Winvisible speaking at right to food seminar

 Received from Winvisible (Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities), a London-based organisation. (Sorry for delayed posting, I've only just got notification from my inbox.)

Find out more about WinVisible at

https://winvisibleblog.wordpress.com/

WinVisible is speaking at this online event for the Right to Food, held tomorrow morning, on UN World Food Day.

Webinar 10am to 11am. Free registration here

The Right to Food — webinar Friday 16 Oct 2020

The Right to Food: A World Food Day Event

Right to Food webinar organised by the Right to Food project at Sustain and HEAR Network as part of London Challenge Poverty Week — photo of a fruit stall.

This webinar is organised by the Right to Food project at Sustain: the Alliance for Better Food and Farming and HEAR the pan-equality London network, as part of London Challenge Poverty Week. Info below from the joint organisers:

“We will hear from speakers about what they believe needs to happen in order to ensure that all Londoners have their right to food respected.“

 

About this Event

“On this webinar we will hear from a range of speakers from across London who will talk about the many barriers than Londoners face in achieving their right to food and also crucially what needs to happen in order for this right to be a reality.

We will hear from:

Women Inspiring New Generations (WINGS). WINGS is a group of women who, with their young children, come together through Praxis to nurture their wellbeing, build new positive relationships and find respite from the demands of everyday life. WINGS mums also discuss issues that affect them, and share knowledge and experience in order to build solidarity and strength.

Deidre ‘Dee’ Woods is an award-winning cook, community food educator, urban agriculturalist, broadcaster, and researcher, with over 25 years’ experience of working in diverse communities. In 2016 she was awarded BBC Food and Farming Awards, Cook of the Year. Dee is a Visiting Research Associate at CAWR, Coventry University, a member of the GLA London Food Board, the Community Food Growers Network (CFGN) and is co-founder of Granville Community Kitchen. Dee is co-editor of A People’s Food Policy and a member of Community Food Growers Network (CFGN). Dee is also a trustee of Sustain the Alliance for Better Food and Farming.

Clara Widdison, Kitchen Social project manager for Mayor’s Fund for London. Clara has been at the forefront of developing community food models in the UK for the past five years. She was a part of the team who developed the ground-breaking social supermarket model, Community Shop. Clara holds a MSc in Food Policy from City, University of London. Her qualitative research into motivation and barriers to purchasing fresh produce within a low income community won the City University and Worshipful Company of Cook’s Award in 2017. She is a 2019/20 Churchill Fellow.

Claire Glasman is from WinVisible (women with visible and invisible disabilities), a grassroots multi-racial organisation of women of all backgrounds, including disabled asylum seekers. We provide self-help information, peer support, campaigning. We help disabled women secure benefits, and campaign against the hated disability benefit tests and with relatives of disabled claimants who starved after being cut off. Having enough money to buy healthy food, food delivery, getting support to cook and eat, and tackling discrimination are all vital. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee quoted our testimony in their report on food supply during COVID-19. We support a Care Income for people and planet, mothers and other carers against poverty and hunger. Find us on Twitter at @WinVisibleWomen

Imogen Richmond-Bishop, right to food project coordinator and Atlantic Fellow 2020-2021.

London Challenge Poverty Week takes place from 12 to 18 October 2020 and is a chance for us to raise our voices against poverty in the capital and show what needs to be done to sort it out.

If you have any access or communication needs to support you to attend and take part in this Zoom event, for example BSL interpretation etc. please email: Christine@hearequality.org.uk as soon as possible after registration, telling us what you need.”

Women with Visible & Invisible Disabilities' home page, 16 Oct 2020

Liberty petition against the Coronavirus Act

From: Martha Spurrier, Liberty <comms@liberty-human-rights.org.uk>Sent: 03 July 2020 14:53To: Subject: Scrap the Coronavirus Act
Dear _______
This weekend the lockdown is easing in most of England.
But while the end might appear to be in sight, the lockdown of our rights and freedoms has no firm time limit.
Exactly 100 days ago, the Government passed legislation – the Coronavirus Act – that was the most drastic reimagining of our civil liberties ever seen.
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak people everywhere have shown they are willing to adapt to protect one another.
Liberty has always supported proportionate action to protect lives. But the Coronavirus Act has failed to uphold people’s rights while leaving the most marginalised worst affected.
This law harms human rights and puts our civil liberties in danger because the Act has no firm end date.
When this pandemic passes this law will still be on the statute books and some of its powers can be triggered at any time.
This means your civil liberties are in danger unless this law is scrapped.
Sign the petition to get rid of the Coronavirus Act and force the Government to instead focus on a response to the pandemic which protects human rights.
The Coronavirus Act was central to the Government’s pandemic response and was rushed through Parliament in just one day.
Some facts about the Act – and why it must be repealed:

• It gives the police broad new powers to detain anyone who could be infectious. But the Crown Prosecution Service has said that every single charge made under the Act has been wrong. 

• Our investigative journalism unit, Liberty Investigates, found that under regulations accompanying the Act, people of colour are 54 per cent more likely to be fined than white people. 

• It makes it legal for local councils to strip back social care. At least seven councils stopped providing even the most basic care services for disabled people in their areas.

• It threatens our right to protest.

• It failed to protect the most marginalised and the hostile environment has remained operational, even in the pandemic. 

• It allows the Government to suspend some elections. 

Remember, the Act has no firm end date. These powers could remain in place well beyond the pandemic.
But there is some hope. Thanks to Liberty and others, MPs can vote on whether to keep the Act or repeal it entirely. The Government will be reluctant to do this. But we must use this review as an opportunity to show how poor the Government’s response has been and why the Act must be repealed.
It is dangerous legislation that should never have been passed. The stranglehold on our civil liberties will remain until it’s scrapped.
Sign the petition to ask Government to get rid of the Coronavirus Act and focus on a response to the pandemic that protects our rights and freedoms.
Stay safe and stay well.

https://liberty.e-activist.com/page/63721/petition/1

Martha Spurrier
Director

See also
Liberty’s submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry: The Government’s response to Covid-19: Human rights implications  – June 2020



Alan notes: Unjust laws go hand in glove with racist policing, etc. Would those responsible for the publication of the murder victims in the Fryent Country Park murders really be able to say to the families of the victims: "We are sorry for your loss"?

Criminal Charges

Jacqueline Henry started this petition to Cressida Dick / IOPC

Formal criminal charges should be brought against the two Metropolitan police officers who allegedly took and distributed photographs of the two Fryent Country Park murder victims, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman

As a family we were assured that every respect would be shown to our beloved girls, and this disgraceful breach of their duty cannot be punished with just a disciplinary or the loss of a job.

These police officers have allegedly fallen woefully short of the high standards of integrity and behaviour that the public should be able to expect from the police service. They should face formal criminal charges of Misconduct in Public Office and under the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. It is an offence for a police officer to exercise power or privileges improperly. Distributing photographic material of murder victims outside of the confidentiality of the formal murder investigation is a clear abuse of power amounting to criminal misconduct.

The family are struggling to come to terms with the loss of the two beautiful bright lights  that have been taken from us, and we have to pray and believe that we will receive justice for their murders....

Continue reading at

https://www.change.org/p/cressida-dick-criminal-charges-6a88b520-e872-4b7e-ae32-cb81f4c2cb80

Greener Jobs Alliance: Breaking news from the Chile/Madrid Climate Conference

International Trade Union Confederation trying to get their voices
heard among the 25,000 present at Climate Talks that have been
moved from Chile to Madrid for political reasons

From: Graham Petersen
Subject: Breaking news from the climate talks
To:

Hi

The GJA participated in the trade union delegation to the COP25 conference in Madrid. With the need for ambitious action to address the climate emergency read our report on the current state of play after the first week of negotiations here:

http://www.greenerjobsalliance.co.uk/breaking-news/

 

 

In solidarity

Graham

Graham Petersen, GJA Secretary

Hereford Amnesty International presents poetry reading for human rights, Weds 20 Nov 2019 above De Koffie Pot

TALKS, DISCUSSIONS AND FILMS CALENDAR

Every Wednesday, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, The Left Bank Village, Bridge Street, Hereford, HR4 9DG

TONIGHT!! WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER - HUMAN RIGHTS POETRY EVENING

A night of poetry readings and discussion about the power of words in the struggle for human justice and liberty. Amnesty International was founded because one man believed the pen is mightier than the sword in the struggle for human rights. We'll consider if this is still true today. Will include original poems read by the authors as well as recited works by Rohingya refugees, Emmanuel Jar - former child war soldier rap artist, Maya Angelou and recorded music from Billy Bragg in the interval. Organised by Hereford Amnesty.

WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER – THE GENERAL ELECTION: CANDIDATES DEBATE

Join us for a General Election Hustings in The Left Bank, where the four candidates, the incumbent Jesse Norman (Conservatives), Diana Toynbee for the Green Party, Anna Coda for the Labour Party and Lucy Hurds for the Liberal Democrats will take part in a chaired debate. Doors open 7pm. Hustings starts 8pm. Please book your free tickets at www.herefordleftbank.com and submit one question per guest to info@herefordleftbank.com
 

WEDNESDAY 4TH DECEMBER – THE GENERAL ELECTION: A BLIND TASTING OF MANIFESTOS

Many people's attitudes to policies depend on which party is proposing them. But what if we don't know which party is behind a proposal? That's like tasting a wine blind, not knowing from which vineyard it comes, judging it on its merits. Come along and exercise your taste-buds. Organised by Perry Walker, Talk Shop.
 

WEDNESDAY 11TH DECEMBER  - THE CORE STRATEGY FOR HOUSING

"We are what we build" A chance to explore housing issues in Herefordshire in anticipation of the Core Strategy review.  Two guest speakers from Herefordshire Council will report on the work they have been doing on self-build and addressing homelessness.  Please come and bring your thoughts and suggestions for input. The evening has been organised by Nancy Winfield from the Herefordshire Centre for Community Led Housing.
 

WEDNESDAY 18TH DECEMBER – BIG GREEN FESTIVE DRINKS

Everyone is invited to this end of year celebration in the Charles Bar at the top of The Left Bank. Let's cheers to a greener and more sustainable 2020! Complimentary mulled wine and mince pies and lots of merry-making!
 

WEDNESDAY 25TH DECEMEBER – CHRISTMAS BREAK
WEDNESDAY 1ST JANUARY – NEW YEAR’S BREAK

WEDNEDAY 8TH JANUARY – THE HEREFORD BY-PASS 

Perry Walker (Talk Shop) has been interviewing people with different views on the Hereford By-Pass project. This session will feedback from these interviews, review the main attitudes he found, and explore whether and where common ground can be found between them.
 

WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY – FILM NIGHT

We will be showing ‘Happy as Lazarro’ (2018 Italian) continuing our monthly pattern of showing films from around the world in our Speakeasy Bar.
Lazzaro, a good-hearted young peasant, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination, form a life-altering bond when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping.
Reviewed by The Guardian here
 

WEDNESDAY 22ND JANUARY – SHOWING OF ‘TREES ARE THE KEY’

'TREES ARE THE KEY' is an inspirational 40-minute documentary narrated by Kate Winslet. It was made in conjunction with The Word Forest Organisation, a Dorset charity that plants trees, builds classrooms and facilitates education in rural Kenya; it also shines a spotlight on the women’s empowerment group, Mothers of the Forest. It tells the story of why we need to plant more trees in the tropics and why we need to support the people who are taking care of the forests. This film showing has been organised by Herefordshire Green Party.
 

WEDNESDAY 29th JANUARY – WHAT HAVE HUMANS EVER DONE FOR THE PLANET?

A short look at what humans are doing to the planet and some controversial things we can do to solve the planet’s problems. A presentation will be given by Valerie Fitch, followed by Q&A and interesting discussion chaired by Perry Walker. Valerie will be defending her own controversial ideas and we hope there will be further panel members who will have their own take on the subject. Further details to follow.

WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY – GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL PROBLEMS

A round-table discussion about the role of civil society in globalisation and how we define these terms. We will discuss multilateralism, cosmopolitanism and with the United Nations 75th Anniversary in 2020 in mind we will discuss possible reforms of the intergovernmental organisation. How are rules of law upheld? How do we create change in the face of challenges? We will discuss possible solutions with key themes being unity, justice and equity. Discussion led and chaired by Rob Thistleton.
 

WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH - 99%: HOW CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR MILLENNIALS WILL HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT

Mark E Thomas, author of the book 99%: Mass Impoverishment and How We Can End It, will talk about why we are now looking at the first generation in living memory that can expect to be poorer than their parents. This is mass impoverishment in action and the result of political choices rather than cast-iron laws of economics. He will show how we got into this mess, and how we can get out and he will show that the five key actions that we need to end mass impoverishment are precisely those we need to tackle climate change. After the presentation, there will be a discussion and a workshop for participants. The evening will conclude with an opportunity for book signing at 9:30 pm.
 

Hope you can make it and keep in touch with us with any ideas for future evenings!

Best wishes,
Nat Waring and Alan Adams
Coordinators of the Talks, Discussions and Films Calendar
01432 357753

Asylum from Rape: Right the Wrongs on 20 August 2019

Asylum from Rape <asylumfromrape@womenagainstrape.net>

7 Aug at 19:20

Right the Wrongs on 20 August 2019 Two women from the All African Women’s Group (AAWG) have appeal hearings on 20th August.  Appeals are our chance to overturn sexist and racist Home Office refusals which ignore the particular problems we face as women to disbelieve us and turn us down.   Together with Black Women’s Rape Action Project and Women Against Rape, AAWG is inviting people to join vigils outside to defend our human rights against Home Office injustice. Ms Mohammed’s appeal for Family Reunion with her son 9am outside Taylor House, Roseberry Avenue, Islington EC1R 4QU There’s still time to sign and send a postcard to the Home Secretary asking for Ms Mohammed’s son to be allowed to join his mum and sister in the UK. He bravely defended his lesbian mum and helped his sister escape forced child marriage in Pakistan.  Now he’s destitute and in hiding because his life is in danger.    No hostile environment at Ms Mohammed’s appeal!  Supporters at Reclaim the Power brandish their signed postcards calling for the Home Office to allow her right to family reunion.    Anisa’s Asylum Appeal 9am outside York House, 2/3 Dukes Green Avenue, Feltham, Middlesex TW14 OLS. Anisa had to wait an outrageous nine years for the Home Office to decide on her asylum claim. She has been forced to live in limbo, struggling to survive in slum housing on just £37 a week.  She lives in fear of reprisals from the people who targeted her family even here in the UK, which is why she can’t use her full name. The Home Office ignored evidence documenting the dangers she faced as a lone young woman, including because of her “political opinion” about women’s rights. Anisa says, “I want the Home Office to be held to account for how it has made me and many others suffer, as if our lives count for nothing.” All African Women’s Group     Black Women’s Rape Action Project      Women Against Rape                                                                                                                                 All based at: Crossroads Women’s Centre 25 Wolsey Mews London NW5 2DX Tel: 020 7482 2496 Interested to volunteer to campaign with women on their cases? Please get in touch!