The Kathryn Tickell band at the Library Theatre in aid of ASSIST
Sunday 17th May 2009, Start time 8.00 pm (doors open 7.30 pm)
Library Theatre,Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
Tickets £12/£10(conc)
Kathryn's work is deeply connected to the landscape and people of Northumbria, in particular the North Tyne Valley where many of her relatives still play traditional music. Kathryn took up the Northumbrian smallpipes at the age of nine and by the age of thirteen had won all the traditional open smallpipes competitions.
Kathryn has toured extensively throughout the UK and abroad, both as a solo artist and with The Kathryn Tickell Band.She has composed music for television and radio and recorded with the Penguin Café Orchestra, The Chieftains, Beth Nielsen‐Chapman,Jimmy Nail, Linda Thompson,Sting and many others.
This event is the result of a collaboration between Four Rivers Productions and The Bohemian Cafe (www.thebohemiancafe.co.uk) in support of asylum seekers charity Assist-Sheffield. Please visit the website www.assistsheffield.org.uk
Advance sales online: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/45412
More info and tickets: 07835 966810 / www.kathryntickell.com
Genuine Concern for Africa? Causes of displacement and the restrictive nature of asylum in the UK
Thursday 7th May 2009 6-9pm, Arts Tower Lecture Theatre 3, University of Sheffield.
Price: £1 (tickets can be bought on the door or in advance from the Student's Union Box office)
This interdisciplinary conference will accompany refugees on their journey - from their departure to their arrival in the UK. With speakers from a variety of academic backgrounds we will explore the causes for displacement and the reaction to it by the UK as a receiving country.
Speakers include Professor Andrew Geddes (Head of the Politics Department, University of Sheffield), Dr Miles Larmer (Lecturer specialising in Africa in the History Department, University of Sheffield), Dr Gina Clayton (Expert in Immigration and Asylum Law) and an asylum seeker from Africa speaking about his/her personal experiences
STAR [Student Action for Refugees] are raising awareness about the restrictive nature of UK asylum policy and using Africa as a case study.
STAR currently support the campaigns of four asylum seekers and needs more volunteers to continue to do so next year. They are supporting all anti-deportation campaigns in Sheffield. If anyone wants to bring information, petitions, model letters about their campaign so they can tell people about it after the event, they are very welcome
e-mail refugees@shef.ac.uk for further details or any questions
CDAS meeting tonight
There is a CDAS [Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers] meeting is on Monday 27 April 7-9pm at the Quaker Meeting House. For more information go to http://www.cdas-sheffield.org.uk/
REEP news.
REEP has faced considerable financial difficulties during the last 12 months and after carrying on for several months with minimal staff and volunteer support, they are unable to continue and the project will end on April 30th 2009.
They are very concerned for their volunteers and students and are trying to find them places elsewhere, if you have any information that can help please let Maggie Proctor know:
maggiep@refed.plus.com
BNP threat in European Elections 4th June
In the forthcoming European Elections on June 4th the BNP need poll as
little as 11% of the vote to gain an MEP. This would be a disaster for
our region and for all our communities. See the 'Hope not Hate' campaign
for Yorkshire to find out what you can do to help:
www.hopenothate.org.uk/yorkshire
City of Sanctuary at Sharrow Festival 4th July
Sharrow Festival is working with us to promote the City of Sanctuary
message at it festival on 4th July. Can anyone help out for a couple of
hours to run a City of Sanctuary stall during the day? Please let us
know by contacting: nicola@cityofsanctuary.org with the times you are
available.
Refugee Week Simple Acts campaign (15-22nd June)
The Simple Acts campaign is about inspiring people to use small,
everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees.
It consists of 20 actions that can be done by anyone and that encourage
us to learn and do more with refugees. With every person who joins the
campaign and does a small thing with and for refugees, we get a little
closer to removing barriers between communities and to creating the kind
of world we all want to live in.
Find out how you can get involved:
www.simpleacts.org.uk
www.twitter.com/Simple_Acts
If you would like to organise an event as part of the Simple Acts
campaign and would like ideas or advice, visit www.refugeeweek.org.uk or
www.simpleacts.org.uk.
There are also two toolkits - one for schools and one for workplaces -
which are packed full of fantastic ideas, information and resources to
help you or your wider organisation get involved. These can be
downloaded from:
www.refugeeweek.org.uk/simple-acts/toolkit/
International Day of Sharing Life Stories - 16th May 2009
The Museum of the Person International Network and the
Center for Digital Storytelling
have chosen "Journey's Toward Justice:
Immigrants and Refugees."
as the theme for their second International Digital Storytelling Day and want gather as many examples of personal stories by and about immigrants as
possible. Their goal is to create a google map that connects stories and
organizations working with immigrants from all of these different communities. They are calling on people to share 1000 stories (as text, image, audio and video) related to human rights and immigrant rights as part of the online campaign. For more information contact:internacional@museudapessoa.net or go to: www.ausculti.org