdgl1@le.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0or on 0116 252 5370<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Leicester_pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2848 colorbox-5519\" src=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Leicester_pic.jpg\" alt=\"leicester_pic\" width=\"612\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Leicester_pic.jpg 612w, https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Leicester_pic-600x275.jpg 600w, https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Leicester_pic-610x280.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2018.. lesser known stories &#8230;. anchoring itself in the protest and social justice traditions of our city\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 12th October 2019 Prof George Lewis was interviewed by Aminata Kamara on BBC Radio Leicester. George describes the exhibition and its purpose with absolute clarity, helped by thoughtful, interested questioning. A great introduction.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/371245874\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From \u2018Homes Before Roads\u2019 in the 1970s to the 2019 young people\u2019s climate strike: Leicester\u2019s earliest and latest environmental activists talk about their tactics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/371224896\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Activists, whose local stories we told, at the Exhibition Launch,\u00a0plus the Red Leicester Choir, who learned &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5519"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8189,"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5519\/revisions\/8189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeytojustice.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}