Volunteer Bristol Celebration and AGM
When: Wednesday the 25th of January 2012, 17:30-18:45 (Join them for food from 17:00!)
Where: Wills Memorial Building, Bristol, BS8 1JR
All are welcome to an evening to showcase and celebrate the work of the volunteers, with stories and updates on the developments at Volunteer Bristol. Whether you are a volunteer, a volunteer manager or an interested member of the public, please come along and have fun at what is sure to be an enjoyable evening, filled with food, drink and festivities.
The meeting will follow the Volunteer Organiser’s Forum hosted by the Bristol Dinosaur Project.
Please contact Beth Brandford at projects@volunteerbristol.org.uk to book your place
Somali Cultural Awareness Training
Bristol Thursday 15th & Wednesday 21st December
London Thursday 22nd of December
The cost is £120, which will include full support for 1 year in terms of any issues that participants need in terms of cultural prospects.
The aim of the course is to give participants an understanding of general Somali culture and Somali diaspora.
This includes discussing how & why Somalis come to the UK, how they are settling in, issues that they face, reasons for high unemployment, the gap between the young generation & elders, the history of the country and more.
The course aims to be as fun and informative as possible!
This 5 hour workshop runs from 9.30am – 3pm and will be held at:
Bristol: Somali Development Group, 60 Old Market Street, Bristol, BS2 0ER
London: Fin Future, 225-229 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DA
The day includes a delicious Somali Cultural lunch for participants!
Certificates will be provided to those attending the training.
For further information and to book your place, please contact the Somali Development Group at:
Email: info@sdg.me.uk
Tel: 0117 376 3007
International Festival of Community Theatre
When: 26-29 March 2012
Where: acta community theatre, Bristol
In March 2012, acta will play host to a festival of community theatre created with migrant communities in Holland, Germany, Poland and the UK.
This festival will celebrate the unique role of community theatre in exploring, examining and presenting stories of transition and the meeting of different cultures, providing:
- a platform for the voices of excluded groups
- opportunities to tell personal stories
- high quality performances driven by personal experience
- greater understanding between host and migrant communities
A full programme will be available soon.
To register you interest, please email info@acta-bristol.com
Defend our Multicultural Society in Bristol
What: An event to celebrate and defend multiculturalism in Bristol
Where: The Council House. College Green, BS1 5TR
When: Tuesday 25th October, 2011, from 7-9pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Please join us to celebrate the benefits that multiculturalism brings to Bristol. Given recent negative comments by politicians, scapegoating by the media and the tragic shootings in Norway, it is more important than ever to defend our multicultural society.
This event will be part of the very successful Stephen Lawrence lectures and will welcome two speakers: Tariq Modood, author of “It’s still not easy being British,” and Lee Jasper, black activist and former senior political advisor to London Mayor Ken Livingstone.
Admission is free but contributions are welcome.
For more information please see the following link for the event flyer: http://www.bris.ac.uk/ethnicity/documents/multiculturalismbristol.pdf
What: The Oxjam Bristol Takeover
Where: All over Bristol
When: Sunday 24th October from 12:00pm
Oxjam Music Festival
Oxjam is Oxfam’s month-long music festival. It runs all through October with hundreds of events around the UK, all organised by people who know and love their local music scene.
Rock. Dance. Classical. Jazz. Whatever you’re into. The idea is that everyone has a good time as well as raising funds for Oxfam’s vital work.
Local music, global impact.
The Oxjam Bristol Takeover is a multi-venue music festival on Sunday the 24th October.
This year there will be more than 60 acts playing across 8 venues :
MR WOLFS – HIP HOP/FUNK/LATIN FLAVOURS AND HOUSE!! (2pm – 2am!!!)
THE LANES – THE BEST OF THE INDEPENDNTS (2pm – 12am)
THE LAB – LIVE DANCE/DnB/DUB/RAP (2 – 2am!!)
MOTHERS RUIN – ALTERNATIVE/INDIE (2 – 11pm)
THE COOLER – ROCK!!!!!! (2 – 11pm)
THE FOLK HOUSE – ALL THINGS FOLK AND ACOUSTIC (3-11pm)
UNDER THE STARS – SINGER SONGWRITER DAYS (2-7pm) AND REGGAE NIGHTS
THE BIG CHILL – BIG CHILL FESTIVAL VIBES (2pm – 12am)
This is a huge event that showcases the very best Bristol music – there’s guaranteed to be something for everyone! Whether you wander from venue to venue and style to style or soak it all in at your favourite spot, be ready to be introduced to the best music this city has to offer!
Headliners confirmed so far are………
Lazy Habits (Big Chill)
Mr Soulsbury (DJ Funk/HipHop)(Big Chill)
Centrefolds (The Cooler)
Mango Factory (Mr Wolfs)
Sonic Youth Club (DJ House/Funk/Breaks) (Mr Wolfs)
Small Saul (DJ House/Breaks/Electro) (Mr Wolfs)
We Are Tokyo (The Lanes)
Kill It Kid (The Lanes)
Funky George (DJ House/Breaks) (The Lanes)
The Bidiots (DJs Breaks/Dub/Tech) (The Lab)
Laish (The Folk House)
Something Of The Night (The Folk House)
Gaz Brookfield (Under The Stars)
With performances from the following acts……
Syte and The Sound, Funk From The Trunk, The Magnus Puto Band, Schnauser, Kites and Flags, The Lasting Days, The Goodness, Ruckus Collective, Mad Apple Circus, The Ten Pound Suit Band, Minotaur Shock, My Friend Friday, the Purple Spiral Project, Sickwax, A Day At The Races, The Peoples String Foundation, Roger Tarry, Rivers Of England, Richard Riley, Katey Brooks, Simon Allen, Dynamo Hum, We Are Curly Hair, Ami Kaelyn…… and so many more!!
Tickets are available from:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/93599
A full programme can be found on the Oxjam Bristol website.
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What: Songs of Longing and Belonging
Where: Circomedia, Portland Square, St Pauls
When: Friday 22nd October from 19:30
A demonstration of the extraordinary riches that Bristol is home to – a real explosion of indigenous talent! Songs of Longing and Belonging is this Friday 22nd October – and it’s in the beautiful Georgian surroundings of Circomedia’s St Paul’s Church here in Portland Square. Details of the star-studded roster of musicians are listed below – so do put the date in your diary and do please spread the word!
Alphonse Daudet Touna, Cameroon
Cecilia Ndhlovu, Zimbabwe
Masashi Minagawa, Japan
Rachel De Garang, Sudan
Ugyen Choephell Tenzin Phuntsok, Tashi Dhondup, Tibet
Tickets are £5 (£3 Recession) Children Under 16 Free
Pay on the door or call 0117 9223686 (Colston Hall Box Office)
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What: Afrika Eye Film Festival
Where: The Watershed, Bristol
When: from Saturday 23rd October
African films from an African perspective:
Afrika Eye Film Festival showcases films that tell stories told by African and diaspora voices. Bringing together local African and Afro-Caribbean communities with international figures in film, music, and dance, Africa Eye aims to offer an insight into African culture both on and beyond the screen.
Afrika Eye 2010, focus South Africa:
What happens in between the teeming townships and the swanky suburbs we see on TV? Celebration and critique, inspirations and warnings – this year we’re showing you a South Africa you don’t yet know.
A full programme can be found on the Afrika Eye website, or a for a brief overview see below:
Saturday 23rd October from 14:00
Afrika Eye’s Super Saturday 5-a-side tournament.
A 5-a-side tournament followed by a screening of the film Yellow Card
Friday 29th October from 20:30
20:30 Benda Bilili!: A remarkable insight into the lives of Staff Benda Bilili, a band of seven Congolese musicians – four of whom are paraplegic. From playing with mostly home-made instruments on the streets of Kinshasa, they now headline music festivals across the world. Barret’s and de la Tullaye’s documentary was one of the sensations at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Followed by Afrika Eye opening party with live music from Explosive Nzakomba and a DJ set from AfroMike
Saturday 30th October from 13:00
13:00 Le Ballon d’Or: Bandian is an 8-year old football fan in an African village. He realises he will have to work 750 days to pay for a proper leather football and despairs. When a doctor brings him one, the village kids paint it gold. Will Bandian make it to Europe?
15:00 EYEFULL 2010: Afrika Eye’s hugely popular annual collection of short films by and about Africans from all over the world, including a special focus on work produced in Bristol. Local entries are eligible for a prize so this show is always sold out. A full programme will be published closer to the date.
18:30 Rewind: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an extraordinary moment in South African history. Composer Philip Miller used shards from testimonies – exhalations, intonations, moans, murmurs, gasps – to compose Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony. Rewind tells the sometimes harrowing story of the cantata’s development using interviews, public broadcast and secret service archive.
20:00 Surfing Soweto: Trainsurfing is the new cool sport in Soweto, performing dangerous, beautiful routines on moving trains, ducking bridges and high-voltage cables, dicing with death. Three boys wait at Merafe Station for the morning commuter train.
What drives them to risk their lives?
Portrait of a Young Man Drowning: Revealing some of the complexities of ghetto life and the issues that divide people from one another, this tiny film delivers a powerful blow.
22:30 Bunny Chow: Defiantly lo-fi comedy named after a popular South African dish usually shared after a night out: bread filled with curry.
Sunday 31st from 11:00
11:00 Behind the Rainbow: A fascinating insight that goes behind-the-scenes of South Africa’s seemingly miraculous transformation. Harsh inequalities still exist, from xenophobic attacks to corruption scandals and township protests. We follow the transition of the ANC from a liberation organization into ruling party, through the evolution of the relationship between two leaders, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Exiled under Apartheid they were brothers in arms, under Mandela they loyally labored to build a non-racial state, now they are bitter rivals. Their duel threatens to tear apart the ANC and the country, as the poor desperately seek hope in change, the elite fight for the spoils of victory.
13:00 Courting Justice: Women make up just 18% of South Africa’s male-dominated judiciary. Hailing from diverse backgrounds and entrusted with enormous responsibilities, these pioneering women share accounts of their country’s transformation since apartheid, and the demands of balancing their courts, country, and families.
Africa is a Woman’s Name: Three Southern African women from different social levels and countries bring about radical transformations in their day-to-day realities.
15:30 A Slice of Fela: A film using excerpts from documentaries and concerts of the legendary Afrobeat musician and social political icon, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Each segment is introduced by Sahr Ngaujah, who plays Fela in the Tony Award-winning stage musical FELA! which opens at the Royal National Theatre in November. The screening will be followed by the personal recollections of a number of very special guests and a discussion hosted by The New Black. They’ll be joining Rikki Stein, Fela’s long time manager, to share their memories of the man and his music.
18:00 Seapoint Days: Sea Point Promenade in Cape Town was one of South Africa’s earliest de-segregated areas. This film celebrates its beautiful ugliness, contradictions and complexity. Races, ages, and religions come together and spontaneously engage in working out the culture of the new South Africa – black street kids, old Afrikaner ladies, Muslim prayer groups, homeless alcoholics, even a Jewish Elvis. Contemporary South Africa is often seen as a set of social problems and few films allow an audience to grasp for itself the possibility as well as the pain.
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What: Christmas Art Market
When: From 11:00 on 27th November 2010
Where: Trinity Arts Centre, Trinity Road, Bristol, BS2 0NW
Trinity will be playing host to all things creative, providing opportunities for local artists to exhibit and sell their work to the public.
With a range of festive activities including live acoustic music, mulled wine and cider as well as mince pies to get everyone into the Christmas Spirit!
Entry is FREE to the public.
The Trinity Centre are now taking bookings for pitches (tables and display boards will be provided) so get in contact soon to avoid disappointment.
Deadline for booking a space is Friday 12th November 2010
For more information or to request a booking form, please email karina@3ca.org.uk or visit The Trinity Centre website
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What: Opening Doors, Making Sense
Where: Bristol City Council, Conference Hall, College Green, BS1 5TR
When: From 12:00 on Tuesday 5th October
An afternoon of discussion and debate chaired by the Bristol Multi Faith Forum exploring attitudes and challenging myths surrounding faith.
The event is free and open to anyone and everyone and will be an opportunity to find out more about events planned to celebrate faith in Bristol.
For more information please see the programme attached at the bottom of the page.
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What: United Nations Peace Day 2010
Where: All over Bristol
When: Tuesday 21st September
To celebrate the 9th Anniversary of United Nations World Peace Day there will be a city wide Sing-in. An annual day of peace was adopted unanimously by the UN in 2001. It is more than symbolic and around the world people take action to mark this day of global ceasefire and non-violence.
8.45–9.15am World Peace Day starts with a city wide Sing-in for the citizens of Bristol! Join councillors and officers in the Council House Main Conference Hall to launch Bristol’s Day of Peace. Chloe Goodchild of Naked Voice will lead a session of inspiring chant that we hope will be broadcast live around the city. The Sing-Up schools will join in during their morning Assemblies.
2.30–4.55pm A Procession for Peace through the City:
2.30pm: Assemble at Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St Pauls. A Conch call in the Peace Garden will launch proceedings, and with song & chant the procession will set off!
3pm – 3.15pm: Cabot Circus – Broadmead – The Podium
3.15pm – 3.30pm: The Nails (St Nicholas Market, Corn Street)
3.30pm – 3.55pm: St Stephens Church – The Centre (at top of waterfall)
3.55pm – 4.15pm: Enter Bristol Cathedral via Lower North door
4.15pm – 4.30pm: West End of Cathedral outside
4.30pm – 4.45pm: PORTENTS, College Green – Finale
4.55pm – 5.15pm: A peel of Cathedral bells
5.15pm – 5.45pm: Evensong – a special service to mark World Peace Day. All are Welcome!
6.00pm – 7.30pm: Break for everyone to get supper.
7.30pm – 8.00pm: Candlelit Vigil – West End Cathedral – Bring your own candles to light!!
For more information about this event please visit the Pierian Centre Website.
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What: Portents Community Art Project
When: Saturday 18th September – Sunday 26th September
Where: College Green, Bristol
Portents is an ambitious project bringing the different communities of Bristol together through public art. It will fill one of Bristol’s most iconic spaces, College Green, with a tent city of over 50 tents – each one printed with a design contributed by a different community from around Bristol. The result will be a great tent city – emblazoned with images and messages from around Bristol – a visual demonstration of the diversity that gives our city its strength.
Portents is the brainchild of John Easterby, and is being developed in partnership with the Pierian Centre. They first worked together two years ago, hanging the 4-metre high banners of Tom Stoddart’s powerful photo-journalism at Temple Meads Station. John spent his childhood years in Bristol, but is now an internationally known editor and teacher of photo-journalism. Portents grows out of John’s commitment to bringing art to a wider public and making cultural interventions in outdoor spaces.
Portents takes place on College Green from 18th to 26th September. Funding for Portents comes from Awards For All, Arts Council England, Faiths in Action, Bristol City Council Single Project Fund and the Legacy Commission. Holland House Hotel is sponsoring the Sponsors Evening.
For further information please see the attached flyer or visit the BBC News article here .
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What: Film Night
When: Sunday 12th September 19:30
Where: The Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 8SA
To mark the 3rd anniversary of the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of indigenous People the Pierian centre will be screening Merian C Cooper’s 1925 documentary Grass.
Grass is a pioneering silent documentary about the annual migration of the Bakhtiari tribe in Iran – introduced by Christien van den Anker (Reader in Politics, UWE) – followed by talk and discussion with a group of indigenous people.
We screen this extraordinary ethnographic film to mark the 3rd anniversary of the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
For bookings please contact The Pierian Centre on: 0117 924 4512 or info@pieriancentre.com
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What: Pakistan Flood Charity Dinner
When: Tuesday 31st August from 17:30
Where: The Passenger Shed, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
An estimated 1600 people have died and a further 20 million people have been affected by the recent floooding in Pakistan brought on by unusually heavy monsoon rains. According to the United Nations, in terms of the number of people made homeless, the devastating flooding in Pakistan is a humanitarian disaster that eclipses the 2004 Tsunami and the Haiti earthquake put together.
To raise funds for the relief effort, The Bristol Muslim Council and Islamic Relief will be hosting a charity dinner at the Passenger Shed at Temple Meads Station. There will be a three course meal, auction, presentation, videos and an eye witness account from Habib Malik of Islamic Relief (recently returned from Pakistan) who will be speaking of the situation on the ground. All proceeds including ticket sales go directly to those affected by the Pakistan flooding.
For more information please see the attached flyer at the bottom of the page.
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Event: Bristol Celebrates
When: Sunday 21 November 2010
Where: The City Academy, Russell Town Avenue, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JH
More Details: Bristol is home to a vibrant range of communities, each with their own unique customs, cultures, celebrations and history. The Bristol Celebrates festival will celebrate all the different cultures and faiths that make Bristol such a special place to live. There will be an exciting and diverse programme of workshops, guest speakers, music, performance, exhibitions, displays and food on offer throughout the day. It’s a chance to learn about others’ faiths and beliefs, and to make new friends.
Please see attached flyer at bottom of the page for more details
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What: Unchosen Film Festival 2010
When: Monday 18th October – Tuesday 9th November 2010
Where: Colston Hall, Bristol
Unchosen is the only film festival in the UK that concentrates solely on human trafficking, and incorporates discussion and Q & As with the Directors. The festival aims to make people aware that slavery still exists in the 21st century, and to show them how they can get involved in stamping it out. To that end, Unchosen also looks at the issues that surround human trafficking, including fair trade, poverty and immigration.
This year’s festival begins with the (UN)VEILED Art Exhibition from noon on Monday 18th October in Colston Hall’s Main Foyer with films then being shown at 19:30 on Tuesday 19th October, Tuesday 26th October, Tuesday 2nd November, with the last film at Colston Hall being shown on Tuesday 9th November.
For more information about what films are showing and for information on how to book, please visit the Unchosen website at http://www.unchosen.org.uk
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Event: Human trafficking training day (part of the “International Global Ethics Association Bi-Annual Conference” to be held 30 June – 2 July at UWE, Bristol)
When: 9am-6pm on Thursday 1 July 2010
Where: UWE, Bristol (Frenchay campus)
More details: *see two attachments on this page.
The attendees of this particular strand will have the chance to listen to international as well as local experts on the topic from academic, law enforcement and practitioner backgrounds. Theattendees of this strand will be hosted by Trish Davidson of Unchosen, to facilitate group discussion about the role of the media with Dutch journalist Martijn Roessingh from 2-3pm and a general discussion on how the papers by the speakers are relevant to Bristol from 5-5.45pm.
The fee for the day is £75 (£30 concessions) including lunch and a free place at the public lecture by Dr Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2003 for her human rights activism in Iran. For more information see attached press release.The optional conference dinner can be booked separately.
To register please go to the trafficking training day box on https://store.uwe.ac.uk/catalogue/products.asp?compid=1&deptid=13&catID=...
The programme of the whole conference is attached and further information can be found on the UWE website
http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=1783
Alternatively e-mail the conference organisers, Dr Christien van den Anker (UWE) globalethics@uwe.ac.uk
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Event: Education Without Borders (Community Engagement and Human Rights Conference) presented by UWE Refugee and Migrant Support Hub
When: 9am-4:30pm on 17th, June, 2010
Where: UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre, Bristol BS16 1QY
More details: The conference is organised to promote the basic human right principle of education for all to achieve the following four main objectives: Consciousness, Empowerment, Widening Participation, and workforce diversity.
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/news/0910/ewb-conference/index.shtml
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Event: Protection & Dignity- not Destitution (Human Rights Day)
Date: Thurs, 10, 2009
Time: 4pm
Location: Bristol Refugee Rights
Assisi Centre
St Nicholas of Tolentino
Lawford’s Gate
Easton
BRISTOL
BS5 0RE
The event is organised by Bristol Refugee Rights, Refugee Action, City of Sanctuary and St Nicholas of Tolentino.
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| Global Ethics Programme 23June | 107.5 KB |
| Press Release Ebadi | 27 KB |
| Bristol Celebrates - 21 November 2010 | 1.36 MB |
| Pakistan Flood Dinner | 1.41 MB |
| Portents Flyer 18th-26th Sep 2010 | 382.62 KB |
| Opening Doors Programme 5th October 2010 | 102.13 KB |