Queer Genealogy
Greenbelt is a welcoming home to queer spirituality, with an open LGBTQ+ presence. While always part of Greenbelt's DNA, the journey has not been straightforward. Back in 1991, fed up with the word...
Speaker(s): Methodist Church, OUT@Greenbelt, Willie Williams, Robert PalmerBehind Bars
“My life ended and began with a prison sentence.” So says Lady Unchained, an award-winning broadcaster, poet and mentor who uses her writing and workshopping to help others with lived experience...
Speaker(s): Lady UnchainedThe Power in the People
Veteran barrister Michael Mansfield KC tells Lorna Hackett how in 50 years of fighting injustice, he has proven the power of people's passion, perseverance, collectivity and courage to make lasting...
Speaker(s): Michael Mansfield, Lorna HackettCriminal (In)Justice 101
The criminalisation of activities and people impacts every part of society – with poverty, exclusion, healthcare, education, and every form of ‘othering' linking directly to the criminal...
Speaker(s): Lady Unchained, Pia Sinha, Junior Smart, The Right Revd Rachel Treweek, Shona MinsonRights of Nature
Join barrister and founder of Lawyers for Nature Paul Powlesland as he draws vital connections between his work on the legal and fundamental rights of nature and our responsibilities as guardians or...
Speaker(s): Paul PowleslandChoose Hope: Shifting The Narrative For Climate Justice
Communications on the climate crisis have been complex, distracted, politicised, misinformed and disinformed by politicians, businesses, fossil fuel lobbyists, and ‘men in suits' with vested...
Speaker(s): Laura Jessie CookThe Church of parkrun
parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt talks to runner and long-term Greenbelter Jenny Baker about this global, volunteer movement that's inclusive, empowering, helps people be kinder to one another...
Speaker(s): Paul Sinton-Hewitt, Jenny BakerCould You Slide the Marmalade Down This Way?
Ever lived in community? Or talked to yourself about it? Utopian pipe dream or rule of a good life? Folk from the Iona Community, Hilfield Friary and Corrymeela Community share their experiences of a...
Speaker(s): Iona Community, Ruth Harvey, Jonathan HerbertI Can Hear Her Breathing…’
‘Another world is not only possible, she is on her way,' wrote Arundhati Roy. ‘On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.' But what is it we can hear? Greenbelt contributors tell us about the...
Speaker(s): Leyla McCalla, Kate Raworth, Grace PengellySurviving the Middle-Class Church
Sharon Jagger and Alex Fry share stories from their research into the experiences of working-class clergy (and, by extension, their congregation members) in the Church of England. In light of their...
Speaker(s): Trussell, Anna Alls, Dr Sharon Jagger, Dr Alex FryTrans Evangelical, Really
Historian, evangelical and trans woman Rebecca Jane Morgan unpacks the history of evangelical transphobia and argues that the raw material is there for a genuinely loving evangelical response to the...
Speaker(s): Rebecca Jane MorganBanking On It
Around 1 million people in the UK don't have a bank account. Join the JustMoney Movement as they share how communities are organising to meet this need, what the role of credit union is, and what...
Speaker(s): Trussell, JustMoney Movement, The Pentecostal Credit Union (PCU)History For Tomorrow
Leading social philosopher Roman Krznaric turns fascinating insights from the last 1,000 years of world history into a vision of radical hope that could help us confront the most urgent challenges of...
Speaker(s): Roman KrznaricWhy The Church Shouldn’t Include Working-Class People
Come for a lively discussion with Luke Larner about class, church and solidarity with people who are struggling against poverty. What might a 'just church' look like? What needs to change?""
Speaker(s): Trussell, Luke LarnerGod as… Gig Economy Worker
Class and Jesus-shaped justice explored by Sally Mann, co-director of Red Letter Christians UK. Why it matters that Jesus is from Nazareth. How can we live to see class-based justice today?
Speaker(s): Sally Mann