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Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum

If you believe the news, you'd think that science and religion are locked in eternal conflict. Religious believers are often portrayed as irrational and dangerously "anti-science" . But beyond the...

The Truth About Poverty

What is the truth about poverty in the UK? Forget the stereotypes, the myths and the media hype. This is your chance to hear - and to share - the unadulterated truth about poverty. Members of Poverty...

We will fight it on the streets, in parliament, in the courts…

With Sam Bright from Client Earth, Friends of the Earth CEO Craig Bennett and Quaker performance artist and activist Peterson Toscano. What is the best way for us to tackle climate change? Through...
Speaker(s): Craig Bennett, Sam Bright, Peterson Toscano

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

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

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...

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...

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

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