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Hidden in plain sight? Bringing black women into focus

Rozella Haydée White, Chibundu Onuzo and Saraiya Bah.The film Hidden Figures highlighted the wider truth about women of colour being largely invisible despite the crucial roles they have played in...
Speaker(s): The 9 Beats Collective: Rozella Haydée White, Chibundu Onuzo, Saraiya Bah

Towards a New Heaven, New Earth?

Darton Longman and Todd are proud to be at Greenbelt to launch a groundbreaking new essay collection: 'Reclaiming the Common Good.'In this panel session, editor Virginia Moffatt and three of the...
Speaker(s): Simon Barrow

Exchange The Future: where next to build a better business world

How we can make business better? What can we all be doing to help more enterprise to promote the common good? With Vivian Woodell, founder, the Phone Co-op, Joshua Brown, Renewables Manager,...
Speaker(s): Vivian Woodell, Joshua Brown, Cliff Mills

Women in Herstory

Herstory is a project that connects art, activism and education by using famous examples of feminist art to engage people of all genders with women's (often forgotten) history. Join founder, Alice...
Speaker(s): Alice Wroe

Dodgy Theology and Dodgy Politics : The Rise of ISIS, the Far Right and Trump – co-incidence or connected?

Asking if all the above is a coincidence or somehow connected, Salma Yaqoob explores the mainstreaming of Islamophobia through policies such as Trump's ‘Muslim ban', arguing that this is just...
Speaker(s): Salma Yaqoob

I Thought There Would Be Cake

Life never turns out as we expected. With empathy and humour, Katharine Welby-Roberts unpacks everyday issues of blame, self-doubt and identity to help us think about how we might live life a little...
Speaker(s): Katharine Welby-Roberts

Exchange inspiration: What difference does co-operative ownership make?

Does being a co-operative make you more likely to be for The Common Good? Why?Featuring Vivian Woodell, Founder, the Phone Co-op, Pete Westall, Group General Manager For Colleague & Co-operative...
Speaker(s): Pete Westall, Vivian Woodell

Cathedrals and Commerce : The challenge facing large churches

Large churches are getting involved in enterprise activity to stay open – but didn't Jesus turn over the tables of the money changers? How can we find the right way through commerce and...
Speaker(s): Alison Inglis-Jones, Cliff Mills

Israel and Palestine: How did we end up here?

After 6 decades of conflict, the situation in Israel and Palestine continues to be marked by occupation, fear, violence, poverty and the routine denial of human rights. How did we end up here? In the...

Bibles, Bombs and Bolt Cutters – Why a Quaker & a Methodist Reverend Broke Into an Airbase.

Sam and Dan will discuss how the decision to try and prevent war crimes, which has led them to face trial, was rooted in faith. As well, how you too can take action, in small ways and big, against...

The Enemy Within

Being a British Muslim for the past decade or so has been a brutal affair. Sayeeda Warsi brings her unique perspective to bear on cultural difference, counter-terrorism, religious freedom,...
Speaker(s): Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

I Believe God Is Human, It’s the Rest of Us I’m Not Sure About.

Dave Tomlinson's manifesto for a marriage of faith and humanism, based on his latest book, Black Sheep and Prodigals: an Antidote to Black and White Religion. Dave Tomlinson is a vicar and author of...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

The Art of the Collect

The form of collect is as elegant as a sonnet. It's got five folds, and has poetry and intention at its heart. Join Pádraig Ó Tuama reading poetry and prayers from his new collection of Collects,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó Tuama

Israel, Its Military, and Us

One Israeli who refused military service probes militarism in Israeli society. How are children taught to become soldiers? What does a militarised economy look like and how is it exported? And what...
Speaker(s): Sahar Vardi

The Word of Reprieve

The Common Good? The death penalty, torture, rendition, detention without trial and assassination: Donald Trump's solutions to the world's problems. Awarded an OBE for "humanitarian services", Clive...
Speaker(s): Clive Stafford Smith