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Craftivism for Refugee Week
Last Saturday, Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective, came to Cardiff to do a workshop at St Fagans alongside the Refugee House exhibiton which is at the museum until 1 July. Craftivism = craft + activism. I first came across the idea when I got involved with some of the Craftivist Collective’s meetings and […]
Coming up this week
June 17, 2012
Coming up in Cardiff this week including events for Refugee Week 2012… Monday 18 June Language lessons. Arabic at 5pm. Spanish 7pm. Red and Black Umbrella, 57 Clifton Street, Adamsdown, CF24 1LS Anima Mundi – Soul of the World. Reel Outlooks free film screening. “Beyond the fear of doom & gloom and the sweeping-it-under-the-carpet, director Peter Charles […]
Coming up this week
June 3, 2012
Coming up in Cardiff this week. As always, let me know if there’s anything you think should be on there Monday 4 June Language lessons. Arabic at 5pm. Spanish 7pm. Red and Black Umbrella, 57 Clifton Street, Adamsdown, CF24 1LS Tuesday 5 June At the Red and Black Umbrella: Arts and crafts workshop. 4pm-6pm English conversation. 5.30pm. People’s […]
Democracy in Action photo competition
June 1, 2012
Illustrating the power we have as Welsh citizens is the aim of a new photography competition being run by the Welsh Government Democracy in Action is more about images that tell a story than technically good photographs, entries can even be taken on camera phones. It will be interesting to see how people interpret the […]
Military recruitment in schools campaign
May 31, 2012
On Friday evening the launch event for a new campaign to ban military recruitment in Welsh schools will be held at the Temple of Peace The main tool of the campaign is a petition calling on the Welsh Government to ban military recruiters from schools. Campaigners are hoping to build on increased legislative powers granted […]
Posted in: Campaigns, War and peace
Coming up this week
May 27, 2012
Coming up in Cardiff this week. Let me know if there’s anything you think should be on there Monday 28 May Language lessons. Arabic at 5pm. Spanish 7pm. Red and Black Umbrella, 57 Clifton Street, Adamsdown, CF24 1LS Tuesday 29 May At the Red and Black Umbrella: Arts and crafts workshop. 4pm-6pm English conversation. 5.30pm. People’s […]
Is this our future?
May 20, 2012
On Tuesday the Red and Black Umbrella hosted video collective Reel News with short films from their new DVD Our Present is Your Future, about different aspects of grassroots resistance and organising in Greece. While the news is dominated with dread at Greece leaving the Eurozone it seems from this footage that many of the […]
Back in May
March 27, 2012
I’m going to be in London doing work experience at The Ecologist and the Guardian until May so I won’t be able to cover things in Cardiff but will be back in May. If anyone wants to do any guest blogs just get in contact. Thanks and see you soon Amy
Posted in: News
Take Root 
June 19, 2012
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