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Communion: Windrush and Carnival

When the "Windrush generation" arrived in the UK in 1948 they found themselves excluded from much of the social and economic life of Britain. Many experienced horrific racial violence and injustice....
Speaker(s): Winnie Varghese, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir

Putting the Protest back in Protestant

With Dan Woodhouse, Holly-Anna Peterson, Susan Clarkson and Symon Hill Exploring how a Christian faith can call us to be to be tutted at, to be disruptive, and even to break the law. Chaired by...
Speaker(s): Quaker Meeting for Worship

Sun City to Tel Aviv: does cultural boycott work?

Does cultural boycott work as part of a strategy of resistance? From Sun City in South Africa to Tel Aviv in Israel today, what does it mean to refuse to perform in these locations? Hear from artists...
Speaker(s): Pussy Riot in residence, Garth Hewitt, Phoebe Rison

The Gender Agenda

With Steve Chalke, Claire Birkenshaw and Toby Draper. This panel discussion will explore the lived experience of transgender people and consider the theology of gender identity, reassignment and...
Speaker(s): Steve Chalke

Life at the intersections: What is intersectionality and why is it important? 

Intersectionality has become a buzzword, but what does it mean in practice? Hear a panel of people living life at the intersections share about how having intersecting marginalised identities impacts...
Speaker(s): Shani Dhanda, Broderick Greer

Passion or pragmatism? Making trade fair(er) in Brexit Britain

Big business has been investing heavily in ethical trade, making big claims about its social and environmental impact. But poverty and human rights abuses remain widespread in the fields and...

Grenfell: Faith, Community and Justice

With Jacqui Haynes, Chair of Lancaster West Residents Association, Eunicia Harding, local youth worker, Cllr Portia Thaxter, local resident Fatima Elguenuni and Lowkey. A panel of local residents and...
Speaker(s): Lowkey

But I’m not racist! Am I?

Winnie Varghese, Broderick Greer, Prof. Anthony Reddie At the end of a festival with more programming around racial inclusion and racial justice than ever, a panel of contributors of colour talk...
Speaker(s): Winnie Varghese, Broderick Greer, Anthony Reddie

Found Out: transgressive faith and sexuality

Our sexuality is key to our identity, wellbeing, and faith journey. In this creative workshop we will reflect together on how we see God and what that means for ourselves and for our relationships,...
Speaker(s): Alison Webster

Frack-Free Future – How we’re stopping Fracking in the UK

Quakers together with Friends of the Earth Communities around the country are resisting fracking (and other fossil fuel extraction) on their doorsteps - and they're winning. As national support for...

Reinventing Ourselves? The Ethics of Enhancing Human Nature

Neil Messer Should students use 'smart pills' to improve their grades? Should we use drugs and other technologies to make ourselves happier, or more moral? How about extending the human lifespan? Or...
Speaker(s): Winchester University

A Tea-Stall On The Moon: A Malayali Following Jesus On The Way

Sometimes when it seems we're the furthest from where we started, we find ourselves exactly where the family stories told us we would be, sort of. Winnie explores the intersections of personal and...
Speaker(s): Winnie Varghese

Anti-semitism – where does it begin and end?

Rabbi Herschel Gluck, Lynne Segal, Daphna Baram, Robert Cohen. A panel conversation with four Jewish contributors sharing their thoughts on the fine lines between anti-semitism and silencing -...
Speaker(s): Lynne Segal, Rabbi Herschel Gluck, Daphna Baram, Robert Cohen

Imagining new forms of enterprise

We introduce our programme for 2018 in the Exchange - how might we imagine a new business landscape, that meets the needs of ordinary people not just shareholders? David Bird, CEO of Co-op Energy,...

Re-imagining enterprise: Care

Come and hear Debbie Shannon of Link Psychology Co-operative (a social care co-operative providing supported living services to over 600 people), and Adrian Roper of Cartrefi Cymru (a co-operative of...